2023 Excellence in Planning Awardees Honored at Planning Association of Washington PAW Conference

For the 37th year, the Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA-WA) and the Planning Association of Washington (PAW) jointly honored outstanding contributions to the field of planning in Washington State. The award program goals are to recognize great planning efforts in Washington, promote excellent planning in government and the private sector, and increase public awareness of the roles of APA-WA and PAW in supporting outstanding planning in Washington State. Seven projects were presented with awards in the categories of Comprehensive Planning, Community Involvement, Implementation, Sustainability, and Transportation Planning.

2023 AWARDEES

City of Spokane

Building Opportunity and Choices for All (BOCA)

Category: Comprehensive Plan, Large Cities & Counties

SCJ Alliance

Quincy Downtown Revitalization Plan

Category: Comprehensive Plan, Small Cities & Counties

City of Tumwater

Urban Forestry Management Plan

Category: Sustainability

City of Bellevue

Bellevue Mobility Implementation Plan and Multimodal Concurrency

Category: Transportation Planning

FRAMEWORK, City of Olympia

Olympia Armory Creative Campus Concept Plan

Category: Community Involvement

City of Tacoma

McKinley Hill Neighborhood Plan

Categories: Implementation

LDC with PRR, Confluence Environmental and SCJ Alliance

Collaborative Roadmap Phase III 2023 Legislative Report

Category: Implementation