The American Planning Association, Hawaiʻi Chapter is pleased to announce its winners for the 2019 Chapter Awards Program. The annual awards are given to recognize individuals, communities, private organizations, public agencies, and professional planning and design firms whose work exemplifies the planning profession’s highest goals and ideals. Eighteen nominations were received in nine categories. Award nominations were reviewed and winners selected by a jury of professional planners from the APA Hawai‘i Chapter. 

APA Hawai`i presented the following awards at the Hawaiʻi Congress of Planning Officials Conference on September 11, 2019 at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa.


Best Practice

Complete Streets Improvements for Nuʻuanu Avenue and Liliha Street

City and County of Honolulu, Department of Transportation Services and SSFM International, Inc.

Award Board PDF


Cultural Historic Preservation

Wao Kele o Puna Comprehensive Management Plan

Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Hoʻokuleana LLC, Forest Solutions, Inc., Nohopapa Hawaiʻi, and Cultural Surveys Hawaiʻi, Inc.

Award Board PDF

Economic Development Planning

State of Hawaiʻi Strategic Plan for Transit-Oriented Development

Hawaiʻi Interagency Council for Transit Oriented Development, State of Hawaiʻi, Office of Planning, and Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation

Award Board PDF

Outstanding Planning

State of Hawaiʻi Strategic Plan for Transit-Oriented Development

Hawaiʻi Interagency Council for Transit Oriented Development, State of Hawaiʻi, Office of Planning, and Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation

Award Board PDF

Public Agency Award

State of Hawaiʻi Strategic Plan for Transit-Oriented Development

Hawaiʻi Interagency Council for Transit Oriented Development, State of Hawaiʻi, Office of Planning, and Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation

Award Board PDF

Public Education & Outreach

Ala Pono: An Ala Wai Crossing Alternatives Analysis

City and County of Honolulu, Department of Transportation Services, Nelson/Nygaard Consulting Associates, Inc., PBR Hawaii & Associates, Inc., and Austin, Tsutsumi & Associates, Inc.

Award Board PDF

Student Project

Finding Our Way Home: How Can Our Community Address Homelessness?

Department of Urban and Regional Planning PLAN 661 Class

Award Board PDF

Transportation Planning

County of Hawaiʻi Transit and Multimodal Transportation Plan

County of Hawaiʻi, Mass Transit Agency and SSFM International, Inc.

Award Board PDF

Chapter Leadership Special Recognition

Kimi Yuen

Donald Wolbrink Chapter Achievement Special Recognition

Clayton Yoshida

Grassroots Initiative Special Recognition

Edwin ʻEkoluʻ Lindsey