2019 Chapter Awards
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
Student Project
Finding Our Way Home: How Can Our Community Address Homelessness?
Department of Urban and Regional Planning PLAN 661 Class
Transportation Planning
County of Hawaiʻi Transit and Multimodal Transportation Plan
County of Hawaiʻi, Mass Transit Agency and SSFM International, Inc.
