APA-HI is pleased to welcome nominations for the 2023 Chapter Awards Program. 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. The awards program further serves to raise public awareness of the benefits of good planning by showcasing significant contributions that planning practitioners, professionals and community groups make to the State of Hawai‘i. The deadline for nominations is 6pm, Friday, June 9th.

Registration is open for this year's Hawai‘i Congress of Planning Officials (HCPO), "Turning the Tide," hosted by the City and County of Honolulu, Department of Planning and Permitting at the Sheraton Waikiki, September 6-8, 2023.

Each year, APA-HI recognizes students of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning for their achievement of high grades and superior performance in specific projects and assignments. As our island communities and our profession continue grapple with COVID-19 response and recovery, supporting education of future planning colleagues is as important as ever. We are again hoping to raise $2,000 to award to a current student(s) or to help recruit a deserving applicant(s) to the program. Preference is given to students who intend to pursue a planning career in Hawai‘i.