Annual Chapter Awards

The Massachusetts Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA-MA) is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2009 APA-MA Chapter Awards Program. This awards program is co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Association of Planning Directors (MAPD) and the Massachusetts Association of Consulting Planners (MACP). Awards winners were honored at the 2009 Awards Holiday Luncheon held on Friday December 18, 2009 at The Hall at Parris (above Ned Devine’s) at Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston. 

2009 APA-MA Award Winners

 

I. Distinguished Leadership Awards 

  • Professional Planner: Timothy Brennan
  •  Legislator of the Year: Massachusetts State Senator James Eldridge
  •  Citizen Planner: Malcolm McGregor

 

II. Outstanding Planning Awards 

Comprehensive Planning: 

  • Regional: MetroFuture: Making a Greater Boston Region
  •  Regional, Honorable Mention: 2009 Cape Cod Regional Policy Plan
  • Population > 50,000: Lowell Hamilton Canal District Master Plan
  • Population < 50,0000 (Tie): Dedham Master Plan and Planning to Thrive;  City of Pittsfield Master Plan

Planning Project:  

  • Regional: Contextual Design on Cape Cod, Design Guidelines for Large Scale Development
  • Population < 50,000: East Hopkinton Land Use Strategy and Zoning Recommendations and the Resulting Open Space Mixed Use Development Overlay District
  • Population > 50,0000: Framingham Downtown Study
  • Honorable Mention: Quincy Public Art and Place-Making Ordinance
  •  Social Advocacy Award: Quincy “Housing First” Model
  • Honorable Mention: Lowell: A City-Building Vision for the Hamilton Canal District and the Neighborhoods
    Student Project Award: Sophisticated Matchmaking: Identifying Opportunities for Affordable Housing Development in Medford, Tufts
  • Honorable Mention: Return to Main Street: A Revitalization Plan for the Wollaston Neighborhood Center 

Media Award: Quincy Community Development Week
MAPD Chapter Award: Southborough Comprehensive Plan
APA-MA President Award: South Coast Rail Project: Economic Development and Land Use Corridor Plan
  

III. Charles E. Downe Trustees Distinguished Service Award: Phil Herr 

 
Special thanks to the APA-MA Award Committee: 

Donna Jacobs, Cornerstone Community Planning, Chair
Peter Lowitt AICP, Devens Economic Commission
Marijoan Bull, Westfield State College
Jessica Rowcroft, Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation