2023 Annual Awards - Nominations Open! - Kayak the Charles River!
It is time again to recognize and celebrate recent planning success stories and those who make a difference in the planning profession. The American Planning Association - Massachusetts Chapter (APA-MA) is pleased to announce its 2023 APA-MA Awards Program. Each year APA-MA acknowledges planners and their work through its awards program. The program is designed to recognize an outstanding planning project, special person, or organization for a significant contribution to the field of planning.
This year nominations are being solicited for the following awards:
OUTSTANDING PLANNING DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
Comprehensive Planning Community of the Year
Planning Project Professional Planner
Transportation & Mobility Planning Faye Siegfriedt
Sustainability & Resiliency Elected official of the Year
Social Advocacy Citizen Planner
Student Project Distinguished Service
Journalism & Communications Emerging/Rising Planner
The APA-MA awards program is open to any individual or planning project in the Commonwealth. Except for the Professional Planner Award, membership in APA and/or the Massachusetts Chapter is not required.
Nominations for the Elected Official of the Year Award are due by September 27th; nominations for all other awards are due by October 25th. To make a nomination, and for all information about the awards process, please see our web page or contact APA-MA Chapter Manager Brian A. Currie, AICP at communications@apa-ma.org
Awards will be presented at the APA-MA Annual Awards on Friday, December 8th at the Colonial Inn, Concord, MA- save the date!
Register on Eventbrite here!
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