Outstanding Outreach and Communication

This award honors an individual, project, or program that uses information and education about the value of planning to create greater awareness among citizens or specific segments of the public. The award celebrates how planning improves a community’s quality of life.

Examples: Broad community efforts showing how planning can make a difference; curricula designed to teach children about planning; neighborhood empowerment programs; use of technology to expand public participation in planning; newspaper articles or a series of blog posts; publications (books or magazines); websites; podcasts; or films. Nominated project should have been completed in the last three (3) years before the nomination deadline.

Eligibility:

Open to APA members and nonmembers.

Criteria:

• Demonstrate the connection between the effort's success and increased awareness in the community of planners and planning
• Support of planning and planners — Describe how your entry has built support for planning and increased understanding of the planning process. Describe why this effort was undertaken and the desired outcomes