2025 Award Winners
Congratulations to our 2025 APA Indiana award recipients which were announced and celebrated at our Spring Conference in May. Use the links below to learn more about the award-winning projects that have been recognized this year by the APA Indiana Awards Committee.
Best Grassroots Effort (Honorable Mention): Nexus Strategy & Implementation and the VOCART for the Fest in the First Impact Report
Best Implementation (Honorable Mention): The City of Hammond and Lochmueller Group, Inc. for the Kennedy Avenue Improvements for the City of Hammond
Outstanding Outreach and Communication (Honorable Mention): The City of Bloomington for Safety Week
Outstanding Outreach and Communication (Honorable Mention): Thrive Orange County and Taylor Siefker Williams Design Group for the Orange County Community Center Needs Assessment
Outstanding Outreach and Communication: The City of Fort Wayne and Mayor Sharon Tucker for Engage Fort Wayne
Outstanding Urban Design (Honorable Mention): The Indiana Economic Development Corporation for the Levee Master Plan and Design Guidelines
Outstanding Urban Design: Depauw University with MKSK, Anderson Partners, DELV Design, Veridus Group, and Studio Hayden for the Greencastle-DePauw Master Plan
Outstanding Environmental Planning (Honorable Mention): Purdue University with MKSK and Biohabitats for the Purdue University Stormwater + Open Space Study
Outstanding Environmental Planning: Conner Prairie with MKSK, CBBEL, and Greenstreet for the Conner Prairie Master Plan and Implementation
Outstanding Economic Development (Honorable Mention): The City of Crawfordsville and American Structurepoint Inc. for the Crawfordsville Retail Recruitment Strategy Plan
Outstanding Economic Development: IEDC with MKSK, Pure Development, and Perkins & Will for the LEAP Lebanon Innovation District
Outstanding Comprehensive Planning (Honorable Mention): Wabash County for the Imagine One 85 Comp Plan
Outstanding Comprehensive Planning (Honorable Mention): The City of Plymouth for the Plymouth Forward: 2040 Comp Plan
Outstanding Comprehensive Planning: The Harrison County Community Foundation, Taylor Siefker Williams Design Group, and The Wheatley Group for the Harrison County Planning Initiative
Outstanding Best Practices: The City of Fort Wayne for the Historic Northeast 2035 Neighborhood Plan
Best Young Planner Award: Adam Rude
Indiana Planning Sagamore Award: Pete Fritz
Please direct any questions about the Hoosier Planning Awards to Lisa Dunaway, AICP, LEED AP, Indiana Chapter Awards Chair, at orangedoorcreativellc@gmail.com.