Past Recipients
2024
Advancing Diversity & Social Change Award
Zakcq Lockrem, Mend Collaborative, Reconnect Rondo
Comprehensive Plan or Small Plan Award
City of Eagan & Jill Hutchmacher
Resilience & Sustainability Award
City of St. Cloud & Bolton & Menk, Kendra Braunger
Planning Excellence Award
Corrin Wendell
Outstanding Student Award
Gillian Greenberg, Mason Mollberg, Edgar Leon-Gomez
President's Award
Alex Schieferdecker
Peg and otto Schmidt Planner of the Year Award
Maegan McMahan
Lifetime Achievement Award
Jane Kansier
2023
Advancing Diversity & Social Change Award
Mapping Prejudice Project- University of Minnesota Libraries
Comprehensive or Small Area Plan Award
City of Bemidji Parks and Recreation Department
Resilience & Sustainability Award
Hennepin County and Kimley-Horn and Associates
Planning Excellence Award
City of Rochester
Outstanding Student Project Award
Red Lake Nation Capstone Project- University of Minnesota Humphrey School
Gunnar C. Isberg Student Scholarship
Edgar Leon Gomez
President's Award
Patrick Boylan and Leila Bunge
Peg and Otto Schmid Planner of the Year Award
Sean Walther
Lifetime Achievement Award
John Shardlow
2022
Innovation in Planning Award
Metropolitan Council, The Nature Conservancy and Tree Trust
Excellence in Community Engagement Award
Minnesota Department of Transportation
Partnerships in Planning Award
City of Oak Park Heights and the Washington County Community Development Association
Success Stories in Implementation Award
City of Woodbury and HKGi
Planning in Context Award
City of Plymouth, Parkera and Twin Cities Orthopedic
Gunnar C. Isberg Student Scholarship
Elena Fransen
2022 FAICP Inductee
Barbara Dacy
2020 FAICP Inductee
Peter Hendee Brown
Volunteer of the Year Award
Chloe McGuire Brigl
Michael Palermo
Peg and Otto Schmid Planner of the Year Award
Sam O'Connell
Lifetime Achievement Award
Ron Chicka
2019
Lifetime Achievement Award
William C. Weber, AICP
Peg and Otto Schmid Award
Corrin Hoegen Wendell, AICP
Gunnar Isberg Scholarship Recipients
Oforiwaa Pee Agyei-Boakye, University of Minnesota
Elliot Mohler, University of Minnesota
Innovation in Planning
Vision Zero and Pedestrian Crash Studies
City of Minneapolis and Kimley-Horn
Excellence in Community Engagement
Red Wing 2040 Community Plan
City of Red Wing and HKGi
Partnerships in Planning
The Artery Hopkins
City of Hopkins, Metropolitan Council, Hennepin County, Three Rivers Park District, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins Historical Society
Planning in Context
Envision Shakopee
City of Shakopee
District Director Award
Downtown & Riverfront Master Plan
City of Fergus Falls
Outstanding Student Project
Sidewalks in St. Louis Park: Understanding Resident Perceptions and Behaviors, Effects on Poverty Values and Accessibility
Austin Hauf, Erin Daly, Leoma Van Dort, Haley Sevening, and Alena Degrado
Minnesota Planners Recognized with an APA Award in 2018
National Planning Achievement Award for Best Practice
Metropolitan Council's Local Planning Handbook
Minnesota Members Elevated to Fellow
Dr. Carissa Schively Slotterback
2018
Learn more about our 2018 Awards and Recognition recipients in the November-December 2018 issue of Planning Minnesota.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Gordon Hydukovich
Peg and Otto Schmid Award
LisaBeth Baraja
Gunnar Isberg Scholarship Recipients
Olivia Boerschinger, University of Minnesota
PeggySue Imihy, University of Minnesota
Innovation in Planning
Rochester Destination Medical Center Integrated Transit Studies
City of Rochester, SRF Consulting Group
Excellence in Community Engagement
Chanhassen Parks and Recreation System Plan
City of Chanhassen Parks and Recreation Department and HKGi
Partnerships in Planning
CSAH 83 Improvements
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, Scott County, City of Prior Lake, and Bolton & Menk, Inc.
Plan to Implementation
Fast Tracking New Transit Service to Dakota County Technical College
Dakota County, Dakota County Technical College, City of Rosemount, MVTA
Planning in Context Award
Winona Complete Streets Policy and Pedestrian and Bicycle Plan
City of Winona and Toole Design Group
Outstanding Student Project
The TOD Evaluation Method
Minnesota Planners Recognized with an APA Award in 2018
National Planning Achievement Award for Best Practice
Metropolitan Council's Local Planning Handbook
Minnesota Members Elevated to Fellow
Dr. Carissa Schively Slotterback
2017
Learn more about our 2017 Awards and Recognition recipients in the November-December 2017 issue of Planning Minnesota.
Lifetime Achievement Award
Barry Warner, FASLA, ASLA and Mark Koegler, ASLA
Peg and Otto Schmid Planner of the Year Award
Eric Weiss, AICP
Innovation in Planning Award
Minnesota Grow Solar Toolkit: Great Plains Institute, Minnesota; Clean Energy Resources Teams, U.S. Department of Energy
Gunnar Isberg Scholarship Recipient
Olivia Dorow Hovland
Excellence in Community Engagement Award
US 59 Worthington Corridor: MnDOT, City of Worthington, Nobles County, SRF Consulting Group
Planning in Context Award
Eliot School Reuse Site Study and Redevelopment: City of St Louis Park, St Louis Park School District, Eliot and Eliot View Neighborhood Associations, Hoisington Koegler Group, Inc.
Partnerships in Planning Award
Carver Cnty TH 41/CSAH 61 Improvements: City of Chaska, Carver County, MnDOT, Bolton and Menk
Success Stories in Implementation
Downtown Chaska Master Plan: City of Chaska, Hoisington Koegler Group, Inc.
Outstanding Student Award
Find It, Cook It, Save It: Andrew Degerstrom, Joe Lampe, Kevin Priestley
Around the Bend Award
The 2017 Around the Bend: Response to Change award was developed this year to coincide with the conference theme, Around the Bend: What’s next in Planning. This award set out to honor a project that presented a unique, collaborative, and innovative response to an experienced change.
Local System Preservation Guide: Anoka County, Stearns County, Otter Tail County, Dakota County, Freeborn County, LRRB, and SRF Consulting Group