Award Winners
Loveland, Colorado - The Colorado Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA Colorado) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2024 Chapter Awards. Chapter Awards recognize outstanding projects, plans, and people of the planning profession. Planning projects were honored on the basis of their innovation, ability to provide transferable lessons to other Colorado communities, excellent quality, promotion of community progress and the public good, effectiveness of implementation, and other unique factors that make these projects exemplary.
In 2024, the Awards Committee selected six Honor Awards and three Merit Awards. The 2024 award recipients were announced at the 2024 Colorado Planning Conference in Loveland, Colorado.
2024 APA Colorado Chapter Awards Recipients
Honor Awards
- Lisa Ritchie - Planning Leadership Award
- City of Englewood: CodeNext - Planning Excellence Award
- Olde Town Arvada Strategic Reinvestment Plan - Planning Excellence Award
- La Alma Lincoln Park - Denver Parks and Recreation - Advancing Diversity and Social Change Award
- Willow Bend Park Universal Access Playground and Natural Area - Advancing Diversity and Social Change Award
- San Luis Valley Council of Governments - Growing Water Smart Award
Merit Awards
- Town of Windsor Comprehensive Plan - Comprehensive Plan Award
- At Home in Greeley - Planning Excellence Award
- City of Fort Collins East Mulberry Plan - Planning Excellence Award