Chapter Awards
Oklahoma Chapter Planning Awards
Chapter awards are presented to recognize outstanding planning work performed in Oklahoma.
Nominations for the 2023 review cycle will recognize work completed between January 1, 2020 and December 31, 2022.
Awards are given in the following categories:
- Outstanding Public Outreach, Program, Project, Tool, Community Initiative - This award is for a specific planning tool, practice, program, project, community initiative or public outreach. This category emphasizes results and demonstrates how innovative and state-of-the art planning methods and practices help to create communities of lasting value.
- Outstanding Plan - This award is for a plan that advances the science and art of planning.
- Outstanding Citizen Planner - This award honors an individual or appointed or elected official who has advanced or promoted the cause of planning in the public arena. (Non-Professional Planner)
- Outstanding Student Project - This award recognizes a student or group of students in an Oklahoma planning, architecture, or landscape architecture program for an outstanding paper or class project that demonstrates the contribution of planning to contemporary issues; best applies the planning process; or best exemplifies applied planning research.
- Great Neighborhood, Great Street, or Great Public Space - Great Places in America singles out places of exemplary character, quality and planning; places with a unique identity, cultural interest, community involvement, and a sustainable vision for tomorrow.
For questions regarding the awards program, contact: Jill Ferenc, AICP
2023 Nomination Materials
The nomination form and criteria sheets below contain submittal requirements and additional information.
Nomination Form (complete and submit for each nomination)