The City of Champaign received the 2018 Best Pratice Award for their Parking Requirement Elimination program. (left to right) Ben LeRoy, Rob Kowalski, FAICP, and Bruce Knight, FAICP (photo by Alli Young)

2006 Distinguished Service Award: Sam Santell

2018 Strategic Plan: Quality of Life Plans for the Auburn Gresham and Englewood neighborhoods in Chicago. (left to right) APA-IL President TJ Blakeman, AICP, Lesley Roth (Ratio), Tameeka Christian (LISC), and Daniel Tse, AICP (RATIO). Photo by Alli Young.

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AWARDS PROGRAM ARCHIVES

2019 APA-IL Chapter Awards

We are proud to announce the 2019 APA-IL Award Winners! These outstanding planning plans and people from across Illinois exemplify the practice of urban planning and each stand as an example of ways our members are “Making Great Communities Happen”. Service Award Winners will be announced during the 2019 State Conference. Congratulations to all!

Thank you to the 2019 Awards Jury. It’s no small effort to read and review all the great project nominations we receive.

Lacey Rains Lowe, City of Champaign
Emily Egan, AICP, City of Elmhurst
John Paige, FAICP, Urban Planning Services
Justin Keller, Metropolitan Planning Council
Malika Hainer, AICP, City of Chicago, Department of Aviation
Chris Wallace, AICP, City of Carbondale
Kim Porter, AICP, Village of Woodridge
Romina Castillo, Muse Community + Design

Our 2019 Service Award winners were announced at the 2019 APA-IL State Conference during our Awards Program on September 25, 2019. Our Service Awards are nominated by the general membership and selected by the voting members of our APA-IL Executive Committee. After the Awards Program, guests and attendees mingled with award winners and exhibitors at a Meet and Greet.

2018 APA-IL Chapter Awards

We are proud to announce the 2018 APA-IL Award Winners! These outstanding planning plans and people from across Illinois exemplify the practice of urban planning and each stand as an example of ways our members are “Making Great Communities Happen”. Please scroll down the page for our 2018 Service Awards. Congratulations to all!

Thank you to the 2018 Awards Jury. It’s no small effort to read and review all the great project nominations we receive.

Ricardo Lopez
Marya Morris, FAICP
Jon Oliphant, AICP
Kimberly Morris
Tom Dabareiner, AICP
Rob Kowalski, FAICP
Malika Hainer, AICP
Audrey Wennink, and
Chris Wallace, AICP

2018 Awards Ceremony, recorded by I3 Events 9/26/18

Our 2018 Service Award winners were announced at the 2018 APA-IL State Conference during our Awards Program on September 26, 2018. Our Service Awards are nominated by the general membership and selected by the voting members of our APA-IL Executive Committee. After the Awards Program, guests and attendees mingled with award winners and exhibitors at a meet and greet.

Two of our award winners, Rob and Libby have also been married for over 30 years and were enjoying their recent retirements, and traveling in New Zealand, so could not attend the conference. They were generous enough to send a short message to the Chapter. Please click here to watch the video and taken in some of New Zealand's gorgeous landscape.

2017 APA-IL Chapter Awards

We are proud to announce the 2017 APA-IL Award Winners! These outstanding planning plans and people from across Illinois exemplify the practice of urban planning and each stand as an example of ways our members are “Making Great Communities Happen”. Please scroll down the page for our 2017 Service Awards. Congratulations to all!

All award winners were honored at the 2017 APA-IL State Conference during an Awards Program on September 13, 2017. After the Awards Program, guests and attendees mingled with award winners and exhibitors at a meet and greet.

Some award winners presented their award-winning plans at the conference's Speed Planning session. Award winners enjoyed sharing their innovative ideas and conference attendees enjoyed the fast-paced session that included a diverse number of projects and topics.