
2019 Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan: ON TO 2050

2019 Strategic Plan Award: Wild Mile

2006 Distinguished Service Award: Sam Santell

2019 Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan: ON TO 2050
Past Chapter Award Winners
For awards prior to 2010, please click here for a list of past award winners.
PROJECT AWARDS
Daniel Burnham Award for Outstanding Comprehensive Plan
2022 - West Chicago Forward/Adelante
2021 - Libertyville 2030 Comprehensive Plan
2020 - Your Future Frankfort Comprehensive Plan
2019 - ON TO 2050
2018 - Town of Normal Comprehensive Plan 2040
2017 - The Yorkville Plan
2016 - Ottawa Comprehensive Plan
2016 - City of Zion Comprehensive Plan
2015 - Bring it On Bloomington: City of Bloomington Comprehensive Plan
2014 - Imagine Belleville
2013 - Illinois Transportation Plan
2012 - Village of Downers Grove 2030 Comprehensive Plan
2011 - Champaign Tomorrow: 2011 Comprehensive Plan
2010 - Village of Villa Park Comprehensive Plan
2010 - McHenry County 2030 Comprehensive Plan
2010 - City of Carbondale Comprehensive Plan
Advancing Diversity and Social Change Award
2022 - Hedge POP! Park
2021 - PopCourts!
Best Practice Award
2022 - 1212 Larkin
2021 - Woodstock Age-Friendly Livable Community Plan
2020 - Matteson Streetscape Improvement Plan
2019 - Fox River Corridor Plan
2018 - City of Champaign Parking Requirement Elimination
2017 - Downtown Rockford Strategic Action Plan
2016 - Regenerate Chicago Neighborhoods
2015 - Tri County Fiscal Impact Calculator
2014 - Columbia Community Preservation Plan 2014
2013 - South Suburban Retail Investment Study
2012 - Complete Street, Complete Networks: A Manual for the Design of Active Transportation
2011 - Chicago Park District Lakefront Trails Counts
2011 - Naperville Historic Preservation Initiative
2010 - Downtown Naperville Pedestrian Gap Analysis
2010 - Planning Mapper
2009 - City of Naperville Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice Report
Community Outreach Award
2021 - “Care About the Count”: North Central IL 2020 Census Campaign Under Pandemic
2020 - Bloomington and Normal Consolidated Plans
2019 - North Lawndale Quality-of-Life Plan
2018 - Elmhurst Park District Vision 2020
2017 - Envision Oak Park
2017 - Wicker Park Bucktown Master Plan
2016 - Belmont Cragin Quality of Life Plan
2015 - The Cairo Comprehensive Plan
2014 - Remediation and Redevelopment Project for La Huerta Roots & Rays
2013 - A Vision for Division
2012 - Rockford Choice Neighborhoods Plan: Neighborhood Planning Handbook
2011 - Lakeview Area Master Plan
2010 - Master Plan for Wicker Park/Bucktown SSA
Implementation Award
2019 - Fountain Square Plaza
2018 - Great Rivers Chicago
2018 - Illinois Tollway SmartRoad & Pace I-90 Market Expansion Program Collaboration
2017 - Argyle Shared Street
2015 - Near North Quality of Life Plan and Design Guidelines
2014 - Ellis Heights Choice Neighborhoods Transformation Plan
2013 - Chicago Heights Active Transportation Plan
2012 - Modern Schools Across Chicago
2011 - Bartlett Town Center Redevelopment Plan
2011 - Smart Communities in Chicago: Master Plan and Neighborhood Plan
2010 - Spring Creek Greenway Master Plan
2010 - Village of Round Lake Beach Lakefront Park
Strategic Plan Award
2022 - Alton Great Streets
2022 - Climate Action Plan for the Chicago Region
2021 - Oak Brook Reserve
2020 - Urbana Park District Strategic Plan 2020
2019 - Wild Mile
2019 - North River Communities Neighborhood Plan
2018 - Auburn Gresham & Englewood Quality of Life Planning
2017 - Arts Block Master Plan
2017 - MWRD Robbins Master Plan
2016 - The Winnetka Lakefront Plan
2016 - Positioning Pullman
2016 - Chinatown Community Vision Plan
2015 - Wisconsin Avenue Business Corridor Plan: Rethinking Wisconsin Avenue
2014 - Moline Centered: Riverfront Neighborhoods Comprehensive Plan Update
2013 - Prairie Grove Town Center and Transit Oriented Development Plan
2012 - McHenry County Green Infrastructure Plan
2011 - Lombard Downtown Plan
2011 - Manhattan Village Center Master Plan
2010 - 2009 Legacy Plan Downtown Tinley Park
2010 - Village of Montgomery TOD Plan and Park and Ride Location Study
2010 - Village of River Forest Corridors Plan
Sustainability Award
2017 - Carbondale Bicycle Master Plan
2016 - The Talking Farm
2015 - Urbana Sustainable Water Management Plan
2015 - Bristol Place LEED-ND Master Plan
2014 - Champaign Growing Greener
2013 - Growing Greener: Forest Park Sustainability Plan
2012 - Stearns Road Bridge Corridor
2011 - Sustainable Decatur
Healthy Active Community Award
2022 - Illinois Veterans’ Home Quincy Campus Master Plan
2021 - Northern Lakeshore Trail Connectivity Plan
2020 - Southeast Cook County Land Acquisition Plan: A Strategy for the Forest Preserves of Cook County
2019 - BikeConnect HOI: Heart of Illinois Regional Bike Plan
2018 - Healthy Chicago 2.0
Historic Exploration Award
2022 - Uncover Antioch
Student Project Award
2022 - 35th Street Reimagined: Codesigning Neighborhood Improvements with McKinley Park Neighbors (UIC)
2021 - Connecting People to Power: South Shore Energy Plan (UIC)
2020 - Village of Dolton Comprehensive Plan
2019 - Downtown Viola Plan
2018 - UIC Plan Making Studio
2017 - Vision for a New Lawrence, Michael Sewall (UIC)
2016 - Washington Square Commercial Historic District - Marcia Klopf (UIUC)
2015 - Plaza and Urban Life - Pablo Penades Lopez (UIC)
2014 - Post-War Emergency Planning in Homs, Syria - Makek Abdulsamad
2013 - Elmwood Park Diversey Avenue Plan
2012 - Knoxville Main Street - Eli Cosky (UIUC)
SERVICE AWARDS
Distinguished Service
2021 - Laurie Marston, FAICP
2020 - Marcella Bondie Keenan
2019 - Mark Koplin, AICP
2018 - Rob Olshansky, FAICP
2018 - Elizabeth "Libby" Tyler, FAICP
2017 - Lee Brown, FAICP
2016 - John Paige, AICP
2016 - David Silverman, AICP
2015 - Rob Kowalski, AICP
2014 - Philip Dick, AICP
2012 - Chaddick Institute (with special recognition to Michael Blue, FAICP and Laurie Marston, FAICP)
2012 - Jim Peters, FAICP
2009 - Ty Warner, AICP
2007 - Ellen Shubart
2006 - Sam Santell
2006 - Bruce Knight, FAICP (in appreciation of his leadership role with the APA-IL)
2006 - Shawn Christ, AICP (in appreciation of his webmaster role with the APA-IL)
2006 - Robert Ahlberg, AICP (in appreciation of his dedicated service to the APA-IL)
2005 - Karen Stonehouse, AICP
2004 - Robert Sullivan
2003 - John C. Pettigrew
2002 - Grace Bazylewski
Planning Advocate
2020 - Tonika Johnson
2019 - Karen Kreis
2018 - Mark Peterson
2017 - John Lobaito
2015 - Stan Cain
2014 - Gloria Crowder
Emerging Planner Award
2021 - Cristen Hardin
2021 - Phillip Green
2020 - Jane Wilberding, AICP
2019 - Vitaliy Vladimirov
2018 - Paola Aguirre
2017 - Katanya Raby-Henry
2016 - Ben LeRoy
2014 - Emily Fultz, AICP