2023 Awards – American Planning Association | California Chapter

2023 IES-APA Award Recipients:

	Award	Winner	Project
1	Academic	Thuy Le Xuan Cao & Alejandro De Loera	Senior Project on Youth Homelessness in Eastern Riverside County
2	Comp Planning , Small – Excellence	City of Needles	Land Use & Transportation Elements
3	Comp Planning , Small – Merit	City of Yucaipa	Housing Element
4	Comp Planning , Large – Excellence	City of Rancho Cucamonga	Creative Placemaking and Public Art Strategic Plan
5	Best Practices, Excellence	City of Menifee	Permit Ready ADU Plan program
6	Best Practices, Merit	City of Corona	Rezoning & Objective Design Standards & Guidelines
7	Economic Planning	City of Jurupa Valley	The Shops at Jurupa Valley
8	Implementation, Large – Excellence	City of Moreno Valley	The Digital Plan Room
9	Planning Pioneer	Miguel Vasquez	n/a
10	Communication Initiative, Excellence	Alianza Coachella Valley	How Did We Get Here, an illustrated novel
11	Grassroots Initiative, Excellence	The Artlands & Omnitrans	Revitalizing Public Transportation Through Bus Bench Art
12	Healthy Communities, Excellence	RUHS	Covid-19 Response
13	Healthy Communities, Merit	City of Moreno Valley	Kaiser Permanent Facility
14	Palnner4Health	Randall Lewis	n/a
15	Hard Won Vicory, Excellence	City of Jurupa Valley	City of Jurupa Valley’s Incusionary Housing Ordinance
16	Planning Advocate, Planning Agency	City of Big Bear Lake Planning Department	n/a
17	Planning Advocate, Professional Planner	Sue O’Strander	n/a
18	Emerging Planning & Design Firm	Interwest Consulting Group	n/a
19	Public Outreach, Excellence	City of San Jacinto	Envision San Jacinto – General Plan 2040
20	Transportation Planning, Excellence	SBCTA	San Bernardino County Comprehensive Pedestrian Connectivity Plan
21	Transportation Planning, Merit	City of San Bernardino	San Bernardino Active Transportation Plan
22	Urban Design, Excellence	City of Chino	The City of Chino Downtown Civic Center
23	Urban Design, Merit	City of Eastvale	Downtown Eastvale Plan