Northern Section cities and consultants will be taking home five awards from the APA California conference at the Anaheim Marriott, October 1-4. Congratulations to these esteemed award winners:
URBAN DESIGN
Award of Excellence: San José Citywide Design Standards and Guidelines
- Team: City of San José, Urban Planning Partners, Inc., Van Meter Williams Pollack LLP
Award of Merit: City of Dublin Downtown Preferred Vision
- Team: City of Dublin, Urban Field, ELS Architects, Keyser Marston Associates, Retail Real Estate Resources, SWA Landscape Architects, BKF Engineers, Kimley Horn
HARD-WON VICTORIES
Award of Excellence: Santa Rosa Downtown Station Area Specific Plan Update
- Team: City of Santa Rosa and Dyett & Bhatia
IMPLEMENTATION (LARGE)
Award of Excellence: SoHay, a mixed-use, mixed density development in Hayward
This 25-acre development with its new park was seamlessly stitched together from a patchwork of disjointed and irregularly shaped parcels that were set aside for a freeway that was never built.
- Team: City of Hayward and Dahlin Group Architecture Planning
BEST PRACTICES AWARD
Award of Merit: City of Milpitas’ Innovative Planning Tools for Housing Production
- Team: City of Milpitas and Metta Urban Design