Awards

APA California Northern Section Awards

The purpose of the American Planning Association, California Chapter, Northern Section Awards Program is to encourage quality in planning and increase the public’s awareness of the planning profession through recognizing outstanding achievement in the planning field. Each year, the Northern Section bestows Planning Awards to honor the most outstanding efforts in planning in the Section. The program honors innovative plans and projects, distinguished APA members, and lay contributors to planning and achievements of the Northern Section. Often, our Section winners ascend to win awards at the State and National levels!

2023 APA California – Northern Section Awards Winners

Each year, the Northern Section bestows Planning Awards to honor the most outstanding efforts in planning in the Section. This year, we received over 30 applications! The jury was impressed with the quality of applications across the board. 

After careful deliberation, the results are in, and the Northern Section is proud to announce the winners!

See our Award Winners!

We would like to extend a huge thank you to our panel of jurors for taking the time to review each application thoroughly and for engaging in a thoughtful deliberation. Thank you to our 2023 jurors: 

  • Andrew Mogensen, AICP, Community Development Director, Millbrae   
  • Florentina Craciun, AICP, Senior Environmental Planner, City and County of San Francisco
  • Joanna Jansen, AICP, LEED AP, Managing Principal, Placeworks 
  • John Cook, AICP, Managing Director, Environmental Planning, ICF 
  • Mike Iswalt, AICP, Transportation Planner, Kimley-Horn 

Congratulations to all of the winners and thank you to everyone who applied. We look forward to seeing you at our Awards Gala, where our 2023 APA California – Northern Section Awards recipients will be celebrated. The Gala will tentatively be held in October 2023. More information will be shared once it becomes available. If you, or someone you know, is interested in helping to plan the Awards Gala, please contact Danae Hall at awardssubmissions@norcalapa.org. 

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