Awards

Prior Year Awardees: 

2024

• President’s Award - Nancy Thompson

• Dwight F. Davis Award for Outstanding Planning Advocate - Wayne Hilzinger

• Award for Outstanding Plan Making - "We Make U City" (planning NEXT & City of University City, Missouri)

• Award for Outstanding Planning Practice - "Gateway to Safer Roadways: St. Louis Regional Safety Action Plan" (East-West Gateway Council of Governments, CBB Transportation Engineers + Planners, Civil Design, Inc., Excel Business Concepts, and Equitable Cities LLC)

2023

• Award for Outstanding Plan Making - Tower Grove Connector (SWT Design)
• Award for Outstanding Planning Practice - 20th Street Mobility Improvements (Crawford, Murphy & Tilly)
• Dwight F. Davis Award for Outstanding Planning Advocate - Gail Choate
• President’s Award - John Brancaglione

2020

• Dwight F. Davis Award for Outstanding Planning Advocate: Dr. Sarah Coffin, Saint Louis University
• Dwight F. Davis Award for Outstanding Planning Advocate: Brian H. Hurd
• Outstanding Plan Making: St. Charles County 2030 Master Plan
• Outstanding Planning Practice: Gravois-Jefferson Aligned
• President's Award: Martin L. Mathews, Mathews Dickey's Boys & Girls Club
• Planning Champion Award: Beth Letscher

2019

2019 Photos by Mara Perry. Many photos feature Scott Hanson and Jonathan Roper from the St. Louis Metro Section.

• Award for Outstanding Plan Making: The Lake St. Louis Comprehensive Plan (The i5 Group)
  

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• Award for Outstanding Plan Implementation: The Signal Hill Outdoor Classroom (Heartlands Conservancy)
  

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• Dwight F. Davis Award for Outstanding Planning Advocate: 
  Bill Koehnemann, City of Highland, Combined Planning and Zoning Board
  

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  and Missy Waldman, City of Olivette, City Council.
  

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• President's award: Richard Ward.
  
  

2018

2018 Photos by Mara Perry. All photos feature Cynthia Bowen, President of APA National and Scott Hanson from the St. Louis Metro Section

• Award for Outstanding Plan Making: The Gravois-Jefferson Historic Neighborhoods Plan (Rise Community Development
  

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• Award for Outstanding Plan Implementation:  Educational Campus Zoning District (The City of Webster Groves)
  

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• Award for Outstanding Best Planning Practice: Business Assistance Program (City of Fairview Heights)
  

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• President's award: Dr. Peter Salsich, Outstanding Lifetime Achievement in Planning
  

2017

• Award for Outstanding Plan Making: Creve Coeur 2030 Comprehensive Plan Update (H3 Studio, City of Creve Coeur)
  
  
• Award for Outstanding Plan Implementation: Gateway Bike Plan (Alta Planning)
  
  
• Dwight F. Davis Award for Outstanding Planning Advocate: David Wilson (East-West Gateway Council of Governments)
  
  
• President's award: John King, land use attorney.