City of Amarillo’s Vision 2045 among Texas Planning Award Recipients

AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — The American Planning Association Texas Chapter announced today the state’s best planning projects, advocates, and communities for 2024 including the City of Amarillo’s Vision 2045 comprehensive plan.

According to officials, the Texas Planning Awards program recognizes outstanding efforts in planning achievements and planning leadership in Texas. Officials noted that these awards represent the state’s highest planning honors with the Awards Selection Committee evaluating nominees based on originality and innovation, engagement, implementation and effectiveness, quality, and promotion of planning.

Officials with the Texas Planning Awards Program also recognize a student project award and a Community of the Year award and recipients are listed in detail on the American Planning Association Texas Chapter website.

Officials noted the planning and planning achievement awards recipients were:

• Planning Awards
• Community of the Year
• City of Georgetown

• Comprehensive Plan
• Vision 2045, City of Amarillo Comprehensive Plan

• Advancing Diversity & Social Change
• CapMetro ETOD Study

• Planning Advocate
• City of Austin Mayor Pro Tem Leslie Pool

• Planning Landmark
• Rio Vista Farm Bracero Reception Center

• Journalism Award
• Community Impact

• Texas Chapter Award – To be announced at Conference
• Chapter President’s Award – To be announced at Conference
• Texas Planning Legend Award – To be announced at Conference

Planning Achievement Awards

• Best Practice
• Gold Award: City of Houston Livable Places
• Gold Award: Houston Parks Board Design Guidelines for Pedestrian and Bike Trails

• Economic Development Planning
• Gold Award: Brownwood Downtown Plan

• Environmental Planning
• Gold Award: El Paso Regional Priority Climate Action Plan
• Silver Award: San Marcos Natural Areas Land Management Plan

• Grassroots Initiative
• Gold Award: Turner Alumni Association

• Implementation
• Gold Award: Dallas Sidewalk Master Plan
• Silver Award: Mesquite Downtown Infrastructure Plan and Front Street Station

• Public Outreach
• Gold Award: Texas Trees Foundation: Southwestern Medical District Urban Streetscape and Park Project
• Silver Award: Prairie View Livable Centers Study

• Resilience
• Gold Award: Houston Resilience Hub Network Master Plan

• Transportation Planning
• Gold Award: City of Fort Worth East Berry Street Corridor Study
• Silver Award: City of Midland Comprehensive Safety Action Plan
• Silver Award: TxDOT Connecting Texas 2050 Statewide Long Range Transportation Plan

• Urban Design

• Gold Award: University of Houston Downtown Campus Master Plan
• Silver Award: Waco 25th Street Corridor Implementation Plan

For more information about the Texas Planning Awards program as well as a full list of the planning award recipients from previous years, those are encouraged to visit the American Planning Association Texas Chapter website.

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