North Bayshore Precise Plan earns award for Comprehensive Plan
Mountain View’s North Bayshore Precise Plan won the 2015 Award for Comprehensive Plan, Small Jurisdiction, from the California Northern Section of the American Planning Association. North Bayshore is home to Google, Intuit, LinkedIn, and other major Silicon Valley companies and adjacent to one of the most congested highways in the region. In the plan developed …
Greenprint wins Excellence in Sustainability Award
The American Planning Association, Sustainable Communities Division, recognized Greenprint 2015/2040 with the 2015 Excellence in Sustainability Award for a Plan. Greenprint, led by the Memphis-Shelby County office of Sustainability, is designed to enhance livability by establishing a unified vision for a regionwide network of green space areas in the Greater Memphis Area. Nelson\Nygaard led one …
Mountain View Shoreline Boulevard Study wins award
The City of Mountain View’s Shoreline Boulevard Corridor Study has won an Award of Excellence in the category of Transportation Planning from the California Northern section of the American Planning Association. The study defines a new multimodal approach to one of Silicon Valley’s major thoroughfares. Nelson\Nygaard led the ambitious effort and recommended a diverse package …
moveDC wins multiple awards
moveDC, Washington DC’s long range transportation plan, has earned two awards. It received the 2015 National Planning Excellence Award for Transportation Planning from the American Planning Association and the 2015 National Recognition Award from the American Council of Engineering Companies. The plan outlines a commitment to achieving the district’s goals of livability, environmental sustainability, and …
Vibrant NEO 2040 Honored by APA with Comprehensive Plan Award
The American Planning Association honored Vibrant NEO 2040, the first regional plan ever implemented in Northeast Ohio, with the 2015 Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan. The three-year regional planning initiative, led by the Northeast Ohio Sustainable Communities Consortium and Sasaki Associates, determines the vision of the future for four metro areas that include …
DC Mid City Livability Study Honored for Innovative Public Engagement
The National Capital Area Chapter of the American Planning Association gave the Mid City East Livability Study the 2014 Harold Foster Award for Distinction in Community Outreach and Engagement. An area of Washington, DC hoped to reclaim local streets as human places where people can move freely and traffic is slow but it was hampered …