Community Advocacy Planning

Recognizes a project, group, or individual that demonstrates a commitment to advocacy planning in support of society’s less fortunate members.

Community-Based Planning

Recognizes a citizen-based and initiated planning effort that establishes and enhances a sense of awareness of a community’s character, values, and aspirations.

CURRENT TOPIC AWARD: Innovation in Regional Planning

Recognizes innovative plans, programs, tools, or related efforts that demonstrate advancement in planners' efforts to address the issues of planning at a regional, multi-jurisdictional level. This award category is part of APA's larger effort to call attention to the need for regional planning and to promote national and state policies providing legal and financial incentives for community cooperation.

Distinguished Leadership

Recognizes an individual’s personal efforts and contributions to the advancement of good planning in Hawaii.

Distinguished Service

Recognizes an individual for his/her service and support of the Chapter.

Donald Wolbrink
Chapter Achievement

Recognizes an individual, firm, or organization for exemplary related activity(ies) which warrant special recognition by the Chapter.

Environment / Preservation

Recognizes planning work done to nurture, perpetuate, or enhance the environment or the preservation of an area’s historic, and/or cultural resources.

Media

Recognizes a media organization or individual for contributions to promote good planning in Hawaii in the past year.

Outstanding Planning

Recognizes a project, process, or program that exemplifies excellence in planning.

Public Education

Recognizes an individual, project, or program that has informed or educated the public, or a segment of the public about the benefits of planning and/or how planning works.

Student Project

Recognizes a student or group of students in an accredited planning program for an outstanding class project.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

The following general criteria will be used to evaluate each project or individual nominated. Evaluation criteria for the Current Topic Award is to be announced.

Innovation

Originality of concept or appreciable refinement of existing techniques or procedures. How does the nominated effort present a visionary approach or innovative concept within the context of the jurisdiction’s situation? To What extent has the initiative been used to address the need identified in the nomination?  How has the use of the planning process in this context expanded upon accepted planning principles?

Transferability

Potential application in other areas or to other projects. How does the nominated effort provide a potential application to others? To what extent would broader application of this effort’s components and methodology further the cause of good planning?

Quality

Excellence of thought, analysis, writing, graphics, and character of presentation. To what extent does the nominated effort show excellence of thought, analysis, writing, graphics and the application of ethical planning principles? How were available resources used in well-conceived and appropriate format?

Implementation

Plans were carried out successfully or they show promise of being implemented. How has the submission addressed the need or problem that prompted its initiation? How have these results made a difference in the lives of the people affected?  How effective is it in short, medium, and long terms?

Comprehensiveness

Planning principles were observed, especially their effects on other public objectives. How have planning principles been observed, especially in consideration of the nominated effort’s effects on other public objectives?  To what extent does the effort include elements important to the local community?