Kansas Chapter Planning Awards

Deadline: September 9, 2009

Award presentations will be made at the Kansas Planning Conference in Wichita November 4–6, 2009.

Award Categories:

• Ad Astra Award
• Pioneer Award (Rural)
• New Horizon Award (individual)
• Pioneer Award (Urban)
• New Horizon Award (group)
• Sod Buster Award

Kansas Planning Awards Application (pdf)

Mail applications to: 

Bonnie Johnson
University of Kansas Graduate Program in Urban Planning
1465 Jayhawk Blvd., Room 317
Lawrence, KS 66045-7626 

APA Kansas Award Categories

Ad Astra Award

Recognizes an individual or institution that has made a significant long-term contribution to the field of planning in the state of Kansas.  The impact of their work extends beyond the geographic boundaries of their place of business and has taken the profession of planning to higher levels.

Pioneer Award (Small Town/Rural)

Recognizes an individual or institution that has demonstrated creativity and innovation in using planning to meet a community need or solve a public problem.  The solution must be sustainable, have public support, and the ability to be implemented.

Pioneer Award (Urban)

Recognizes an individual or institution that has demonstrated creativity and innovation in using planning to meet a community need or solve a public problem.  The solution must be sustainable, have public support, and the ability to be implemented.

Sod Buster Award

Recognizes an individual, appointed official, or an elected official who has advanced or promoted the cause of planning in the public arena.  Those nominated may include engaged citizens demonstrating outstanding leadership in a community, region, or state; members of planning commissions, boards of zoning appeals, economic development boards, environmental or historic preservation councils, or other appointed officials; or elected officials, whether holding office atthe local, regional, or state level.  Nominations may also include the more nontraditional roles of citizen activists or neighborhood leaders.

New Horizon Award (Individual Student Project)

New Horizon Award (Team Student Project)

These awards are open to any student or team student project/paper/plan produced while the student(s) were enrolled in a graduate level planning program during the Fall 2007 through Spring 2008 semesters.

Previous award winners