Join APA Los Angeles on June 25 for our 2015 Awards Gala at the historic Alex Theatre in downtown Glendale, celebrating the best of planning in the Los Angeles area! This annual ceremony recognizes the exceptional efforts being carried out by urban planners, advocates, elected officials and others to make great communities happen. It is a gathering of our region’s most active and innovative urban planning professionals, and award winners include professionals from cities, agencies, non-profits, and consulting firms. Join us for a hosted bar throughout the evening, hors d’ouevres and dessert from Porto’s Bakery, an optional walking tour of recent projects in on Brand Boulevard and an after-party for young planners!

6-7 PM Hors d’ouevres and Hosted Bar; optional walking tour of Downtown Glendale 

7-8 PM Awards Ceremony

8-10 PM Coffee and Dessert Reception

10 PM Young and Emerging Planning Professionals’ Awards After-Party at The Famous cocktail lounge, 154 S. Brand Blvd.

Purchase your tickets here!

$40 for APA members with discount code APALAMember40, $55 for non-members, and $25 for students.

Tweet with us at #APALAAwards2015

Parking is available at nearby public lots and garages. Metered street parking and Metro bus service are also available. For more information, see http://www.alextheatre.org/visit.

And the winners are:

• Award of Excellence: Jordan Downs Urban Village Specific Plan, City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning

• Award of Merit: Los Angeles County General Plan Update, Los Angeles County Department of Regional Planning

Planning Best Practices

• Award of Excellence: People Street Program, City of Los Angeles Department of Transportation

• Award of Merit: West Hollywood West Overlay District and Design Guidelines, City of West Hollywood Community Development Department

Transportation Planning Award

• Award of Excellence: Measuring Mobility in Pasadena, City of Pasadena

• Award of Merit: San Gabriel Valley Bicycle Master Plan, Bike San Gabriel Valley

Neighborhood Planning Award

• Award of Excellence: LAX Northside Plan Update, Los Angeles World Airports

• Award of Merit: West Adams Heights Park, Los Angeles Neighborhood Initiative

Academic Award

• Award of Merit: Neighborhood Mobility Initiative, USC Associated Students of Planning and Development

Distinguished Leadership Award – Planning Agency

• Award of Excellence: City of West Hollywood Community Development Department

Opportunity & Empowerment Award

• Award of Excellence: The Courtyard at La Brea, City of West Hollywood

Implementation Award, Large Jurisdiction

• Award of Excellence: Glendale Downtown Specific Plan and Mobility Study, City of Glendale Community Development Department

Urban Design

• Award of Excellence: West Hollywood Design District Streetscape Master Plan, City of West Hollywood, Long Range & Mobility Planning Division

• Award of Merit: Huntington Park Revitalization Strategy – Pacific Boulevard, City of Huntington Park

Public Outreach Award

• Award of Excellence: Youth in Planning, City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning

Communications Initiative

• Award of Merit: UrbDeZine Los Angeles, urbdezine.com

Planning Pioneer

• Award of Excellence: Leobardo Estrada, Associate Professor of Urban Planning, UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs

Innovative Use of Technology

• Award of Excellence: re:code LA Outreach: MapIt & MarkUp, City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning

• Award of Merit: trails.lacountry.gov, County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation

Social Change & Diversity

• Award of Excellence: SurveyLA LGBT Historic Context Statement, City of Los Angeles Department of City Planning, Office of Historic Resources

We would like to thank our 2015 sponsors:

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