2025 Wisconsin Chapter Awards

BEST PRACTICE
Dane County Regional Housing Strategy
East River Trail Master Plan
Rock River District
Vision Zero Action Plan (City of Sun Prairie)
Tosa for Tomorrow 2045 Comprehensive Plan

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
La Crosse County Economic Development Plan

IMPLEMENTATION
Lakeshore Commons

STUDENT
UWM-A Sustainability Plan for the Village of Elm Grove
UWM-MIlwaukee: A Vibrant Market City

RETIREE
Sandy Scherer (Retired from Waukesha County)
Anna Haines (Retired from UW-Stevens Point)
Dave Mack (Retired from Marathon County)

BOARD MEMBER
Douglas Plowman (VP of Awards and Recognition) 

2024 Wisconsin Chapter Awards

CONNEC+ING MKE: DOWNTOWN PLAN 2040 - City of Milwaukee & Milwaukee Downtown, Inc.

MIDDLETON ZONING ORDINANCE REWRITE - City of Middleton & Vandewalle & Associates

PORT WASHINGTON DOWNTOWN + LAKEFRONT PLAN - City of Port Washington & GRAEF & TKWA

WEST BEND DOWNTOWN AND STREETSCAPE MASTER PLAN - City of West Bend & GRAEF

Economic Development Planning 2024

IMAGINE 2040: LA CROSSE DOWNTOWN PLAN - City of La Crosse & Downtown Mainstreet, Inc. & La Crosse County RDG Planning & Design & Neighborhood Planners, LLC

Spark 2024 LINCOLN COUNTY BROADBAND PLAN - North Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission

Student Projects 2024

EAST LAKE STREET CULTURAL DISTRICT FRAMEWORK PLAN STUDY - Department of Planning and Landscape Architecture, University of Wisconsin-Madison

ANALYSIS OF MADISON’S ISTHMUS LAKESHORE ACCESSIBILITY - Vanessa Abou Harb

2023 Wisconsin Chapter Awards

Best Practice - Greening Milwaukee Public Schoolyards

Complete Green Streets - City of Madison

Zoning Ordinance Update – Village of Mount Pleasant

Innovation: Equitable Engagement - ECWRPC

Economic Development: Industrial Land Analysis – City of Milwaukee

Student Awards: People in Planning – Brian Wiedenfeld

Connecting El Paseo Trail – UW DPLA

Lifetime Achievement Award - Brian Ohm

2022 FAICP Award:

• Carolyn J Esswein

2021

• Connecting the Corridor Strategic Action Plan - City of Milwaukee
• Renewable Energy Action Plan - City of Eau Claire
• Michael J. Walsh Plaza - City of De Pere - GRAEF
• Citizen of the Year - Douglas Maxwell 

2020

• Best Practice - Madison Historic Preservation Plan
• Best Practice - City of Milwaukee Landscape Code and Landscape Design Guide
• Best Practice - Sun Prairie Comprehensive Plan 2019-2039
• Best Practice - Wausau Zoning Ordiance & Zoning Map
• Innovations in Planning - City of Ashland Waterfront Development Plan Update
• City of Madison Mifflandia Plan
• City of Milwaukee Green Infrastructure Plan
• Implementation - A Place in the Neighborhood & MKE United Anti-Displacement Fund
• SPARK - The Beerline Trail Equitable Implementation Plan
• Urban Design - Milwaukee Bucks Deer District
• Urban Design - Water Street - Creating Racine's Newest Riverfront Neighborhood

2019

• Best Practice - City of Milwaukee Pedestrian Plan
• Best Practice - A Greater Madison Vision Survey and Scenario Planning Model
• Best Practice - City of Madison's Imagine Madison Comprehensive Plan
• Innovations in Planning - City of New Richmond Comprehensive Plan
• Innovations in Planning - City of La Crosse US Highway 53 Corridor Plan
• Economic Development Planning - City of Milwaukee's Moving Milwaukee Forward: Equitable Growth Through Transit-Oriented Development
• Economic Development Planning - Southwestern Wisconsin RPC's 2019-2024 Southwestern Wisconsin CEDS
• Student Project - Matthew Frater: “Creating and Maintaining Fair Housing Equity”
• Great Places - Carson Park Causeway, Eau Claire
• Great Places - Historic Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, Milwaukee
• Great Places - Wenzel Family Plaza, Marshfield
• Service Recognition -Kassandra Walburn, AICP - Treasurer, 2016-2018 
• Service Recognition - Karen Sands, AICP - Secretary, 2014-2019
• Retiree Recognition - Linda Stoll, AICP - APA-WI Board of Directors, 2002-2019

2018

• Planning Excellence Award - Kinni Corridor Plan - City of River Falls
• Planning Excellence - Ledgeview Neighborhood Center District Plan - Town of Ledgeview
• Planning Excellence - Harbor District Water and Land Use Plan - City of Milwaukee
• Planning Excellence - Garver Feed Mill Project - City of Madison
• Great Places - Great River Landing - City of Onalaska
• Great Places - Lewis Spring Nine E-Way - Dane County
• Great Places - 400 Block Park - City of Wausau
• Great Places - City Deck - City of Green Bay
• Retiree Recognition - Patrick Tierney
• Retiree Recognition - Mariano Lucero
• Retiree Recognition - Susan Jones
• Retiree Recognition - Randy Tetzlaff

2017

• Washington County Site Redevelopment Program
• Madison Metropolitan School District Student Enrollment Projections
• Winnebago County Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan
• Village of Oregon Sign Code
• South Milwaukee Comprehensive Plan and Downtown Plan Update
• Walker's Point Strategic Action Plan - South 5th Street Reconstruction
• Green Infrastructure Guidebook for Schools
• Dane County Bicycle Wayfinding Manual
• Appleton Avenue Corridor Visioning Plan - Student Award

2015

• Eau Claire Growth Management Agreements
• Regional Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan, East Central Regional Planning Commission (Plan)
• Fox Point Pedestrian Bridge (Implementation)
• Great River Landing, Onalaska (Plan)
• AuthentiCity, Strategic Vision for Green Bay (Plan)
• EcoVillage Sustainable Housing, River Falls (Implementation)

2014

• Cedars at Kimberly, East Central Wisconsin RPC (Plan)
• Westlawn Gardens Revitalization, Milwaukee (Plan)
• Placemaking Haymarket Plaza, Eau Claire (Plan)
• Downtown Revitalization, Mauston (Plan)
• Scenario Planning Model, Stoughton with Capitol Area Regional Planning Commission (Plan)

2013

• Dodge Co. Land Resources and Parks Department (Implementation)
• Light Horse Development, Shorewood (Implementation)
• Root River Development Plan, Racine (Plan)
• La Crosse Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan (Plan)
• South Holmen Drive, Onalaska (Plan)
• Drexel Town Square, Oak Creek (Plan)

2012

• Ashland, Howard Pearson Plaza (Urban Design)
• Milwaukee Streetscapes Guidelines (Planning Tool)
• Sturgeon Bay, West Waterfront Area Redevelopment and Implementation Strategy (Plan Document)
• Eau Claire, West Riverside District Plan (Neighborhood Planning Award)
• Waukesha Central City Master Plan (Plan Document)

2009

• Envision Boscobel (Plan Document)
• Milwaukee Northwest Side Comprehensive Area Plan (Plan Document)
• Cross Plain Downtown Revitalization Plan (Plan Implementation)
• Stevens Point Downtown Redevelopment Plan (Urban Design)
• Stoughton Road Revitalization Project Plan (Urban Design)