County Planning Awards

Livingston County Planning is an multi-award winning public planning organization, at both the State of Michigan and National levels.

MAP Awards1.jpg Beginning in October of 2019, the Department won two prestigious Michigan Association of Planning (MAP) Awards for the 2018 Livingston County Master Plan. The Department won the Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan is for a comprehensive or general plan that advances the science and art of planning.

The Department also won the MAP Best Practice award, which awards a specific planning tool, practice, program, project, or process. This category emphasizes results and demonstrates how innovative and state-of-the-art planning methods and practices help to create communities of lasting value. The nomination for this award focused on the following project criteria: originality and innovation; implementation and transferability; stakeholder engagement; and effectiveness and results.

In April of 2020, the department also won two national planning awards for the 2018 Livingston County Master Plan; they are: the American Planning Association (APA), County Planning Division (CPD) National Association of County Planners (NACP) Awards of Merit. In July 2020 the American Planning Association (APA), Small Town and Rural Planning Division's Vernon Deines Award for a Comprehensive Plan/Large Jurisdiction.

Livingston County Master Plan Website

More information regarding these awards can be found below.

National Planning Awards

April 2020:

American Planning Association - Livingston County, Michigan, Master Plan wins Prestigious 2020 American Planning Association County Planning Division Merit Award

Each year the American Planning Association (APA), County Planning Division (CPD) and its sister organization, the National Association of County Planners (NACP) gives out County Planning Project Awards.

There are two types of awards,

Award of Excellence
Awards of Merit.

For 2020, Livingston County was the recipient of an Award of Merit in the Comprehensive Plan – Large Jurisdiction category (population of 50,000 or more) for the 2018 Livingston County Master Plan.

In addition, annually the Small Town & Rural Planning Division of the American Planning Association (APA) sponsors planning awards to honor outstanding planning projects throughout the United States.

The Livingston County, Michigan, Master Plan received the following award:

Vernon Deines Award for a Comprehensive Plan / Large Jurisdiction (Population 51K or more)

This award is given to an outstanding comprehensive plan or special project plan that addresses the development of a neighborhood, community, county or region.

Press Release-National Award

State of Michigan Planning Awards

October 2019:

Michigan Association of Planning - Planning Excellence Awards For 2018 Livingston County Master Plan

Annually, the Michigan Association of Planning sponsors Planning Excellence Awards to honor outstanding planning projects throughout the State of Michigan. There are ten (10) Planning Excellence award categories that parallel national American Planning Association (APA) award categories. A jury of APA Michigan Chapter professionals review and select the award-winning projects

The Plan received the following two awards:

The Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan is for a comprehensive or general plan that advances the science and art of planning. The award honors America’s most famous planner, Daniel Burnham, for his contributions to the planning profession and to a greater awareness of the benefits of good planning. The nomination for this award focused on the following project criteria: originality and innovation; quality in presentation and methodology; stakeholder engagement; implementation and effectiveness; and promotion of planning.

The Best Practice Award is for a specific planning tool, practice, program, project, or process. This category emphasizes results and demonstrates how innovative and state-of-the-art planning methods and practices help to create communities of lasting value. The nomination for this award focused on the following project criteria: originality and innovation; implementation and transferability; stakeholder engagement; and effectiveness and results.