Academic

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Merit: Nathan Devan Lacy – UC Irvine Department of Urban Planning and Public Policy
Master of Urban and Regional Planning
Stormwater Design as a Guiding Principle: an exploration of stormwater infrastructure performance in Orange County, CA

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Best Practices

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Excellence: City of Orange Community Development Department – Orange Eichler Design Standards

 

Merit: Lake Forest Economic Development – South Orange County Entrepreneurs Academy

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Communications Initiative

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Excellence: City of Laguna Beach, BGB Design Group, Selva Partners & Ann Christoph, FASLA – City of Laguna Beach Landscape and Scenic Highways Element & Resource Document

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Merit: Orange County Planning Collaborative & Visualizing the Code – Model Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance Video Series

Comprehensive Plan

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Economic Planning and Development

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Merit: City of Tustin Community Development Department & Environment | Planning | Development Solutions, Inc. – City of Tustin Downtown Commercial Core Specific Plan

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Merit: City of Anaheim – City of Anaheim Economic Development Team

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Grassroots Initiative

 

Excellence: Project Bike Love, Sagecrest Planning+Environmental, Officer Shane Spielman of the Anaheim Police Department, Grandma’s House of Hope, and Rock N Road Cyclery – Project Bike Love Local Delivery

 

Implementation

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Excellence: National Community Renaissance, City of Yorba Linda and County of Orange – Oakcrest Heights

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Merit: City of Orange Community Development Department – City of Orange 2010 General Plan Urban Mixed-Use Districts

Opportunity and Empowerment
 

Planning Agency

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Merit: Planning Division – City of Newport Beach

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Transportation Planning

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Excellence: City of Garden Grove, Garden Grove Unified School District, and KOA Corporation – Garden Grove Safe Routes to School: Phase 1 Master Plan

 

Merit: Cory Wilkerson, City of Santa Ana and Joe Punsalan, KTUA – Central Santa Ana Complete Streets Plan

Urban Design

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Merit: City of Mission Viejo, SWA and Kearns & West –Mission Viejo Civic Core Vision Plan

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Emerging Leader

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Nicholas Chen, AICP – Kimley-Horn and Associates