Chapter Awards
Nebraska Chapter Annual Awards
Nomination Process
The nomination period for the 2025 APA Nebraska Chapter Awards ends January 17, 2025.
- Nominations for the following categories requires an application and supporting documentation described in more detail in the Rules and Details document below. All nominations and supporting information must be submitted via email to apanebraska@gmail.com.
- Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan
- Planning Excellence
- Great Places in Nebraska
- Advancing Diversity and Social Change in Honor of Paul Davidoff
- Implementation
Non Application Award Categories
The Awards Committee makes the selection for the "non application award categories" which are detailed further below. Suggestions for awardees is welcomed and a short description of the person deserving the award and reason why should be submitted via email to apanebraska@gmail.com.
There are five award categories for individuals which do not require an application and are awarded by the Awards & Nomination Committee:
Charleston-Ptak Planning Advocate Award
This award honors an individual or appointed or elected official who has advanced or promoted the cause of planning in the public arena. This award is named after Steve Charleston and David Ptak for their leadership and advocacy for good planning in Nebraska. This is a National Award but is not referred to the Charleston-Ptak Planning Advocate Award.
*Open to APA Members and nonmembers.
Alden Aust Distinguished Leadership Award for a Professional Planner
Recognizes an individual’s sustained contribution to the profession through distinguished practice, teaching, or writing. (This is an APA-Nebraska award only. National APA no longer has this category.) This award is named after Alden Aust former Planning Director at the City of Omaha and a former FAICP member for his leadership and professionalism in Nebraska.
*Must be employed within the practice of planning, whether in the public, for-profit, or nonprofit sector. AICP membership is required.
Emerging Practicing Planners
An award recognizing an individual with seven years or less of planning experience who has demonstrated an exceptional commitment and understanding towards the planning profession through distinguished practice, teaching, or writing.
*Open to APA members and nonmembers.
Wozniak-Selander Award for a Planning Pioneer
Honoring pioneers of the profession who have made personal and direct innovations in American planning that have significantly and positively redirected planning practice, education, or theory with long-term results. (This is an APA-Nebraska award only. National APA no longer has this category.) This award is named after Richard Wozniak FAICP and Robert Selander for their leadership and pioneering attitudes toward planning in Nebraska.
*Open to APA Members and nonmembers. Contributions must date back at least 25 years from the nomination deadline.
PRESIDENT’S AWARD
The President’s Award recognizes an individual’s outstanding contribution to the Nebraska Chapter through distinguished service, Chapter promotion, new programs or innovative processes.
*Must be a member of the Nebraska Chapter of the American Planning Association (Board Members are eligible).