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Awards

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2000-2009 Western Planner Award Recipients

The Stan Steadman Western Planner Article of the Year Past Recipients.

2000    “Complicated Problems Call for Complicated Solutions” by Co-Authors John Taschek, Owner and Manager, Taschek Environmental Consulting, Seth Fiedler, Senior Environmental Planner, Taschek Environmental Consulting, Corrales, New Mexico, and Anita Miller, Attorney specializing in land use law, Albuquerque, New Mexico

2001    “Fundamentals of Economic Development for Planners” by Dave Spencer, Wyoming Business Council Northeast Region Director, Gillette, Wyoming

2002    “Frontier Planners Tackle Intractable Challengers of Depopulation” by David Stauffer, Red Lodge, Montana Planning and Zoning Commission Chair

2003    “TRAC-ing Land Use Options in Mesa County” by Michael Warren, AICP, Senior Planner, Long-Range Planning Division, Department of Planning and Development, Mesa County, Colorado

2004    “BikeNet in Billings,” by Don Brigham, Consulting Planner, Southeast Washington

2005    “Roads, Growth Management and Rural Planners of the West,” by Mark Reid, Laramie County Planning Director, Cheyenne, Wyoming

2006    “Small Communities Struggle to Retain Identity in the Face of Commercialization” Matt Ashby, AICP, Senior Planner, City of Cheyenne, Wyoming

2007    “Open Space Success Stories: Albuquerque and Boise” by Brad Stebleton. Bernalillo, New Mexico

2008    “Thinking Globally, Acting Municipally: Three Colorado Cities Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gases,” by Megan Day, Manitou Springs, Colorado

2009    To be awarded in August 2010.

Sheldon D. Gerber Merit Award for Excellence in Environmental Planning Past Recipients

2000    Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, Agricultural Conservation Study and Ordinance designed to preserve historic irrigated agricultural lands and to protect groundwater quality

2001    The Sierra Nevada Forest Plan Amendment, U.S. Forest Service, Nevada and California, A ten-year project involving protection of 11.5 million acres of national forests in 28 counties in Nevada and California

2002    No nominations received.

2003    Western Community Stewardship Forum, sponsored by the Sonoran Institute and National Association of Counties for developing and conducting training and assistance programs that provide rural Western county officials with the tools to manage growth effectively.

2004    Coconino County, Arizona Comprehensive Plan
            Honorable Mention: Pahrump Valley, Nevada Master Plan Update

2005    The 3 Creek Ranch Development Project, owned by The Ranches at Jackson Hole, LLC, and led by Verdone Landscape Architects

2006    (Two Awards were given)  The Regional Animal Campus Project, by Tate Snyder Kimsey Architects, Las Vegas, Nevada
            Diablo Canyon Rural Planning Area: Evolving Tradition in a New Economy, Coconino County Board of County Supervisors, Bar T Bar, and Flying M Ranches, Flagstaff, Arizona

2007    City Creek Conservation Area, City of Pocatello, Idaho

            Sheldon D. Gerber Citizen Planner Award winner was Byron Goynes, Planning Commissioner, City of Las Vegas, Nevada

2008    City of Laramie, Wyoming, Community Development Department for the Casper Aquifer Protection Plan and Ordinance

2009:  (One of two winners)  Citizen Initiated Effort: City of Gillette Parks and Beautification Board. Michael Surface was the Senior Planner for the Project.

2009:   (One of two winners)  Planning Project: City of Cheyenne, Wyoming, in cooperation with Wenk Associates for their efforts to providing educational tools and a future vision for the Belvoir Ranch Master Plan.

2010:  Be thinking about a project that deserves recognition for protecting the environment.

Western Planner of the Year Past Recipients

2000    Ed Wynes, Elko County Nevada, Community Development Dept.

2001    Sam Trebilcock, AICP, Sioux Falls, South Dakota Regional Planning Agency

2002    Yorgo Kagafas, Neighborhood Planner, Las Vegas, Nevada

2003    Robert (Bob) Genzer, City of Las Vegas Planning and Development Department Director

2004    No nominations received

2005    Robert Czerniak, City and Regional Planning Program Department Head, , Las Cruces, New Mexico

2006    No nominations received.

2007    Jessica Osborne, Planner III, City of Commerce City, Colorado

2008    Two Planners Recognized:  Robert Briggs, City of Sheridan, Wyoming Planning Director; and Doug Self, City of Driggs, Idaho, Planning and Zoning Administrator

2009    Tom Perrigo, AICP, City of Las Vegas, Nevada, Deputy Director of Planning

2010    Watch for details on how to nominate your favorite planner.

Lester Award Winners

2000    Tammy McGill, Stillwater County, Columbus, Montana

2001-2002       No lucky or unlucky recipients.

2003    Robert Truesdell, Las Vegas Planning Commission Chairman

2004    Joe Racine, WPR Emeritus Board Member, Colorado

2005    Tammy McGill, Billings Montana

2006    Robert S. Genzer, Private Planning Consultant and former City of Las Vegas, Nevada, Planning Supervisor

2007    Dave Miller, Lincoln, Nebraska

2008    Jody Sanford, Bozeman, Montana

2009    Joanne, Garnett, FAICP, Sheridan Wyoming

2010    Be on the lookout for the next unlucky winner for the August 2010 award.

President’s Award Recipients

2007    Steve Kurtz, FAICP, Casper, Wyoming, The Western Planner Editor 1991-2006

2007    Joanne Garnett, FAICP, Pinedale, Wyoming, 22-year WPR Board Member, WPR Emeritus Board Member, and “Mother of the Western Planner”

2008    Wells Williams, AICP, Sitka, Alaska, 16-year WPR Board Member and First WPR Webmaster

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