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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