Excellence in Planning Award

The City of Olympia and Framework Cultural Placemaking were awarded the APA/PAW 2023 Excellence in Planning Award for Community Involvement for the Olympia Armory Creative Campus Concept Plan.

For the 37th year, the Washington Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA-WA) and the Planning Association of Washington (PAW) jointly honored outstanding contributions to the field of planning in Washington State. The award program goals are to recognize great planning efforts in Washington, promote excellent planning in government and the private sector, and increase public awareness of the roles of APA-WA and PAW in supporting outstanding planning in Washington State. Seven projects were presented with awards in the categories of Comprehensive Planning, Community Involvement, Implementation, Sustainability, and Transportation Planning