2025 Fall GPA Chapter Awards

GPA received outstanding nominations in a variety of categories for our Annual Awards. Thank you to all who submitted plans and individuals for consideration – it is evident that we are doing a lot of great work here in Georgia! A big congratulations to the 2025 GPA Award winners!

  • Distinguished Leadership in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
  • Distinguished Planning Leadership
  • Innovation in Planning
  • Outstanding Planning Process
  • Outstanding Public Involvement
  • Outstanding Planning Document
  • Outstanding Plan Implementation

Award Category: Distinguished Leadership in Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion

Project Name: Southside Revitalization Plan
Award Winners: Valdosta Visionaries Team

Presented to a member of the Georgia Chapter in recognition of an individual, specific planning tool, practice, program, project, or process that demonstrates an outstanding commitment to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion.

Award Category: Distinguished Planning Leadership

Award Winner: Suzanne Kirk

Presented to a member of the Georgia Chapter for sustained contribution to the profession through distinguished practice, teaching, or writing.

Award Category: Innovation in Planning

Project Name: Connected Vehicle Technology Deployment and Planning in Henry County
Award Winner: Henry County

In recognition of a specific planning tool, practice, program, project, or process that is a significant advancement to specific elements of planning. This category emphasizes results and demonstrates how innovative and state-of-the-art planning methods and practices helped to implement a plan.

Award Category: Outstanding Planning Process

Project Name: Amplifying the Georgia World Congress Center
Award Winners: HKS, Inc./GWCCA

Recognizing the quality and completeness of the overall planning process.

Award Category: Outstanding Public Involvement

Project Name: Plan “A”: Atlanta’s Comprehensive Development Plany
Award Winners: City of Atlanta/TSW

Recognizing an initiative where a region or community involves the general public in a planning activity above and beyond the minimum state or local requirements, and where that involvement contributes greatly to the final product.

Award Category: Outstanding Planning Document

Project Name: Mountain to River Trail Activation Stud
Award Winner: City of Marietta

Recognizing the quality and completeness of the overall planning processIn recognition of a specific planning document/ deliverable that goes above and beyond the traditional planning document in terms of communication, graphics, storytelling, and overall quality of thought and delivery.

Award Category: Outstanding Plan Implementation

Project Name: Downtown Albany Master Plan
Award Winners: City of Albany/TSW

This award emphasizes long-term, measurable results. Emphasis on connection to the original plan; effectiveness of implementation, equity, and sustainability.

Published:  October 6, 2026
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