Mike Swearingen and Kim Anderson from San Jaoquin COG accept the Outstanding Planning: Best Practices award with Jim Harnish and Ted Holzem.
We were honored to receive the 2011 Outstanding Planning: Best Practices award for the San Joaquin Valley Blueprint Planners Toolkit at last night’s Sacramento Valley Section APA Awards. The Awards ceremony was held at the AECOM office in midtown Sacramento where we spent the evening recognizing our peers for their remarkable contributions to the planning profession.
The toolkit was described as: “…a fabulous resource sensitive to the economic realities facing jurisdictions today. It is an easy to use resource, developed with input from a broad array of planners as is apparent when maneuvering the website. The project takes advantage of social media tools allowing for continuous improvement of the site and encouraging a collaborative and ongoing dialogue about best planning practices.”
Since its launch in Fall 2010 the Planners Toolkit has provided an online platform for planners, elected officials, and citizens to access California planning law and project case studies, templates, and other resources to help implement the San Joaquin Valley Blueprint vision and 12 smart growth principles. The Toolkit was developed through an eight county collaborative effort that engaged the community planners from throughout the San Joaquin Valley. Mintier Harnish was assisted in this effort by Mogavero Notestine Associates and Learning Change. You can learn more about the Planners Toolkit at: http://
