The City of Plano Planning Department was recently recognized by the American Planning Association (APA) Texas with awards in journalism, historic preservation and implementation.
The department won a gold award in journalism for its documentary Sticking to the Plan: Telling the Story of Visionary Planning in Plano. The documentary takes viewers through the transformation of Plano from a rural farming town to one of America’s largest cities.
The department won silver in the Historic Preservation Award for the Texas Pool project. The Texas Pool was put on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019 and was designated as a Plano Heritage Landmark in 2023.
The City of Plano Planning Department also won a silver award for Implementation for the City of Plano Future Land Use Map Implementation Tools.
The Texas chapter has awarded Plano with Community of the Year in 2014 and several planning achievement awards since 2019. Plano has previously won national awards from the APA in 2017 for the Plano Tomorrow Comprehensive Plan.
