The American Planning Association has announced their 2012 National Planning Awards. These awards are the APA showing recognition to the most outstanding people and places that create communities where people want to live and grow.

Here is a quick roundup of the award winners.

National Planning Excellence Award Winners

The Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan

Vision 2020: New York City Comprehensive Waterfront Plan (New York, NY)

The HUD Secretary’s Opportunity and Empowerment Award

Robert R. Taylor Homes / NorthSide Revitalization (Wilmington, North Carolina)

National Excellence Planning Award for a Grassroots Initiative

Yorktown 2015: A Blueprint for Survival and Sustainability (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

National Planning Excellence Award for Implementation

Contra Costa Centre Transit Village (California)

National Planning Excellence Award for Public Outreach

Fast Forward Mobile Outreach Bus (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

National Planning Excellence Award for Innovation in Sustaining Places

Re-imagining a More Sustainable Cleveland (Cleveland, Ohio)

Best Practices in Hazard Mitigation and Disaster Planning

Florida Statewide Regional Evacuation Study Program (Florida)

National Planning Excellence Award for a Planning Firm

Sasaki Associates, Inc. (Watertown, Massachusetts)

National Planning Landmark Award

The Bennett Plan of the City of Pasadena (1925) (Pasadena, California)

National Planning Achievement Awards

The Pierre L’Enfant International Planning Award

Strategic Master Plan I Petra Region, Jordan (Petra Region, Jordan)

National Planning Achievement Award for a Hard-Won Victory

Candlestick Point-Hunters Point Shipyard Phase II EIR (California)

Advancing Diversity & Social Change in Honor of Paul Davidoff

Leonardo Vazquez (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)

The National Planning Excellence Award for Planning Advocate

Governor Martin O’Malley: Reinvigorating Smart Growth in Maryland (Maryland)

For more information on these great projects and award winners, head on over to the official APA website.