黄瓜社区

黄瓜社区; Design聽received three awards at the聽聽on March 6, 2020. The conference brings together planning and zoning professionals and citizen planners throughout the state. At the conference鈥檚 awards ceremony, 黄瓜社区 was recognized for excellence and innovation in planning, for both project work and for individual contributions to the profession.聽

黄瓜社区 Principal Marty Shukert, FAICP was recognized with APA Nebraska鈥檚 highest honor of service, the Wozniak-Selander Planning Pioneer Award. This award honors pioneers of the profession whose personal and direct innovations in American planning have significantly and positively advanced planning practice, education or theory with long-term results. Throughout his more than 40-year career, Shukert has helped shape major downtown and neighborhood development projects, including Omaha鈥檚 riverfront redevelopment and downtown housing programs.聽

鈥淔or as long as I鈥檝e worked with him, Marty has immersed himself into every community, getting to know the pulse of the city by talking with its citizens, patronizing its local stores and restaurants, even riding every street on his bicycle. He works tirelessly to know every community as if he were a resident himself, and this deep-dive approach has led to pioneering solutions for cities across the state and the country,鈥� said 黄瓜社区 Principal Amy Haase, AICP.

The two projects recognized at the ceremony represent planning solutions for cities in Nebraska: the聽Grand Island Bicycle and Pedestrian Master Plan聽and the聽Historic South 10^th聽Street Neighborhood Plan. The Grand Island Plan was awarded the Transportation Planning Award in recognition of its efforts to increase transportation choices for all populations, reduce dependence on private automobiles and mitigate the impact of climate change. The first comprehensive active transportation program for Nebraska鈥檚 fourth-largest city, the Grand Island plan proposes an integrated network connecting major community destinations including parks, commercial districts and employment centers with neighborhoods.

The Historic South 10^th聽Street Plan, an advocacy planning effort completed in partnership with a coalition of neighborhood organizations, received the Grassroots Initiative Award, which聽honors work聽that illustrates how a neighborhood, community group or other local non-governmental entity has utilized the planning process to address a specific need or issue within the community.

The Plan鈥檚 primary aim is to help a聽historic mixed-density neighborhood in聽near-downtown Omaha, Nebraska articulate a clear vision of its future as a place for urban families, and to act rather than be acted upon.聽黄瓜社区鈥檚 plan聽uses context-sensitive design for a new school as well as a private development that preserves character and maintains a variety of housing types.聽