2026 Recipients
2026 Texas Planning Awards
View the 2026 APA Texas Planning Awards Press Release
Planning Awards
Advancing Diversity and Social Change (Gold)
- Disability-Inclusive Park, Trails, and Playgrounds Best Practices Guide
Comprehensive Plan (Gold)
- Guiding Gainesville 2040 Comprehensive Plan
Student Project (Gold)
- Affordable Housing for All
Community of the Year (Gold)
- City of Gainesville, Texas – Community of the Year
Planning Achievement Awards
Best Practice
- Gold: Travis County Parks Comprehensive Plan
- Silver: Via Futbol Playbook, Downtown Houston+
- Silver: All in 4 Inner Northwest – A Precinct 4 Community Plan
Economic Development Planning
- Gold: Better Together: Building a Complete Community in Sachse
- Silver: Lewisville Business 121 Corridor Plan
- Silver: Town of Flower Mound Economic Development Plan
Environmental Planning
- Gold: Rain to River: A Strategic Plan to Protect Austin's Creeks and Communities
- Silver: Town of Argyle Outdoor Lighting
Grassroots Initiative
- Gold: Guide to activate undeveloped parks of Austin
Implementation
- Gold: City of Killeen
- Gold: Streets for Transit, Volume 2
- Silver: City of Round Rock 2025 Mixed-Use Zoning Districts and Downtown Mixed-Use Zoning User Guide
Public Outreach
- Gold: Growing a Better Arlington Board Game
- Silver: VIA Metropolitan Transit – Rapid Public Outreach
Resilience
- Gold: Palmview Comprehensive Plan
Transportation Planning
- Silver: Greater Heights Strategic Connection Plan – Transportation Planning Achievement Award
- Silver: City of Canyon Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Plan
Historic Preservation
- Gold: Austin Equity-Based Preservation Plan
- Gold: City of San Marcos Historic Preservation Plan
Urban Design
- Gold: Lockhart Downtown Revitalization Project
- Silver: Congress Avenue Urban Design Initiative (CAUDI) First Funded Phase
- Silver: Heart of the Hill: An Action Plan for Downtown Cedar Hill