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Planning Division Local & State Awards

The Planning Division has received several awards recently at the local and state level. Click below to learn more about each project.  

2023: 

  • Agricultural Worker Housing Ordinance – SCAG Sustainability Award for “Outstanding Achievement in Sustainability” (See video for project here: https://youtu.be/OdCf90oTjuk)
  • County of Ventura E-General Plan – APACA Central Coast Section, Award of Excellence for “Best Practices”
  • Ventura Energy Storage Project – APACA Central Coast Section, Award of Excellence for “Innovation in Green Community Planning” (Awarded collectively to Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck/Confluence Land Use LLC, Sespe Consulting Inc., Strata Clean Energy; and County of Ventura RMA Planning Division)

2022:

  • Rancho Sierra Affordable, Permanent Supportive Housing Development – APACA Central Coast Section, Award of Excellence for “Best Practices” (Awarded collectively to County of Ventura RMA Planning Division, RRM Design Group, Many Mansions, and Area Housing Authority of the County of Ventura)
  • Somis Ranch Farmworker Housing Community – APACA Central Coast Section, Award of Excellence for “Hard Won Victory” (Awarded collectively to Jensen Design & Survey, Inc., County of Ventura RMA Planning Division, Somis Ranch Partners, AMCAL Housing, and RRM Design Group)

2021:

  • Ventura County 2040 General Plan Update
    • APA California State, Award of Excellence for “Comprehensive Plan (Large)”
    • APACA Central Coast Section, Award of Excellence for “Comprehensive Planning”

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2009:

  • Piru Area Plan Update – APACA Central Coast Section, Award of Excellence for “Neighborhood Planning”

2008:

  • Build it Smart Website – APACA Central Coast Section, Award of Merit for “Innovation in Green Community Planning”

2007:

  • VC Wetland Project Permitting Guide
    • APACA Central Coast Section, Award of Excellence for “Outstanding Planning”
    • APACA, Central Coast Section, Award of Merit for “Focused Planning”
    • California State Association of Counties (CSAC), Challenge Award of Merit for Population: 700,001 and Above
  • GIS System – APACA Central Coast Chapter, Award of Merit for “Use of Technology”

SCAG: Southern California Association of Governments
APACA: American Planning Association, California Chapter

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