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Deadline June 15 to submit award nominations
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may 6, 2023
Deadline extended
Governor's 2024 Smart Communities Awards nominations open until June 15
Annual awards recognize outstanding work in community planning and development
The Washington State Department of Commerce has extended the deadline for nominations for the 18th annual Governor's Smart Communities Awards, a program that recognizes outstanding work
by local governments and their partners on long-term community planning and development.
Nominations feature the best our state has to offer in collaborative community development and local comprehensive planning. Community leaders look to this award program to showcase
their accomplishments and to learn from other stellar examples for achieving their own local planning goals.
Examples of past winners include the 2023 Smart Housing award winner, the city of Spokane. Their Building Opportunities and Choices for All (BOCA) program modified zoning and neighborhoods
allowing for up to four dwellings on a residential. This expanded housing choices prior to the state middle housing law implementation last year, putting Spokane ahead of the curve
in promoting infill development and more affordable housing.
Photo Courtesy of the Governor’s office: Gov. Inslee congratulates the city of Spokane on winning the 2023 Smart Housing Award - Jump Starting More Housing Opportunities - City of Spokane,
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In another illustration of local planning excellence, the city of Waitsburg replaced thousands of feet of aging sewer lines to connect residents to their new wastewater treatment plant.
With strong community outreach, multiple funding sources and valuable wastewater expertise, Waitsburg completed the largest sewer project in the city’s history.
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presents the 2023 Smart Project award to city of Waitsburg Mayor Martin Dunn.
Smart Projects, smart planning and strong community engagement are all hallmarks of previous Governor’s Smart Community Award winners.
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The 2024 Nominations are available across six categories:
1. Smart Vision Award for a comprehensive plan, subarea plan or countywide planning policies. Recognizing the successful achievement of a county, city, or town plan or policy for forming
its local community vision, through an amendment to the comprehensive plan, subarea plan, or countywide planning policies, including robust community engagement and outreach.
2. Smart Projects Award for Project implementing a Comprehensive Plan. Recognizing the successful achievement of a governmental project with implementing a local county, city, or town’s
comprehensive plan. These may include, but are not limited to, adoption of implementing development regulations, infrastructure projects, community facilities, community-driven art
installations, design implements, or parks.
3. Smart Partnership Award for a joint public project that implements a comprehensive plan. Successful applicants will demonstrate the joint implementation of a local county, city or
town’s comprehensive plan. These may include, but are not limited to, regional open space network plans, government-to-government long-term planning strategies, region-benefitting infrastructure
projects, public/private partnerships.
4. Smart Housing Strategies Award for creative plans, policies, programs and/or actions. Successful applicants will demonstrate innovation and creative strategies to address housing
affordability through plans, policies, programs, development regulations and/or actions. For example, subarea plans that increase housing capacity, new housing element, policies with
particular attention towards affordability, equity and displacement.
5. Smart Equity Strategies Award for plans, policies, programs and/or actions addressing impacts to community equity. Successful applicants will demonstrate the use of planning tools
or practices that create stronger communities for everyone by addressing disparate impacts and protecting vulnerable populations. Examples include, but are not limited to, plans, policies
or implementation programs that mitigate inequitable land use policies and impacts or improve existing inequities such as displacement, gentrification, negative environmental health
outcomes, or exclusionary zoning. Applicants should demonstrate equitable outcomes that resulted, such as increased housing stability for low-income residents or decreased exposure
to harmful environmental conditions.
6. Smart Climate Change Strategies Award for Plans, Policies, Programs and/or Actions Addressing Community Climate Impacts. Successful applicants will demonstrate innovation and creative
strategies to address local-issues driven by a rapidly changing climate, such as a community with extreme temperature events, flooding, or fire hazards. This award recognizes that communities
may address various climate challenges based on a their unique context and the different tools and strategies that they may deploy to mitigate them, such as wildfire prevention east
of the cascades, or a coastal community where flooding and storm effects are the most prominent threat.
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