We were thrilled to learn that Marshbank Park in West Bloomfield Township received a Landscape Architectural Sustainability Honor award from the Michigan Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects! Thanks to the West Bloomfield Parks and Recreation Commission for their efforts to make this park an incredible asset to the community. To learn more about Marshbank Park, please visit their website here, or check out our project page here.

Congratulations to the City of Petoskey for receiving the Implementation award for the Bear River Valley Recreation Area! Judges wrote enthusiastically about the project’s “awesome interconnections between the community core, residential neighborhoods, and passive and active residential uses.” Visit http://www.petoskey.us/departments/parks-a-recreation/community-parks/bear-river-valley-recreation-area for more information about this fantastic recreation gem .

We are really excited to learn that the The City of Jackson, Michigan has received the Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan from the Michigan Association of Planning for their work on the Jackson: Next Master Plan! Judges noted that the Jackson: Next plan did an "exceptional job of tying in the history of the community as a relevant and important part of building future success" and that the plan "digs deeper into tying placemaking to the economic health of the area.