Looking Back at the APA's HUD Secretary's Opportunity and Empowerment Award

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is celebrating its 50th year. To help commemorate the occasion, the American Planning Association looks back on its partnership with HUD.

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June 19, 2015, 1:00 PM PDT

By James Brasuell @CasualBrasuell

"The HUD Secretary’s Opportunity and Empowerment Award honors planning projects that have helped create communities of lasting value," according to a post by Lauren Pollack in describing an award is presented every year by APA and HUD as one of the APA's National Planning Awards.

Pollack provides a brief summary of the winning projects from each of the years since 2005 that the award has been in existence. The most recent award, for example, went to the redevelopment of Mueller Municipal Airport in East Austin by City of Austin Economic Development. The video describing that project can be seen below.

FULL STORY: A Decade of HUD: A Look Back at APA’s HUD Secretary’s Opportunity and Empowerment Award

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