Award Highlights
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2023 PCBC Gold Nugget Award of Merit
Best Multi-Family Housing Community - under 17 du/acre
Papillion, Nebraska
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2022 FBCI Form-Based Code Award
Multi-jurisdictional Objective Design + Development Standards
Marin County, California
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2021 APA Hawaii Outstanding Planning Award
West Kaua‘i Community Plan
Kaua'i County, HI
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2021 CNU Charter Award: Metropolis, City and Town
Memphis 3.0 Comprehensive Plan
Memphis, TN
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2021 CNU Merit Charter Award: Emerging Projects
Culdesac Tempe: A Car-Free Neighborhood
Tempe, AZ
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2020 NAHB Best in American Living™ Platinum Award for Game Changer
Culdesac Tempe: A Car-Free Neighborhood
Tempe, AZ
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2020 NAHB Best in American Living™ Judges’ Discretionary Award for Innovative Site and Content Strategies, Multifamily (Development up to 3 Stories, For Rent)
Bungalows On The Lake at Prairie Queen: A Missing Middle Neighborhood
Papillion, NE
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2020 Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan
Memphis 3.0 Comprehensive Plan
Memphis, TN
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2019 APA Tennessee Chapter Outstanding Plan Award
Memphis 3.0 Comprehensive Plan
Memphis, TN
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2019 Kauaʻi Kākou General Plan Daniel Burnham Award for a Comprehensive Plan
Kaua'i General Plan
Kaua’i, HI
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2018 Kauaʻi Kākou General Plan Outstanding Plan Award
Kaua'i General Plan
Kaua’i, HI
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2018 FBCI Driehaus Form-Based Code Award
Akanda SmartCode
Libreville, Gabon
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2017 FBCI Driehaus Form-Based Code Award
Nashville Downtown Code
Nashville, TN
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2016 National APA Pierre L’Enfant International Planning Achievement Award
Akanda Masterplan and SmartCode
Libreville, Gabon, Africa
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2015 Caltrans Excellence in Transportation Award: Highway as Main Street
Highway as a Main Street
Mono County, CA
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2015 Hawai’i APA Best Practice Award
South Kaua’i Community Plan and Form-Based Code
Kaua’i, HI
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2015 Hawai’i APA Outstanding Planning Award
South Kaua’i Community Plan and Form-Based Code
Kaua’i, HI
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2015 Texas APA Current Planning Award
CodeNEXT Land Development Code Update
Austin, TX
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2015 CNU Charter Awards
The Region: Metropolis, City, and Town Merit Award: Beaufort County, S.C., Community Development Code
Beaufort County, S.C.
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2015 FBCI Driehaus Award
Community Development Code
Beaufort County, SC
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2014 CNU Charter Awards
Grand Prize and Best Planning Tool or Process award winner: Cincinnati Citywide Form-Based Code
Cincinnati, OH
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2014 American Planning Association David Burnham Award for Comprehensive Plan
Plan Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
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2014 Driehaus Form-Based Code Award
Honorable Mention for the Cincinnati Citywide Form-Based Code
Cincinnati, OH
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2014 California APA Award of Merit
Comprehensive Plan – Small Jurisdiction: Petaluma Smart Stations TOD Master Plan and SmartCode
Petaluma, CA
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2013 B Lab’s 2013 B Corp Best for the Workers List
Honoring the top 10% of all Certified B Corporations in the world that have made a positive impact on their workforce
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2013 CNU Charter Award
The Neighborhood, District, and Corridor: Richmond Livable Corridors
Richmond, CA
Speaking Nationwide
Speaking Engagements
Opticos was able to eloquently show what was possible in the downtown using great imagination, sound planning principles and diligently researched work derived from specific input from the community.