Public Places Awards

This awards program recognizes special public spaces, the corridors that connect them, or networks of public spaces which have been defined or enriched by planning or design, as well as regulations that promote positive public uses and benefits.

Sponsored by

  • Vermont Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects
  • American Institute of Architects Vermont
  • Vermont Planners Association
  • Vermont Urban & Community Forestry Program

Eligibility

Projects must be located in Vermont and be accessible to the public. Submissions may range from mature projects in place and in use to conceptual studies, plans, regulations to encourage public space, connective corridors, and networks of public spaces, or other endeavors and incentives to create, preserve or enhance individual interior or exterior public space or linked open spaces in Vermont. Submissions may include, but are not limited to open space associated with: Historic Preservation, Community Planning, Recreation Planning & Design and more.

2025 Honorees

Merit Award

  • 109 Main Street, Stowe, VT, submitted by SiteForm Studio
  • Cambridge Greenway Trail Extension Scoping Study, Cambridge, VT, submitted by Dubois and King
  • All Saits Catholic Academy Playground, Morrisville, VT, submitted by SiteForm Studio
  • Northfield Town Common Redesign, Northfield, VT, submitted by Dubois and King

Honor Award

  • Middlebury Bridge and Park Project, Middlebury, VT, submitted by VHB
  • Velomont Trail Vision Plan, State of VT, submitted by SE Group
  • The Annex Sculpture Park, Williston, VT, submitted by TJ Boyle Associates
  • The St. Johnsbury School Campus Master Plan and Playground Improvements Project, St. Johnsbury, VT, submitted by SE Group

Award of Excellence 

  • Kikitta Ahki – Whetstone Brook Floodplain Restoration, Brattleboro VT, Submitted by SLR International