Awards

2023 NARC Awards

Applications for NARC’s 2023 achievement and leadership awards are now OPEN!

NARC Achievement Awards

Achievement Awards are presented each year to several organizations to recognize excellence in programs and services of regional councils and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) across the country.

NARC Leadership Awards recognize regional programs in the following categories:

  • The Major Metro Award recognizes programs from regions with populations of 1 million and above.
  • The Medium Metro Award recognizes programs from regions with populations between 250,000 and 1 million.
  • The Rural Award recognizes programs from regions with populations below 250,000.

Detailed instructions for applying can be found here.

NARC Leadership Awards

Leadership awards are presented to up to three regional leaders in the following categories:

  • The Walter Scheiber Leadership Award 
  • recognizes significant impacts an executive director has made at the local, state, and national levels.
  • The Tom Bradley Leadership Award recognizes the leadership and excellence of an elected or appointed official in advocating for regional concepts, approaches, and programs at any level of government.
  • The NARC President’s Award recognizes the leadership and excellence of any person or organization in advocating for regional concepts, approaches, and programs at any level of the regional community.

Detailed instructions for applying can be found here.


Achievement Awards Application
Leadership Awards Application

2022 NARC Awards

Congratulations to all of NARC’s 2022 achievement and leadership award winners!

Click here to read more about the awards which were presented at a special awards session on June 16, 2021 during the 55th Annual NARC Conference and Exhibition.