Lakewood Park Receives 2023 Great Places in Ohio Award

Lakewood Park recently received a 2023 Great Places in Ohio award from the Ohio Chapter of the American Planning Association. Planning & Development Director Shawn Leininger accepted the award at the APA Ohio Planning Conference in Columbus.  Lakewood Park was awarded the 2023 Great Public Space Award.

The APA Ohio Planning & Great Places Awards is a biennial awards program that honors outstanding physical spaces that planners have made permanent through careful planning and unbridled imagination in Ohio.  Award nominations were submitted, representing areas throughout the state, with multiple submissions in each category. The applications were reviewed and scored by members of both APA Illinois and APA Michigan.

Below is a video of the Lakewood award presentation:

To view the entire APA Ohio Awards presentation, click here.

Click here to learn more about the award.