2025 Achievement in Community Engagement (ACE) Awards Opportunity
Application Deadline: 5:00 p.m., Monday, May 5, 2025
The State’s Community Involvement Advisory Committee (CIAC) of the Department of Land Conservation and Development is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the 2025 Achievement in Community Engagement (ACE) awards to recognize excellence in engaging communities in the land use planning process.
One of the CIAC’s goals is to help communities create more diverse, equitable, and inclusive planning processes that create an equitable and inclusive planning program for Oregon. This desire is supported by the State of Oregon Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Action Plan and the DLCD Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee and agency-wide inclusion work.
CIAC is particularly interested in learning about land use planning projects that demonstrate a commitment to racial justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Community engagement practitioners should be sure to highlight engagement with individuals and communities from historically and currently underserved and under-resourced communities.
Eligibility. Projects must have completed at least one phase of public outreach for their land use planning project in the period January 2024-March 2025, which ideally has been assessed and evaluated. Individual community members, community organizations, and government entities are eligible for award consideration. Applications will be evaluated based on the size of the population served and the resources available to the organization or individual being considered for the award.
Application and Deadline. Competitive applications will demonstrate community engagement for land use planning projects that:
- Have a rationale and are intentionally designed to engage the community;
- Are well thought out, identifying those potentially affected early on;
- Involve historically marginalized communities;
- Exhibit innovative elements;
- Make creative use of available resources;
- Build partnerships to maximize success;
- Communicate clearly throughout the project;
- Provide feedback to participating citizens on how their input was incorporated; and
- Assess and evaluate methods to improve future community engagement processes
If you plan to apply, we recommend you review the pdf question guide before completing the online survey.
To be considered, applicants will complete the one-page application, available on the CIAC webpage. Supporting materials may be included in your application package. Applicants are encouraged to provide links to such materials wherever feasible. The CIAC encourages electronically submitted applications. Paper copies of applications may be directed to either staff contact listed below. Applications are due by 5:00 p.m., Monday, May 5, 2025. If you have questions, please contact department staff Sadie Carney at sadie.carney@dlcd.oregon.gov or Ingrid Caudel at ingrid.caudel@dlcd.oregon.gov.
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