 Also, the Riverfront Plan received The American Planning Association’s Large Scale Planning Award, a prestigious honor given only to the best designs in the nation.Local governments soon adopted the Asheville Riverfront Plan to depict a unified vision for a revitalized riverfront.Buncombe County welcomed it as their new Master Plan for the river way and the City of Asheville included the ARP as an addendum to its award winning 2010 Comprehensive Plan.