2008 Panelist, Portland Area Comprehensive Transportation Committee: “Complete Streets”
2008 Panelist, Bioneers Conference: “Urbanism and Open Space Preservation”
2008 AIA New England Merit Award: Preble Street Resource Center
2008 Guest Speaker, Pecha Kucha: “Design Time”
2007 Panelist, GrowSmart Maine Summit: “Context Sensitive Design: Planning with People”
2007 Guest Speaker, Franklin Arterial Revisioning Workshop: “Options and Precedents”
2007 University of Southern Maine Senior Research Fellowship
2006 MaineBiz "Next" Honoree
2006 Northern New England American Planning Association Project of the Year: Lupine Terrace
2006 Invited Juror AIA Boston Honor Awards
2006 Maine Association of Planners Project of the Year: Lupine Terrace
2006 AIA Maine Design Excellence Award: Preble Street Resource Center
2005 Friends of Midcoast Maine Smart Growth Endorsement: Lupine Terrace
2005 National Association of Homebuilders Innovation in Workforce Housing Program Award of Distinction: Topsham Crossing
2004 Maine Association of Planners Project of the Year: Topsham Crossing
2001 Maine Association of Planners Plan of the Year: Topsham Zoning and Design Standards.
Mitchell Rasor, MRLD principal, was nominated for the Museum of Modern Art / PS.1 Young Architects Program in 2004.
Mitchell's design work has also been recognized with a 2004 Congress of New Urbanism Charter Award as a team member for the Portland Public Market, a Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence Finalist as a team member for the Portland Public Market in 1999, a Certificate of Merit from the American Society of Landscape Architects in 1994 and a Federated Garden Clubs of America Achievement Award in 1994.