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(CAPRA) Chair Chris Bass, CPRP
- took to the stage to honor this
year's scholarship and fellowship recipients,
CPRP- and CPRE-certified
professionals, and newly CAPRAaccredited
and reaccredited park and
recreation agencies, as well as the following
award winners:
Spotlight Awards
* Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt
Award for Excellence in
Recreation and Park Research -
Dr. Clement Lau, senior analyst,
Los Angeles County Chief Sustainability
Office
* Robert M. Artz Advocate Award
- Mary H. Behling, former chairperson,
Cambridge (Wisconsin)
Community Activities Program
* Robert W. Crawford Young Professional
Award - Javier Martinez,
CPRP; manager of fitness
and aquatics, Waukegan (Illinois)
Park District
* Dirk Richwine Professional
Mentoring Award - Ryan Davis,
CPRE; director of parks and recreation,
City of Miamisburg (Ohio)
* National Distinguished Professional
Award - Michael McCarty,
CPRP; executive director,
Glenview (Illinois) Park District
Innovation Awards
* Innovation
in
Conservation
Award - Ford Fair Lane Estate
Fishway, Wayne County (Michigan)
Parks
* Innovation
in
Equity Award
- Signs of Belonging, Ramsey
County (Minnesota) Parks and
Recreation
* Innovation in Health Award -
SwimSmart
Initiative, Waukegan
(Illinois) Park District
* Innovation in Park Design
Award - Glass City Metropark,
Metroparks Toledo (Ohio)
* Best in Innovation - Glass City
Metropark, Metroparks Toledo
(Ohio)
Not ready to stop celebrating
inspirational
these
Best
individuals
and agencies? You can watch a
live stream of the 2024 Best of
the
ceremony at tinyurl.
com/48dac5mp.
We hope these 2024 NRPA Annual
Conference highlights
help
you to bring home and share the inspiration
and excitement from this
year's event. We look forward to
seeing you in Orlando, September
16-18, for the 2025 NRPA Annual
Conference!
2024 Newly-Accredited
CAPRA Agencies
Congratulations to this year's
newly-accredited CAPRA
Agencies:
Baltimore County Recreation and
Parks, Maryland
City of Brentwood Parks and
Recreation, Missouri
City of Fort Worth Park and
Recreation Department, Texas
City of Rock Hill Parks, Recreation
and Tourism Department, South
Carolina
University Park Parks and
Recreation, Texas
El Cajon Parks and Recreation
Department, California
Incorporated County of Los
Alamos, New Mexico
Memphis Parks, Tennessee
Village of Pinecrest Parks and
Recreation, Florida
Parish of Caddo Parks and
Recreation Department, Louisiana
USAG Rheinland-Pfalz Directorate
of Family, Morale, Welfare and
Recreation, Germany
To see the full list of this year's
newly-accredited and reaccredited
agencies, visit nrpa.org/
RevisitingThe2024NRPA
AnnualConference.
On Wednesday, October
9, guests gathered to
honor the top individuals
and agencies in parks and
recreation.
Chris Brummett is Production Coordinator at NRPA
(cbrummett@nrpa.org). Lindsay Collins is Managing Editor of
Parks & Recreation magazine (lcollins@nrpa.org). Alexandra
Klein is Associate Editor of Parks & Recreation magazine
(aklein@nrpa.org).
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