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Director, Parks and Recreation Rick Herold 972.237.8375 rherold@gptx.org |
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NRPA Gold Medal Department |
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| Updated: 07/01/2009 11:06 AM |
WOW - we did it! The entire Parks and Recreation Department has been awarded the NRPA 2008/2009Gold Medal!!! Five representatives from the department went to Baltimore for the NRPA (National Parks and Recreation Association) conference and came home with the gold! The NRPA Gold Medal is the highest national award that a parks and recreation department can receive. Judged on master planning, quality of facilities, new developments, creative programs, marketing, community partnerships, environmental stewardships and several other categories Grand Prairie has proven itself as the best parks and recreation department in the country for a city with population between 100,000 and 250,000!
>Official press release
As awesome as this is, we are far from being finished! We have a dynamic blaze of new facilities, programs, and developments headed your way. We work hard every day to create a GRAND lifestyle for every citizen in Grand Prairie! >Hear the LIVE Gold Medal announcement from Baltimore, MA See our NRPA video submission and learn how Grand Life is in Grand Prairie!!: 256K | 512K For more information about NRPA and the Gold Medal Award visit www.nrpa.org/awards |
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Our Story... |
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Celebrating over 50 years of existence, the Grand Prairie Parks and Recreation Department is dedicated to “creating a GRAND lifestyle”. The Grand Prairie Parks and Recreation department features world class parks and facilities, a wide-array of exciting program opportunities, and numerous special events throughout the year. The City of Grand Prairie has over 5,000 park acres, including the exciting 3,000 acres surrounding Joe Pool Lake. The staff is proud to be the caretakers for the citizens of Grand Prairie and welcomes comments about the Parks system or recreation offerings of the city. Dedicated to providing “world class service” the department has won the prestigious Gold Medal Award in 2004 from the Texas Recreation and Parks Society (TRAPS), the organization's highest honor. In 2007 and 2008 the department was nominated by the National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) as a finalist to the National Gold Medal Award, one of 4 in America. Awards are no stranger to the department, for it has racked up honors for Park Development, Maintenance Innovations and Recreation programming over the past few years. The parks and recreation re-birth in Grand Prairie began 8 years ago with the passage of the ¼ cent sales tax for parks and recreation by the Citizens of Grand Prairie. With dynamic city leaders, trusting citizens, awesome partners and a dynamic staff, the Grand Prairie Parks and Recreation system is destined to be one of the finest in America. Enjoy your parks. Play golf at your two golf courses. Enjoy some exciting recreation programs. Visit your exciting Ruthe Jackson Conference Center. Boat, swim or golf at Joe Pool Lake. Work out at the Bowles Life Center. Go for a jog on our trails. Take your dog to play at Central Bark. We even offer the Grand Prairie Memorial Gardens and Mausoleum for that special time of need. Come visit YOUR parks and recreation department… |
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