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The American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration (AAPRA), in partnership with the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA), is pleased to announce Deerfield Park District as a finalist for the 2021 National Gold Medal Awards for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management. Musco Lighting, LLC is proud to continue its 20+ years of sponsoring the National Gold Medal Awards program.
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Founded in 1965, the National Gold Medal Awards program honors communities in the United States that demonstrate excellence in parks and recreation through long-range planning, resource management, volunteerism, environmental stewardship, program development, professional development and agency recognition. Applications are separated into six classes, with five classes based on population and one class for armed forces.
Delaware State Parks named finalist in national competition for excellence
Delaware News Desk
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced that its Division of Parks and Recreation has been named a finalist for the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration 2021 National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management.
The award is given in coordination by the AAPRA with the National Recreation and Park Association.
“We are proud that the Division of Parks and Recreation is a finalist in this prestigious competition, especially while celebrating the 70th anniversary of Delaware State Parks this year,” said DNREC Secretary Shawn M. Garvin. “Achieving this level of recognition among other high-caliber park systems across the country is commendable and puts a spotlight on how talented and passionate our staff and volunteers are.”
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Mick Renneisen. Photo by Tyagan Miller
Editor’s note: The following is a press release from the City of Bloomington. Bloom has republished it here with edits for style and clarity.
Bloomington Mayor John Hamilton has announced that Deputy Mayor Mick Renneisen plans to retire from his position on April 23 after four decades of service to the City of Bloomington and the community. Mayor Hamilton appointed Renneisen as deputy mayor in January 2016, when Renneisen was serving as administrator of the City of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department.
“After 40 years of public service, it’s time for me to retire and spend more time with my family,” says Renneisen. “When I started as the Parks and Recreation Department’s Sports Coordinator on April 20, 1981, I never imagined that I would work for the City of Bloomington for 40 years. I’m fortunate to have served our community in various roles during the tenures of four mayors over the course of four decades.”
Penn State graduate wins dissertation award for work on managing national parks
Will Rice (center) with his dissertation advisors, Derrick Taff (left) and Peter Newman (right) at Grand Canyon National Park
Image: Peter Newman
Penn State graduate wins dissertation award for work on managing national parks
January 11, 2021
Will Rice, assistant professor of society & conservation at the University of Montana and former Penn State graduate student, recently received the Best Dissertation Award from the American Academy for Park & Recreation Administration for his thesis, “Three Measures of Recreational Ecosystem Services in Protected Areas: Studies from U.S. National Parks.”
“I am incredibly humbled to receive this award from the American Academy for Park and Recreation Administration, said Rice. It is an extraordinary honor to be in the company of those researchers who have previously received it.”