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2024 National Gold Medal Award Nominations Closed March 8th

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2024 AAPRA Awards Reception & Dinner Read more

2024 AAPRA Awards Reception & Dinner

[Register by September 25, 2024 to reserve your seat] All Academy members, externs, mentors, buddies, and guests are invited to attend the Academy’s Annual Awards Reception and Dinner, Wednesday, October 9th, at the Omni Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia. We encourage you to bring a guest...perhaps a mentee, former extern, a potential Fellow, co-worker or friend! The event will be at the Atlanta Omni Hotel. We are honoring outstanding individuals that evening: recipients of the Cornelius Amory Pugsley Medal in Parks and Conservation, our 2024 Externs, the 2024 Best Paper Awardee, American Parks and Recreation Foundation scholarship recipients, as well as inducting our 2024 Fellows and installing the 2024-25 Board of Directors. The reception begins at 5:30 p.m. (registration not needed if attending only the reception) with dinner seating at 7:15 p.m. View Dinner Announcement.

2024 Finalists Announced for the National Gold Medal Awards  in Parks and Recreation Management Read more

2024 Finalists Announced for the National Gold Medal Awards in Parks and Recreation Management

In announcing the 2024 National Gold Medal Finalists, AAPRA Executive Director Jane H. Adams shared, “Each agency is commended for submitting a 2024 application for the prestigious National Gold Medal Award. The Academy congratulates the 20 local park and recreation agencies and the four armed forces installations on receiving the Finalist award. We look forward to presenting these awards at the Gold Medal Gala Reception in Atlanta, Georgia, as part of the National Recreation and Park Association’s annual conference.” The 2024 National Gold Medal finalists are: 

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