Annual Awards 2025 Nomination Deadline
2024 Annual Award Winners
Outstanding Program Winners
These awards recognize the organizations, institutions, or agencies for the development, implementation or coordination of the most outstanding programs. Programs must have been within 18 months of the submission date.
- Adaptive Program
- Active Adult 50+ Program
- Aquatics Program
- Cultural Awareness Program
- Educational Program
- Sports Program
- Youth Enrichment
- Community or Neighborhood Special Event – All Populations
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Outstanding Media Award - Town of MaranaÂ
Outstanding Active Adult - City of Casa Grande
Outstanding Adaptive - City of ChandlerÂ
Outstanding Aquatic - Pima County
Outstanding Cultural - City of GoodyearÂ
Outstanding Educational - Town of Oro ValleyÂ
Outstanding Sports - City of Apache JunctionÂ
Outstanding Youth Enrichment - City of Chandler
Outstanding Special Event Winners
These awards recognize the organizations, institutions, or agencies for the development, implementation or coordination of the most outstanding programs. Programs must have been within 18 months of the submission date.
Three special events will be awarded based on the following population categories:
- 25,000 or LessÂ
- 25,001 - 100,000Â
- 100,001 or More
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Town of Morenci | Populations Under 25kÂ
Town of Marana | Populations 25-100k Â
City of Tempe | Populations 100k & OverÂ
Natural Resources Award - City of Scottsdale
This award recognizes significant, innovative, and successful contributions of an agency toward quality of services within the area of park facilities and natural resource acquisitions, development, maintenance, and operations. This includes physical resources, equipment, or personnel with special attention to environmental awareness. Program, project or facility must be completed by the time of submission and not more than 18 months prior.
