During this morning’s Opening General Session at the NRPA Congress in Indianapolis, the Frankfort Square Park District was announced a winner of the National Gold Medal Awards For Excellence in Park and Recreation Management in the Class V division (population 25,000 or less). Congratulations to their staff and board for being honored with such […]
Congratulations to the Bolingbrook Park District who was announced as the Best Overall Communicator (population less than 100,000) in the 2007 NRPA Kudos Marketing and Communications Awards. The award was given at the Opening General Session this morning in Indianapolis. Kudos to Kim Smith and Kari Miller who were very instrumental in bringing home this […]
Join us Wednesday, September 26 from 7:30-9:30pm at the Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis for our annual Social & Bags Tournament! Tells your friends and colleagues to join you while as we have fun playing bags, socializing and networking with one another. Hors d’oeuvres will be provided and there will be a cash bar. […]
Congratulations to everyone who participated in the 3rd annual IPRA Park Pursuit on September 14 in Wrigleyville. With a course length of just over 8 miles, park and recreation professionals were given a true test of physical endurance. But working together as a team and having a great attitude got every single team […]
The IAPD/IPRA Joint Editorial Committee invites you to show off your agency and its visual images with “Give Us Your Best Shot,” a photo contest sponsored by the Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Illinois Park and Recreation Association. Photos submitted may be used: in future editions of Illinois Parks & Recreation magazine; on […]
The Agency Showcase Competition is the premier communications and marketing competition for park and recreation agencies. Submit your best printed and electronic materials from 2007 for judging and display at the 2008 IAPD/IPRA Soaring To New Heights Conference.
Important Details:
All entries shall be submitted electronically using the online forms
Only one entry may be submitted per category.
All […]
Bill McAdam, Executive Director of the Oswegoland Park District and Past Chairman of the IPRA Board, has been elected by the NRPA Great Lakes Regional Council Delegates Chair-Elect for 2008. Bill will be the Chair of the Great Lakes Regional Council in 2009. Bill was the IPRA Chairman of the Board in 2006 […]
Celebrating over 75 years of service, Lamp Incorporated is a third generation family-owned business, which provides construction management, project management, general contracting, and design/build services to the complete satisfaction of their clients. They take pride in being the preferred construction manager for the Villages of Algonquin, Huntley, Lake in the Hills, Schaumburg, and Streamwood, and […]
“Can you hear me now? … Can you hear me now?”
Thankfully that’s not what we experienced during last week’s first-ever IPRA Board meeting done via teleconference. Board members and section directors from across the state met up online and over the phone to interact and conduct business. Those involved called into a secure […]
Every year members of the Illinois Park and Recreation Association’s Recreation and Facility Management Sections work together in providing recreation professionals with a two-day educational and networking opportunity. Workshop presenters are leaders in the recreation field providing sessions that will catch the interest of students and new and seasoned professionals.
This year’s Supervisor Symposium will be […]