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The City Centre Community Centre was awarded the Facility Excellence Award for projects over $1 million at the recent BC Recreation and Parks Association Symposium in Vancouver.
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Richmond nets rec honours
Richmond’s commitment to recreation has
earned the city multiple honours.
The BC Recreation and Parks Association
recognized Richmond with awards in three of four categories at its recent
symposium, including the Award of Merit. The awards are for excellence in
parks, facilities and programs. Lauded were outstanding programming, innovation
in facilities, and dedicated professionals.
The City Centre Community Centre earned
Richmond the Facility Excellence Award for projects over $1 million. The
two-storey facility at Minoru Boulevard and Westminster Highway is a mixed-use
development that offers a range of recreation programs tailed to residents of
all ages and abilities. It is also home to Trinity Western University.
The Program Excellence Award was presented to
Pollinator Pasture, a community-engaged public art project by the city in
partnership with Border Free Bees. The award recognizes a creative, successful
and innovative program that serves as a model for other recreation and parks
agencies to enhance their services. The ambitious, creative and successful
long-term pollinator-focused public art initiative headed by Dr. Cameron
Cartiere, associate professor at Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECUAD), located at the Bridgeport Industrial
Park and planted in the pattern of a bee's wings with native and naturalized
seeds beneficial to a broad range of pollinators. The Pollinator Pasture and
supportive free programming raises awareness of the plight of wild pollinators,
particularly bees, and empowers communities to actively engage in solutions for
habitat loss.
The Award of Merit, an honour that hasn't
been awarded since 2014, was presented to Cathryn Volkering Carlile, the former
general manager of the Community Services Division for the City of Richmond for
16 years, who retired in October 2017 after serving 43 years in local
government. She was part of leading-edge city building, and was involved in
shaping numerous major events and programs in Richmond.
Seven awards in total were presented this
year.
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