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CITY OF ab
CHANHASSEN
690 COULTER DRIVE • P.O. BOX 147 • CHANHASSEN, MINNESOTA 55317
(612) 937 -1900 • FAX (612) 937 -5739
TO: Don Ashworth, City Manager
FROM: Todd Hoffman, Park & Recreation Director ;Ir
DATE: August 21, 1995
SUBJ: City to Receive Awards of Excellence
The City of Chanhassen has been selected to receive two 1995 Minnesota
Recreation and Parks Association (MRPA) Awards of Excellence. The two projects
selected for recognition are: 1) the city's annual sponsorship program; 2) February
Festival.
A member of the MRPA Awards Committee will present these awards at the
August 28, 1995 city council meeting. Time has been set aside during "Visitor
Presentations" to accommodate this presentation.
MEMORANDUM
City of
INVERGROVEHEIGHTS
July 3, 1995
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Todd Hoffman, CLP - Director
Chanhassen Parks & Recreation
690 Coulter Drive
Chanhassen, MN 55317
Dear Mr. Hoffman:
I am delighted to inform you that the Minnesota Recreation and Park Association Awards
Committee has selected your Annual Sponsorship Program and your "February Festival"
to receive an NWA Award of Excellence for the Volunteer Sponsorship and
Programming Categories respectively.
This year, the Awards Committee granted the Award of Excellence to fifteen projects
which include the following:
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City of Chanhassen
City of St. Paul
City of Shoreview
City of New Ulm
City of Chanhassen
City of Eden Prairie
City of Brooklyn Park
Volunteer Sponsorship
Programming
Programming
Programming
Programming
Programming
Programming
Annual Sponsorship Program
Lake Phalen Children's Canoe Camp
Teen Conditioning Club
Intergenerational Camp
February Festival
Leisure Discovery Days
"Halloween at the Haunted Historical
Farm"
City of Champlin
City of Maplewood
City of St. Louis Park
City of Becker
City of Hutchinson
City of Moundsview
City of Brainerd
Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
Facilities
Doris A. Kemp Park
Facilities
Community Center
Facilities
"Northern Lights ": A Winter Wonderland
at Oak Hill Park
Facilities
Community Center
Facilities
Kiwanis Park Sliding Hill Shelter
Facilities
"The Bridges" Golf Course and Practice
Range
Facilities
Mills Field Memorial Park Project
Facilities
"Play Forest"
8150 BARBARA AVENUE - INVER GROVE HEIGHTS, MN 55077
TELEPHONE (612) 450 -2500 - CITY OFFICE FAX (612) 450 -2502 - POLICE FAX (612) 450 -2543 '
' In July, August or September, a member of the Awards Committee will come to your
Community to present your Award of Excellence before your City Council or Park and
Recreation Commission. Please let me know (at 612- 450- 2588), when and where you
' would like the award presented. Please call soon so we can arrange for this presentation
by one of our Committee members. If possible give us 2 -3 possible dates so we can
arrange for a presentation on one of the days suggested.
' If you feel it is appropriate, you may wish to invite a member of your local press to the
presentation to take photos. The benefits, of course, are that it provides visibility and
' recognition to your project and agency, and it also creates an awareness of the Minnesota
Recreation and Park Association.
I Again, Congratulations, on your wonderful accomplishment!
Sincerely,
Marcie Padgett, Chair
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MRPA Awards Committee
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