COMMUNITY BASED INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR

This award is designed to recognise the combined effort that is required to successfully plan, organise and manage effective initiatives, programs, events and/or festivals which promote and enhance leisure time for a number of social, environmental and economic benefits to the community. Evidence of the success should form a component of the submission.

Award Nominees

Coffee and Change - Town of Victoria Park

Fusion Food and Culture Festival - City of Gosnells

Collaborative Approach Delivers Community Facility - PM & D Architects P/L

Koombana Foreshore Festival - City of Bunbury

The Adventures of the Belmonsters - City of Belmont

Female Swimming & Water Safety Program - City of Canning

Leedy Streets Open - No cars, Open for Business - City of Vincent

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STRATEGIC PLANNING AWARD

This award recognises the development of strategies for parks, open space, sport, recreation and leisure opportunities by rewarding outstanding examples of strategic planning that have enriched and revitalised a community

Award Nominees

Stirk Park Masterplan - City of Kalamunda

Standards for Open Space and Community Buildings - City of Swan

Community Infrastructure Plan - City of Rockingham

City of Perth Regional Playground Study - Jeavons Landscape Architecure 

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COMMUNITY FACILITY OF THE YEAR

The community facility award recognises facilities that demonstrate innovative features of design, development and operation.

Award Nominees

Scarborough Beach Pool - City of Stirling

Cockburn ARC - City of Cockburn

The Edge Skatepark - City of Kwinana

Quinns Mindarie Community Centre - City of Wanneroo

Ellenbrook Sports Hub - City of Swan

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PARK OF THE YEAR AWARD

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This award celebrates and promotes vibrant, successful well designed and managed new or significantly revitalised parks/ open spaces by recognising and rewarding exceptional examples of best practice in terms of design and management.

Award Nominees

Koombana Bay Foreshore Redevelopment - City of Bunbury and Cardno (WA) Pty Ltd

Laurie Stanford Reserve Master Plan - City of Rockingham

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PLAYSPACE AWARD (<$0.5M)

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This award is given to a regional level play space that involves a range of stakeholders, contributes to the creation of a sense of “place” for its local community and exhibits landscape and/or structural design innovation that delights and aids childhood development.

Award Nominees

Jacaranda Springs Park Upgrade - City of Kalamunda

Subiaco Common Nature Play Space - City of Subiaco

Ashes to Oresome - Town of Port Hedland

Warradale Park Nature Play Area - City of Wanneroo

Piney Lakes Sensory Play Park - City of Melville

Baldivis Youth Space - City of Rockingham

Building Block Park - EPCAD

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PLAYSPACE AWARD (>$0.5M)

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This award is given to a regional level play space that involves a range of stakeholders, contributes to the creation of a sense of “place’’ for its local community and exhibits landscape and/or structural design innovation that delights and aids childhood development.

Award Nominees

Jungle Park - EPCAD

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BEST USE OF TECHNOLOGY AWARD

This award acknowledges outstanding and innovative achievement in the area of technology application and how that application has benefited the industry. This could relate to an event based system application through to an ongoing monitoring program of relevance to parks and leisure.

Award Nominees

JEM - Improving Strategic Asset Management - City of Joondalup

Street Tree Audit - City of Subiaco

Becoming a SmartCity - Town of Port Hedland and Industrial Automation Group

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BEST RURAL INDUSTRY CONTRIBUTION AWARD

Rural Australia includes all of the towns, small cities and areas that lie beyond the major capital cities (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Darwin, Hobart and Canberra), who make a significant contribution through community initiatives which contributes to the parks and leisure industry.

Award Nominees

Centenary Park Play Space - Shire of Kellerberrin and Josh Byrne & Associates

Goldfields Oasis Recreation Centre - City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder

Denham Foreshore Revitalisation - Earthcare Landscapes and Shire of Shark Bay

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