Temecula Wins Two CA Park & Recreation Society Awards Of Excellence

TEMECULA, CA — The California Park & Recreation Society (CPRS) recognized the City of Temecula with two Awards of Excellence: one in Marketing & Communications and one in Facility Design.

The statewide awards recognized outstanding achievements in the areas of facility design, park planning, marketing and communication, community improvement, and innovative programming, according to a recent news release.

Award winners represent the finest in initiatives addressing community issues, recreation programming, park planning, facility design, and marketing and communications in California.

According to the release, the City of Temecula received the following two CPRS Awards of Excellence:

• Marketing & Communications / TCSD Social Media Excellence in print, audiovisual, or electronic communications promoting the agency’s public parks, facilities, recreation, or leisure services programs externally and successfully demonstrated an increased level of public awareness or are used to enhance the agency’s internal communications to staff, policy makers, or current program participants.

• Facility Design / Margarita Recreation Center Excellence in design of completed aquatic, recreation, and/or cultural facilities intended for public use (either new construction or rehabilitation project) demonstrating high standards of planning, design, community involvement, operation and maintenance, quality of aesthetics, usability, accessibility and versatility. It further recognizes design/construction or significant rehabilitation of buildings, structures and facilities used primarily to support park and recreation purposes.

City of Temecula Council Member and Community Services District President Zak Schwank commented on Temecula's earning not one but two of the esteemed awards.

“We are very proud to have earned another two California Park & Recreation Society (CPRS) Awards of Excellence for Temecula Community Services’ Social Media and Public Works’ Facility Design for the Margarita Recreation Center," he said. "The ‘Best of the Best’ are truly here, at the City of Temecula, and we applaud Team Temecula’s hard work, creativity, and dedication as public servants consistently exemplifying excellence in our hometown and statewide.”