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Prescott Valley Parks and Recreation wins state award, highlights free outdoor programs and scholarships
Summary
The Town of Prescott Valley’s Parks and Recreation department won the Arizona Parks and Recreation Association’s Outstanding Educational Program award for its nature and outdoor programming. Staff detailed the programs, animal ambassadors, scholarships and signature events and encouraged residents to use the town website to register.
Prescott Valley’s Parks and Recreation department received the Arizona Parks and Recreation Association’s Outstanding Educational Program award and used a town-produced PV Focus episode to highlight its free and low-cost outdoor programs, scholarships and signature community events.
The recognition “means a lot more to our agency in the town because we are being recognized,” said Ryan Crary, the town’s outdoor programming specialist, who described the department’s nature-led offerings including night hikes, Nature Navigators and PV Trackers.
The award spotlights the department’s nature and outdoor education work and, Crary said, helps with “grant opportunities, partnerships, sponsors, and people who maybe want to realize, oh, this is…
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