| Parks & Trails New York, in conjunction with its conferences, recognizes the leadership, creativity, and donation of time, talent, and materials behind many of New York 's trails through Greenway and Community Trail Awards. Awards are given in five categories:
Public Leadership Award
The award recognizes agencies or local, county, state, or federal governmental entities or their employee(s) that have made significant and sustained contributions in support of planning, design, construction, management, promotion, or public involvement for a trail project or program.
Volunteer Service Award
The award recognizes an individual or not for profit organization that has demonstrated strong leadership and made exemplary and significant contributions to planning, construction, maintenance, promotion, fundraising, or utilization of partnerships for a trail project. Special consideration will be given to longstanding commitments.
Corporate Partnership Award
The award recognizes a business or corporation that has made a significant and exemplary contribution to the planning, design, construction, maintenance, or promotion of a trail project in partnership with the trail community.
Healthy Trails, Healthy People Award
The award recognizes an individual, not for profit organization, governmental entity, business, or corporation that has demonstrated an exemplary commitment to improving universal access to trails, promoting trail use and increasing physical activity, or creating programs that encourage a heightened awareness of active community environments. Initiatives that involve partnerships with the health care community and/or encourage trail use by persons with disabilities will be given special consideration.
Outside the Box Award
The award is an open-ended category that recognizes creativity in greenway and community trail design, management, fundraising, or organization.
2007 Greenway and Community Trail Award winners
2005 Greenway and Community Trail Award winners
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