GOLD MEDAL AWARD WINNERS YEAR CLASS I CLASS II CLASS III CLASS IV CLASS V STATE PARKS ARMED FORCES (Population 400,001 and over) (Population 150,001 400,000) (Population 75,001 150,000) (Population 30,001 75,000) (Population less than 30,000) 2017 Johnson County Park &, Shawnee Mission,KS Grand Prairie Parks, Arts &, Grand Prairie,TX Roswell, Parks, Historic & Cultural Affairs, Roswell, GA Bismarck Parks and, Bismarck, ND Itasca Park, Itasca, IL Arizona State Parks MCCS Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, NC 2016 Cleveland Metroparks, Cary Parks, and Cultural Services, Cary, NC Allen Parks and, Allen, TX Willamalane Park and, Springfield, OR Frankfort Square Park, Frankfort, IL USCG Base Kodiak, AK 2015 The Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Riverdale, MD Plano Parks &, Plano, TX City of St. George St. George, UT Park of Oak Park Oak Park, IL Oak Brook Park Oak Brook, IL Delaware State Parks Marine Corps Community Services, Marine Corps Installations West, Camp Pendleton, CA 2014 Chicago Park, Chicago, IL City of Henderson Henderson, NV Carmel Clay Parks & Carmel, IN City of Kettering Kettering, OH City of Lafayette Lafayette, CO Morale, Welfare & (MWR), Naval Submarine Base, (Population over 250,000) (Population 100,000 250,000) (Population 50,000 100,000) (Population 20,000 50,000) (Population less than 20,000) 2013 City of Long Beach Dept of Parks, and Marine Long Beach, CA Round Rock Parks & Round Rock, TX Waukegan Park Waukegan, IL City of Westerville Parks & Town of Erie Parks & Erie, CO Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Fort Knox, KY 2012 Mecklenburg County Park and Charlotte, NC Rockford Park Rockford, IL James City County Parks and Williamsburg, VA Town of Castle Rock Parks and Castle Rock, CO Durango Parks and Durango, CO 2011 Portland Parks & Portland, OR City of Lakewood Dept of Community Resources Lakewood, CO City of Waukesha Parks, & Forestry Waukesha, WI Town of Parker Parks & Parker, CO City of Fairfax Parks & Dept. Michigan of Natural Resources 2010 Fairfax County Park Authority Pleasure Driveway & Park of Peoria Peoria, IL Lee s Summit Parks & Lee's Summit, MO Gurnee Park Gurnee, IL City of Golden Parks & Dept Golden, CO 2009 Milwaukee County Dept of Parks, & Culture Wauwatosa, WI Fox Valley Park Aurora, IL Hoffman Estates Park Hoffman Estates, IL Lombard Park Lombard, IL Itasca Park, IL Itasca Pennsylvania of Conservation and Natural Resources
2008 Gwinnett County Parks & Lawrenceville, GA Grand Prairie Parks & Dept. Grand Prairie, TX Canton Leisure Services Canton, MI Carol Stream Park Carol Stream, IL Town of Herndon Parks & Herndon, VA 2007 Cleveland Metropark City of Westminster Dept of Parks, & Libraries Westminster, OH City of Bloomington Parks & Bloomington, IN City of Westerville Parks & Frankfort Square Park Frankfort, IL Tennessee State Parks 2006 City of Long Beach Dept of Parks, & Marine Long Beach, CA Tempe Parks & Dept Temple, AZ Bend Metro Park & Bend, OR Homewood Flossmoor Park Floosmoor, IL Bloomingdale Park Bloomingdale, IL 2005 Saint Paul Parks and St. Paul, MN Bellevue Parks and Community Services Bellevue, WA Wheaton Park Wheaton, IL Town of Leesburg of Parks and Leesburg, VA Lake Forest Parks and Lake Forest, IL 2004 Austin Parks & Austin, TX Tallahassee Parks and Tallahassee, FL Schaumburg Park Schaumburg, IL Grand Junction Parks and Grand Junction, CO Evans Parks and Evans, CO 2003 Maryland National Capital Parks Riverdale, MD City of Scottsdale Scottsdale, AZ Denton Parks and Denton, TX DeKalb Park DeKalb, IL Itasca Park Itasca, IL New York State Parks 2002 Fairfax County Park Authority Greensboro Parks and Greensboro, NC Asheville Parks and Asheville, NC Carol Stream Park Carol Stream, IL City of Lafayette Lafayette, CO 2001 Cleveland Metroparks, Pleasure Driveway and Park of Peoria Peoria, IL Arlington Heights Park Arlington Heights, IL City of Westerville Town of Herndon Herndon, VA Virginia State Parks 2000 1999 1998 City of Mesa Parks, Rec. and Springfield-Green County Park City of North Richland Hills Roseville Parks & Town of Parker Dept. of Parks Cultural Division Board Park & & Mesa, AZ Springfield, MO North Richland Hills, TX Roseville, MN Parker, CO Lake County Forest Preserve City of Henderson Parks & Rec. City of Westminster Bolingbrook Park Georgetown Parks Educ &. Rec. Libertyville, IL Henderson, NV Dept. of Parks, Rec & Lib. Bolingbrook, IL Georgetown, TX Westminster, CO City of Long Beach, Dept. of City of Chandler Comm. Svcs. City of Commerce City Parks & Parks, Rec. & Marine Champaign Park St. Charles Park Rec. Long Beach, CA Scottsdale, AZ Champaign, IL St. Charles, IL Commerce City, CO
1997 Cincinnati Rec. Comm. City of Plano Parks & Rec. Skokie Park Germantown Parks & Rec. Channahon Park Ohio State Parks Cincinnati, OH Plano, TX Skokie, IL Germantown, TN Channahon, IL 1996 Ft. Worth Parks & Comm Svcs Ft. Worth, TX So. Suburban Parks & Littleton, CO Wheaton Park Wheaton, IL Northbrook Park Northbrook, IL Leesburg Dept. of Parks & Leesburg, VA 1995 Johnson Co. Park & Rec. Shawnee Mission, KS City of Tempe Community Services Tempe, AZ Schaumburg Park Schaumburg, IL Columbus Parks & Columbus, IN City of Naples Naples, FL 1994 Cleveland Metroparks Park of Peoria City of Kettering City of Rockville Louisville Parks & Peoria, IL Kettering, OH Rockville, MD Louisville, CO 1993 Metropolitan Dade County Parks & City of Fort Lauderdale Parks & Joliet Park Bismarck Parks & Alsip Park Miami, FL Fort Lauderdale, FL Joliet, IL Bismarck, ND Alsip, IL 1992 City of Mesa Parks,, Metropolitan Park of City of Brooklyn and Cultural Diversity Tacoma Arlington Heights Park Elmhurst Park of Mesa, AZ Tacoma, WA Arlington Heights, IL Elmhurst, IL Brooklyn, OH 1991 1990 1989 & Park Commission Foothills & Park of Parks, Homewood-Flossmoor Park Town of Herndon Parks & Parish of East Baton Rouge & Libraries Baton Rouge, LA Lakewood, CO Westminster, CO Homewood, IL Herndon, VA Broward County Parks & City of Raleigh Parks & Division Champaign Park Wheaton Park Wood Dale Park Oakland Park, FL Raleigh, NC Champaign, IL Wheaton, IL Wood Dale, IL Minneapolis Parks & Rockford Park Santa Barbara Loveland Parks & Palm Beach Gardens of Parks & Minneapolis, MN Rockford, IL Santa Barbara, CA Loveland, CO Palm Beach Gardens, FL South Suburban Parks & Kent Parks & 1988 Long Beach Parks & Schaumburg Park Lemont Township Park Long Beach, CA Littleton, CO Schaumburg, IL Kent, WA Lemont, IL 1987 Metro Dade County Parks & Greensboro Parks & Plano Parks & Elk Grove Park Carrollton Parks & Miami, FL Greensboro, NC Plano, TX Elk Grove Village, IL Carrollton, GA
1986 City of Phoenix Foothills Fort Collins Parks & Willamalane Parks & Mountlake Parks & Phoenix, AZ Lakewood, CO Fort Collins, CO Springfield, OR Mountlake Trce, WA 1985 Dallas Parks Metro Park N. Jeffco Metro Denton Parks & Deerfield Park Dallas, TX Tacoma, WA Arvada, CO Denton, TX Deerfield, IL 1984 Riverdale MD Aurora, CO Columbia, MO Wheaton, IL Sterling, IL 1983 Annandale, VA St. Petersburg, FL Arlington Heights, IL Downers Grove, IL Casa Grande, AZ 1982 Lake Worth, FL Colorado Springs, CO Scottsdale, AZ Gaithersburg, MD Eden Prairie, MN 1981 San Antonio, TX Ann Arbor, MI 1980 Honolulu, HI Fort Wayne, IN Fox Valley Park Dist Aurora, IL Brooklyn Park, MN Herndon, VA South Suburban Parks and Highland Park, IL Bolingbrook, IL Littleton, CO 1979 Miami, FL Greensboro, NC Champaign, IL Bellingham, WA Plano, TX 1978 San Jose, CA Anaheim, CA Mesa, AZ Wilmette, IL Wheeling, IL 1977 Riverdale, MD Portsmouth, VA Kettering, OH Glenview, IL Sterling, IL *Special Category for Counties *Hennepin County Parks Maple Plain, MN 1976 Nashville, TN Raleigh, NC Burbank, CA Lockport, IL North Platte, NE 1975 Baton Rouge, LA Huntington Beach, CA Tempe, AZ Vancouver, WA Greenbelt, MD 1974 Milwaukee, WI Glendale, CA Southfield, MI New Hope, MN 1973 Riverdale, MD Bridgeport, CT Aurora, CO Oak Park, MI Bexley, OH 1972 Memphis, TN Lincoln, NE Downey, CA Naperville, IL Roseville, CA 1971 Cincinnati, OH Peoria, IL Scottsdale, AZ Placentia, CA Edinburg, TX 1970 WA State Parks & Rec. Comm Madison, WI Stockton, CA Glenview, IL Lewistown, ID 1969 Columbus, OH Hayward, CA Eugene, OR Hutchinson, KS Brooklyn Park, MN 1968 Phoenix, AZ Austin, TX Chula Vista, CA Pittsburg, KS Cresent City, CA 1967 Wichita, KS Berkeley, CA N. Jeffco R & P Duarte, CA Seattle, WA (tie) Arvada, CO
1966 San Diego, CA Oak Park, IL Livingston, NJ Bend, OR