DNREC parks and recreation website wins national award

At its 2019 conference, the National Association of Government Web Professionals presented a Members’ Choice Pinnacle Award to DNREC’s Division of Parks & Recreation for the Delaware State Parks website at www.destateparks.com.

“Government websites have progressed dramatically since the first Pinnacle Awards were presented in 2006. Thanks to the talented teams in the government web profession, including the teams represented by this year's entries, our websites have grown from information portals to become the first point of service for our constituents and the windows to our organizations," said Barbara Belli, association secretary and Pinnacle Awards chair.

The Delaware State Parks website won in the State/Federal category. The association membership, which comprises government web professionals from local, county, state and federal government throughout the United States, voted on the Members’ Choice Awards from among entries for cities, counties, state and federal agencies, microsites and sites demonstrating special features. 

The website was recognized for its organization, informative content, and the wide variety of information it presents, as well as for the small size of its web team. Peer review judges found the site easy to navigate and informative, as well as visually appealing. The NAGW award committee commended Delaware State Parks staff Chris Polo, chief of creative services, and Jennifer Bradford, web developer, for the “immense amount of time, resources and attention” they had put into creating an expansive and highly functional site.