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Agency Showcase Competition

The Agency Showcase Competition is the premier communication and marketing competition for park and recreation agencies in Illinois. Each year hundreds of creative pieces designed by IPRA members are judged by professionals in the printing and advertising fields. Showcase your work…get ideas from others…learn how you can improve your work!

2007 Agency Showcase Competition details:

Early Bird Deadline: November 2, 2007
Cost: $20 per entry
Final Deadline: November 30, 2007
Cost: $30 per entry

Categories: Single Catalog Cover, Catalog Cover Series, Single Catalog Content, Annual Report Content, Specific Facility/Program/Event Piece, Logo Design, Web Site Design, Printed Newsletters, Electronic Newsletters, Most Improved Marketing Piece

Divisions: A) Work is completed by a contracted designer, B) Work is completed by in-house staff.

Agency Showcase nomination form coming soon!

2006 Award Recipients

Single Catalog Cover
1a: Wheeling Park District
1b: Park District of Oak Park
2a: Bartlett Park District
2b: Oak Brook Park District
3a: Batavia Park District
3b: Joliet Park District
PC: Winnetka Park District

Bolingbrook Park District

Catalog Cover Series
1a: Itasca Park District
1b: Skokie Park District
2a: Bartlett Park District
2b: Oak Brook Park District
3a: Buffalo Grove Park District
3b: Dundee Township Park District
PC: Bartlett Park District

Single Catalog Content
1a: Park District of Highland Park
1b: Lisle Park District
2a: Park District of Franklin Park
2b: Decatur Park District
3a: Batavia Grove Park District
3b: Wheeling Park District
PC: Park District of Highland Park

Annual Report Content
1a: SEASPAR
1b: Elmhurst Park District
2a: N/A
2b: Forest Preserve District of Will County
3a: N/A
3b: NEDSRA
PC: Wheeling Park District

Specific Facility/Program/Event Piece
1a: Batavia Park District
1b: Glenview Park District
2a: Bolingbrook Park District
2b: Elk Grove Park District
3a: Arlington Heights Park District
3b: Elmhurst Park District
PC: Park District of Highland Park

Logo Design
1a: Park District of Franklin Park
1b: Woodridge Park District
2a: Washington Park District
2b: Joliet Park District
3a: Decatur Park District
3b: Waukegan Park District
PC: Washington Park District

Web Site Design
1a: McHenry County Conservation District
1b: Naperville Park District
2a: Decatur Park District
2b: Lisle Park District
3a: Batavia Park District
3b: Schaumburg Park District
PC: N/A

Printed Newsletter
1a: Batavia Park District
1b: Fox Valley Park District
2a: Park District of Franklin Park
2b: Winnetka Park District
3a: Downers Grove Park District
3b: Frankfort Park District
PC: Lockport Township Park District

Electronic Newsletter
1a: N/A
1b: Skokie Park District
2a: N/A
2b: Lisle Park District
3a: N/A
3b: Joliet Park District
PC: Skokie Park District

Most Improved
1a: Lisle Park District
1b: Glenview Park District
2a: Plainfield Park District
2b: Woodridge Park District
3a: Bolingbrook Park District
3b: Elmhurst Park District
PC: Glenview Park District