Achievements
The City of Arlington Parks and Recreation Department earned the Texas Recreation and Park Society ’ s prestigious Texas Gold Medal Award – Class I and the Maintenance Achievement Award . The department ’ s GLOW Girls Program won the 2023 TRAPS North Lone Star Programming award , and The Friends of Arlington ’ s Unique Natural Areas was named Advocate of the Year by the TRAPS North Region .
The City ’ s Office of Communications earned five awards from the national City-County Communications Marketing Association ( 3CMA ) and eight awards from the Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers ( TAMIO ) for its video programming , events , graphic design and social media community outreach efforts . The City ’ s five-part docuseries , “ Journey to Baseball Town ”, which has collectively received more than 1 million views on Arlington ’ s YouTube channel , also received six awards combined from the National Association of Telecommunication Officers and Advisors and Texas Association of Telecommunication Officers and Advisors .
The City of Arlington was awarded Silver status from the Dallas-Fort Worth Clean Cities Coalition for a second year in a row in recognition of its contributions to reduce petroleum use and improve air quality . Arlington ’ s fleet currently includes nine electric vehicles , which are used by various departments . The City has installed eight electric vehicle charging stations for these fleet vehicles at strategic locations and an idling reduction policy .