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Achievements & Awards

2011

  • The City of Dallas has received the Tree City USA Award from the Arbor Day Foundation, six years in a row. The award provides public attention and national recognition for urban and community forestry programs.
  • Preservation Dallas presented Park and Recreation with its Preservation Achievement Award for the rehabilitation of Cole Park.
  • Since the conception of Dallas Water Utilities’ Cease the Grease program (2005), Sanitary Sewer Overflows or SSOs (sewer blockages caused by grease build up) have decreased 96%. The Wastewater Collections Line Cleaning Crew also deserves some credit for this achievement.
  • Dallas’ Sanitation Services was awarded the first Green City Award from Waste & Recycling News for having the most effective recycling education program for a large city in the U.S. The award was presented at the Residential Recycling Conference.
  • DWU received the Ten-Year Directors Award from the Partnership for Safe Water, a national volunteer initiative developed by the U.S. E.P.A. and other water organizations.

2010

  • Cease the Grease and Dallas County Schools won second place in the 2010 Community Partnership category of the North Texas Corporate Recycling Green 3 Awards.
  • Cease the Grease campaign video won the National Environmental Achievement Award in Public Information and Education Award-Video category from the National Association of Clean Water Agencies.
  • DWU’s Grease Monster door hanger won the Overall Campaigns Most Original/Innovative Collateral Material Gold Award.
  • 2010 Trinity River Audubon Center was awarded the Recreation Facility Design Excellence award from the Texas Recreation and Parks Society. TRAC is also a LEED Gold certified building.

2009

  • Helen Cantril-Dulac won the Public Education Award from the Texas Water Utilities Association.
  • DWU’s Cease the Grease mailer won the Best Use of Bilingual/Multilingual/Foreign Language Silver Award from the Association of Political and Public Affairs Professionals.
  • The Mayor starts the MEEA awards program, to recognize Dallas residents and businesses doing wonderful, innovative, and creative things to help build a greener Dallas.
  • Dallas Police Department was featured on the Speed Channel’s Motor Week show for the utilization of anti-idling technology.
  • Sanitation Services receives the North Texas Corporate Recycling Association’s Green 3 Awards for Stupendous Recycling Service, Incredibly Effective Education Techniques, and Involvement in the Community through Partnership. Staff was also awarded the Spirit of Recycling Award.
  • Sanitation Services received Waste & Recycling News’ Environmental Award in the government sector for the TV drop-off recycling program.
  • The City of Dallas received a Certificate of Outstanding Performance in the Outreach Category from the Air North Texas campaign.
  • The City of Dallas received the Fleet Operations Employer of the Year Award for the eastern region from the North Texas Clean Air Coalition

2008

  • The City of Dallas was accepted into the U.S. E.P.A’s National Environmental Performance Track Program. This program recognizes organizations that go above and beyond legal requirements to reduce environmental impacts from the organization’s operations.
  • The City of Dallas became the first city in the U.S. to have a certified Environmental Management System (EMS) the City is ISO 14001 certified.
  • Park and Recreation accepted the Long Range Planning award from the Texas Chapter of the American Planning Association for the Dallas Trails Network Plan.
  • The City of Dallas has received the 2008 Award of Excellence from the Building Officials Association of Texas (BOAT) for outstanding contribution to the building profession and the community. Dallas received the award based on the City’s green initiatives; specifically adoption of the Green Ordinance.