Awards and citations
A list of awards and citations received by Clarence Valey Council
Council enters the AR Bluett Award - a leading award for local government excellence
Council has submitted an entry for this Award which summarises Council's achievements over the past year. D If you would like to read a copy of the entry, click here. Enquiries to brian.lane@clarence.nsw.gov.au
Clarence Valley Council has been recoginised with a number of awards and citations.
| Winner | Australian Institute of Landscape Architects Award 2012 - CLOUSTON Associates - Clarence River Way Masterplan. Read more... |
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| Winner | ENVIRO Innovation in Sustainable award 2012 - Northern Rivers Food Links project. Read more... | |
| Winner | National Awards for Local Government 2012 - Regional Collaboration Award - Clarence Valley Education Forum. Read more... | |
| Winner | National Awards for Local Government 2012 Engaging and Strengthening Indigenous Communities - Fresh Start initiative. Read more... | |
| Winner | North Coast Regional Awards for Clean Beach - Overall Clean Beach, Water Conservation and Community & Partnerships Action Awards - Brooms Head Beach. Read more... | |
| Winner | IMAGinE Award 2011 - Collection Management Award - Grafton Regional Gallery Collection Online Project | |
| Highly Commended | IMAGinE Award 2011 - Education and Audience Development section - Grafton Regional Gallery | |
| Winner | North Coast Tourism Awards 2011 - New Tourism Development - Clarence River Way | |
| Winner | Buerckner Local Government Weed Professional Award for 2011 - Chris Clausen, Senior Weed Officer - outstanding contribution to on ground control of weeds in NSW. Read more.. | |
| Winner | Engineers Australia Newcastle Division 2010 Regional Engineering Excellence Award - Grafton Maclean Lawrence Townsend Ilarwill Sewerage Project. | |
| Commendation | Planning Institute of Australia Awards - Social and Community Based Planning category - Affordable Housing. | |
| Winner Division B | LGSA Excellence in Environment Awards - Energy Saving & Climate Change Adaptation / Mitigation - CVC's 'Taking Action on Climate Change' Package | |
| Winner Division B | LGSA Excellence in Environment Awards - Natural Environment Protection and Enhancement: On-ground Works - Lake Wooloweyah Erosion Control Project | |
| Winner | NSW Planning Institute (PIA) Awards for Excellence - Excellence Award Social and Community Based Planning and co-winner of President's Award - Affordable Housing Strategy. Read more... | |
| Winner | Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) - NSW Project Management Achievement Award in the "Regional Development" Category - Project Management of the Grafton Maclean Lawrence Townsend Ilarwill Sewerage augmentation | |
| Silver Medal | 2010 Country Link North Coast Tourism Awards Silver Medal for excellence in heritage and cultural tourism. | |
| Highly Commended | 2010 Heart Foundation Local Government Awards Highly Commended - Programs and Policies that Reduce Exposure to Tobacco - Smoke Free Outdoor Areas Policy. | |
| Winner | 2010 International Water Association - Project Innovation Award - The Clarence Valley Coffs Harbour Regional Water Supply (CVCHWS) Strategy. Read more... | |
| Top 25 | 2009 Australasia's Top 25 Ecological restoration projects by the Global Restoration Network, a project of the Society for Ecological Restoration International - "The Clarence Floodplain Project". | |
| Winner | 2009 Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) with the NSW Project Management Achievement Award - Project Manager - Geoff Gorton from NSW Public Works, Project Manager of Clarence Valley Council's Sewerage Augmentation program | |
| Winner | 2008 National Awards for Local Government - National Award for Excellence - "The Clarence Floodplain Project - Reviving Floodplain Watercourses and Wetlands | |
| Category Winner | 2008 National Awards for Local Government - Natural Resource Management - "The Clarence Floodplain Project - Reviving Floodplain Watercourses and Wetlands" | |
| Category Winner | 2008 National Awards for Local Government - Youth Engagement - Clarence Valley Youth Summer Events Program | |
| Commendation | 2008 National Awards for Local Government - Innovation in Regional Development - Clarence Edge | |
| Category Winner | Energy Australia National Trust Heritage Award - Grafton Heritage Trail | |
| Winner | 2007 Local Government and Shires Association Excellence in the Environment Awards - Clarence won the Division B of the Awards for its Sustainability Initiative, and then was successful as the overall winner. | |
| Finalist | 2007 Banksia Environmental Award - Local Government Category - The Clarence Floodplain Project - Reviving floodplain watercourses and wetlands | |
| Joint Division B Winner | 2006 LGSA Local Government Excellence Awards in Environment Awards - Returning the Tides to Poverty Creek - November 2006 | |
| Winner | IPWEA Works Supervisors Group - OHS Implementation Award 2006 for 'Safe Operating Procedure #19 - Use of plant and equipment during RFS Operations' - Awarded October 2006 | |
| Finalist | WorkCover Safety Awards 2006 - for 'Safe Operating Procedure #19 - Use of plant and equipment during RFS Operations' - Awarded September 2006 | |
| Commendation | Statewide Mutual Risk Management Excellence Awards - for 'Safe Operating Procedure #19 - Use of plant and equipment during RFS Operations' - Awarded August 2006 | |
| Category Winner | DOTARS 2006 National Awards for Local Government - Information Technology - 'Life in the Engine Room' - August 2006 | |
| Category Winner | DOTARS 2006 National Awards for Local Government - Asset Management - Shannon Creek Regional Water Supply Project - August 2006 | |
| Winner | Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia (NSW Division) - IPWEA Engineering Excellence Awards 2006, OHS for 'Safe Operating Procedure #19 - Use of plant and equipment during RFS Operations' Awarded May 2006 | |
| Australian Institute of Project Management - State & National Award - Gary Kennedy, Project Manager, Regional Water Supply Project (Dept of Commerce, October 2005) | ||
| Highly Commended | 2004 National Awards for Local Government - Integrating Biodiversity Conservation into Planning and Management - The Clarence Floodplain Project | |
| Winner | LGSA Cultural Award for Cultural Infrastructure - Grafton Regional Gallery - May 2005 | |
| Winner Division B and Category Winner | 2003/04 Local Government and Shires Associations of NSW Excellence in the Environment Awards - Water Quality/Catchment Management Award - The Clarence Floodplain Project. |
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