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The Partnership for Quality Living (PQL) began as a grass roots idea in 2004 as a handful of recreation and park professionals in the California Park and Recreation Society (CPRS) District 2 region observed that many of their agencies and organizations were discarding important planning and development reports, photographs and video, schematic drawings and more - all important documents that interpreted their history and contributions in the community. This group formed a feasibility committee to document interest in the need to record the region's history; and thus began the PQL Hall of Honor program, which officially launched in 2006 in partnership with CPRS District 2. The PQL Hall of Honor is centered around recognizing, documenting and promoting parks, recreation, wellness and leisure historical contributions in the Superior California region. Each year, the organization solicits nominations for recognition in several categories and provides awards to those people, facilities and programs that exhibit the highest levels of exceptionalism and historical impact to quality of life. Some notable examples of past PQL Hall of Honor recipients include the American River Parkway, Eppie's Great Race, William Land, Bidwell Park, Folsom Zoo Sancturary, Crocker Art Museum and the Pacific Crest Trail, to name just a few. For local agencies and community members, the Hall of Honor program provides the opportunity to: • Chronicle the events that have helped shape California's local park systems, leisure programs and historical programs and facilities • Recognize the outstanding contributions of practitioners in the field of recreation, parks wellness and leisure services • Recognize significant programs, areas or facilities and the sponsoring organizations, collaborative, partnersip, foundation and/or individuals • Interpret the significance of recreation, parks and leisure services in improving the public's health and wellness

The PQL Hall of Honor includes three award category descriptions and submittal criteria. They include:

Regional Treasure Category

The Regional Treasure category recognizes historically significant programs, areas or facilities along the the sponsoring organizations, collaboratives, partnerships, individuals and/or foundations. These criteria must have great historical significance and positive, long-lasting influence on generations.

Exceptional Leadership Category

The Exceptional Leadership category recognizes exceptional leaders who have inspired and served as excellent role models and made significant historic contributions in their communities and have exhibited sustained commitment to advancing the quality of life for the region. The contribution of the nominee shall have been exhibited in the areas of architecture/engineering, arts & culture, education, environment, health, parks & recreation and tourism and may have been a result of service as a professional or as a paid or voluntary service by a person from a related or non-related field in the public, private, commercial or non-profit sectors.

Regional Legacy Category

The Regional Legacy category recognizes current or historically significant individuals who created the vision, championed and led important and significant improvements to the quality of life in the region. The nominee is recognized as having led the way to the creation of significant and historic benchmark projects, events or programs. Their vision, leadership adn/or management is unquestioned. The project/event/programs has had multi-generational significance in effecting leisure lifestyle and quality of life.