Rockingham's foreshore secures PLA’s Community Facility of the Year Award

The City of Rockingham's Rockingham Beach Foreshore Revitalisation has been named Parks and Leisure Australia’s Community Facility of the Year at the association’s 2020 Awards of Excellence.

Presented during a recent online award ceremony, the Rockingham Beach Foreshore Revitalisation (RBFR) was automatically entered into the national awards after winning the Parks and Leisure Australia - Community Facility of the Year Award for WA back in August 2020.

Advising that the latest award capped off a stunning 12 months since the $15.75 million project was officially completed, City of Rockingham Mayor, Barry Sammels stated “Rockingham is known as the place where the coast comes to life and since the RBFR was completed in late 2019 thousands of people have visited our stunning revitalised foreshore precinct.

“The recent Castaways Sculpture Awards exhibition held at the foreshore highlighted how the project has created a great link between the beach and the rest of the foreshore precinct, allowing visitors to wander with ease between Railway Terrace, the Beach Plaza and the Boardwalk.

“The City is delighted to receive this prestigious award from Parks and Leisure Australia. We would also like to acknowledge the outstanding contribution made by the project’s landscape architect, Place Laboratory.”

Each year, Parks and Leisure Australia acknowledges the outstanding initiatives made by people who create spaces that promote leisure time and create social, environmental and economic benefits to the community.

Click here for more information on the RBFR project.

Image: The Rockingham Beach Foreshore Revitalisation has won Parks and Leisure Australia's Community Facility of the Year Award. Credit: City of Rockingham.