Garland brings home state awards

The city of Garland is continuing its award-winning tradition at state conferences. This year the Public & Media Relations Department and Visit Garland, the city’s Convention & Visitors Bureau, each earned several state awards. The two departments collaborated...

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GFD announces 2020 award winners

The Garland Fire Department’s 2020 "Of the Year" award winners were recognized at a ceremony Aug. 4 at The Atrium at the Granville Arts Center. Congratulations to the following award recipients: Friend of the Fire Department: Gary Holcomb – City of Garland Purchasing...

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GISD receives music education recognition

Garland ISD may be closed, but the district’s award-winning instruction continues. The district was recently received recognition as a 2020 Best Community for Music Education (BCME) by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation. This marks the...

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Garland honored with recycling awards

The city of Garland was a triple honoree on Friday, Sept. 13, when the North Texas Corporate Recycling Association presented its gR3een Awards at the Dallas Arboretum.   Go Green Garland was recognized for its Earth Day event with the association’s Innovative...

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Garland earns communications awards

The city of Garland is recognized for excellence in communications, earning seven awards from the 2018 Texas Association of Municipal Information Officers Conference in early June.   The video, The Hunt for the Orange Traffic Cones, earned a first-place TAMI...

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Brandenburg Honors Band earns national award

The Classical Center at Brandenburg Middle School is receiving national attention for its music education. Last month, the campus’s Honors Band was named a winner in the 2017 Mark of Excellence/National Wind Band Honors project.   More than 275 of the nation’s...

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Students promote conservation

Getting creative to earn some cash, several Garland ISD students participated in the city of Garland’s 2015-16 Stormwater Management contest. This annual event invites third, fourth and fifth-graders to promote the conservation theme “I care about Garland’s creeks.”...

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Five students named Terry Scholars

Five graduating seniors will attend college this fall with the help of a Texas-based nonprofit organization. Students from Garland, Lakeview Centennial and North Garland high schools were all named Terry Scholars, a title that gifts guidance, support and tuition funds...

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City Wellness Program picks up awards

The city of Garland was recognized as an American Heart Association Fit-Friendly Worksite for the sixth year in a row. The city received the highest honor, the Platinum Level Worksite award, during the AHA’s Fit-Friendly Symposium in February. The city of Garland Fire...

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