The city’s Danville Outdoors program received the highest honor Sunday night by the Virginia Municipal League at a ceremony hosted in Roanoke.

The league is a statewide nonprofit organization for cities, towns and county governments.

Danville Outdoors — a citywide initiative — earned the league’s President’s Award for Innovation. That accolade is the league’s highest honor, “recognizing creative solutions in local government,” the city of Danville reported in a news release.

The community-based initiative was created to bring together the different aspects of outdoor recreation and conservation. Danville Outdoors partners with Danville Parks and Recreation, Danville Public Works, Dan River Basin Association, Danville Science Center, Virginia Cooperative Extension, Virginia Master Natura

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