Mission

Mission

To enhance our community by providing outstanding services, parks and facilities through environmental, social and financial stewardship

Vision

To be recognized as a national leader in delivering innovative park and recreation services based on responsiveness, trust and accountability to our community

Our Guiding Principles

Building Strong Relationships and Community

• We recognize the positive impact we have on people’s lives and constantly strive to improve the quality of life for the people we serve.
• We build meaningful and lasting relationships based on strong values, a common purpose and mutual respect.
• We value diversity and actively seek people with different perspectives and experiences.
• We support achieving balance in our professional and personal lives.

Honesty and Integrity

• We maintain the highest ethical standards.
• We communicate honestly and transparently.

Accountability and Respect

• We strive to deliver results that add value to the community we serve.
• We recognize that each of us has a choice in what we do and how we do it.
• We learn from our mistakes and focus on continuous improvement.

Professional Growth and Innovation

• We support efforts that will enhance, educate and develop our employees.
• We encourage creativity and innovation.

Teamwork

• We appreciate that all of us are more effective than any one of us.
• We encourage collaboration and collective problem solving.
• We create an integrated organization free of boundaries.
• We embrace the diversity of our team.

Pursuing Excellence

• We believe our efforts make a difference as stewards of our community.
• We recognize that being good is simply not good enough.