Title
Resolution Acknowledging July is Parks and Recreation Month
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Department: Parks and Recreation
Council District: All
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Wade Walcutt, Director 373-2964
PURPOSE:
Recognizing July is Parks and Recreation Month and the benefits our Parks and Recreation Department provides the community.
BACKGROUND:
Since 1985 the National Recreation and Parks Association celebrated July as Parks and Recreation Month. Celebrated nationally for 30 years, our Parks and Recreation Department has been serving Greensboro for 82 years strong. During this time the department has continued to carry out its vision to be leaders in Greensboro with a foundation of four unwavering pillars: improving health and wellness, enhancing quality of life, conserving natural resources, and creating positive economic impacts. The department has been recognized nationally for best practice in terms of business operations and programming, as it is one, out of only eight departments in North Carolina to be accredited, coupled with their recent national ranking of one of the top 50 departments in the country. Our Parks and Recreation department continues to be an innovator in meeting community needs and outreach, and through the support of the community and dedicated professionals, they provide progressive leadership with their abilities in developing and sustaining strong and efficient partnerships with public and private organizations to meet the needs of residents.
BUDGET IMPACT:
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RECOMMENDATION / ACTION REQUESTED:
For Council to recognize formally, July is National Parks and Recreation Month and to support the department’s vision of building better lives and a better Greensboro through its four pillars of: 1)enhancing quality of life; 2)improving health and wellness; 3) conservation and 4)delivering positive economic impacts for the residents of Greensboro.