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THE MISSION
THE MISSION

As the consultant team spent time with citizens at
& PILLARS 10 different engagement sessions, reviewed over
600 comments posited online, and reviewed 20
years worth of planning policy, it became clear
that this mission and the four pillars that uphold it
Implementation of this plan begins with a mission still make sense for Kansas City. This population
for the department and the foundational pillars loves its park system and is not seeking to
that support that make it achievable. The mission reinvent it. They want to fix what they already
and the four pillars of the Kansas City Parks have. They want to activate the green spaces that
and Recreation Department were established they have loved for generations and yet continue
as part of in the 2020 Strategic Business Plan. to watch decline. They want to be able to get out
Throughout the planning process, it was clear to and visit those parks so close to their homes yet
the consultant team that this mission and its pillar maybe not as clean, as accessible, or as safe as
still resonate with the system and its constituents. they wish them to be. This plan re-examines that

The Mission mission statement and its four pillars and provides
many new objectives and strategies in line with
what the residents of Kansas City have told us
This plan reaffirms the department’s existing during this planning process.
mission statement:
social equity

To improve the quality of life, health, and
wellness of our community by providing Kansas City has an amazingly vast park system
socially equitable, community-driven with over 10,500 acres of parkland spread across
programming and environmentally sound nearly all neighborhoods in the city. While more
natural resource management. than 80% of residents live within a 10-minute

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