Our mission is to provide exceptional park and recreation services that enhance the livability of our community and the lives of the people we serve.
Maintain the balance between high quality and quantity of services within existing resources.
Identify, deliver, and adjust services to reflect changing community expectations, new growth, added resources, and evolving needs.
Pursue and build partnerships within all sectors of the community to help deliver quality recreation and park services.
Commit to developing a work environment that promotes trust, respect, open communication, and teamwork between all levels of staff.
Advocate for and provide open spaces, river access, and pathways, while respecting private property rights. Continue to be environmentally friendly in our practices.
Incorporate
new and innovative strategies in the delivery of programs, maintaining
operations, and meeting community needs.
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Willamalane will be a partner with our community. Through strong partnerships we will achieve exceptional service and foster an atmosphere of cooperation, trust, and innovation to better serve our patrons.
Willamalane will be a leader in providing activities and places for people to play and enrich their lives. We will dedicate ourselves to improving the quality of life for our patrons.
Willamalane will be a steward of our environment. We will treasure and preserve our natural resources and open spaces.
Willamalane will be a friend to the community and become a valued part of each person’s life. People are the core of our organization, and people are who we exist to serve. We will work to touch every life in a positive way.
Willamalane will be dedicated to the dreams of our patrons. Working together, we will contribute to the livability and culture of our community and strive to create a better future.
Adopted by the Willamalane Board of Directors, February 2004.
Willamalane has excellent resources, both physical and service-oriented. But none are as important or as valuable as our Patrons, our Volunteers, our Board Members, and our Staff. People are our most precious resource.
The whole is greater than the sum of the individual parts. We are much stronger and more effective when working as a team than as individuals. We are committed to building teamwork, respect, and trust among ourselves and with our patrons.
We are committed to improving the quality of life in our community by promoting healthy lifestyles, strengthening our families, maintaining community assets, being good stewards of our parks and open spaces, and fostering a sense of community pride and common purpose.
We are committed to offering all segments of the community a high level of physical, social, and economic access to our programs and facilities.
We are committed to enhancing the quality of people’s emotional, physical, and social well-being, and promote their personal growth through play, discovery, enrichment and learning.
We are committed to building partnerships with our patrons, coworkers, and other organizations to address common issues, promote mutual interests, benefit our community, and enhance the quality of life in Springfield.
Willamalane is committed to a tradition of creative thinking, trend-setting, and calculated risk-taking. We embrace change and encourage flexibility so that patrons can benefit from new and unique opportunities.
Excellence is a commitment to provide more than what is expected, be accountable for our actions, and be efficient and effective with what we have. We are committed to providing the resources, the support, and the encouragement to deliver the highest quality service to the community and to each other.
Our community looks to us to be the stewards of our present and future natural resources. We are committed to providing leadership in conserving those resources, and looking for new and better ways to be environmentally responsible.