The Bellevue Parks & Community Services Department consists of diverse teams across parks, recreation, arts, culture and community services, all dedicated to creating spaces, experiences and programs that foster community vitality. Learn more about our structure and the people behind our mission by exploring our organizational chart.
Our Mission
To build a healthy community through an integrated system of exceptional parks, natural areas, recreation, arts and culture, and a broad base of community services.
Our Vision
In Bellevue everyone can connect to each other and to nature through experiences that help them to live, grow and thrive.
Equity: A System of Fairness
Equity means everybody in our community can access, participate in and benefit from services, resources and opportunities that contribute to a high quality of life, no matter an individual’s identities. Put simply, in an equitable society, one’s identities are not accurate predictors of one’s outcomes. Different from equality, equity considers how the unique identities, circumstances and histories of different people may impact experiences within institutions and systems.