Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan

As Mountain View continues to create places and experiences that inspire, our team is committed to being a leader in making our community a vibrant, healthy, and inclusive place to live.

We need YOUR input for our Strategic Plan to ensure our offerings equitably reflect our community’s values and needs. As we seek national accreditation and continue to strive for excellence, YOUR ideas will help us shape a more inclusive future for our community.

We have partnered with Next Practice Partners, who are national leaders in inclusive and innovative planning that have done extensive work in California.

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As Mountain View continues to create places and experiences that inspire, our team is committed to being a leader in making our community a vibrant, healthy, and inclusive place to live.

We have partnered with Next Practice Partners, who are national leaders in inclusive and innovative planning that have done extensive work in California.

The Next Practice Partners team also includes planning and design firm WRT, and survey firm ETC Institute etc. to ensure every voice that wants to engage can do so through surveys, community discussions, and planning sessions.

We look forward to seeing you all learn more and engage with us so we can collectively ImagineMVParks!

Thank You.

John Marchant

Community Services Director

City of Mountain View

About

City of Mountain View

Nestled between the Santa Cruz Mountains and San Francisco Bay, Mountain View is a diverse community, ideally located in the heart of the Silicon Valley (10 miles north of San Jose and 35 miles south of San Francisco).

At just over 12 square miles, the City is home to over 83,500 residents, many nationally and internationally known corporations, and a thriving small business base.

Mountain View prides itself on providing excellent public services and facilities that meet the needs of a caring and diverse community in a financially responsible manner.

While leading the region in innovation and ideas, the City remains committed to the traditional values of strong neighborhoods and citizen involvement. Mountain View boasts strong safety and public education records and is considered one of the best places to live in the Bay Area.

Community Services Department

The City of Mountain View Community Services Department is comprised of five Divisions: Shoreline at Mountain View, Parks and Open Space, Urban Forestry, Performing Arts and Recreation.

The City is home to 44 parks with one to two new parks anticipated each year, the 750-acre Shoreline at Mountain View Regional Park, nine acres of trail system, the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, recreation programs and services for all ages, and Recreation facilities such as the Community Center, Senior Center, The View Teen Center, three Community Gardens, two Aquatics Facilities, two gymnasiums, BBQ/Picnic areas, and more.

Next Practice Partners

Next Practice Partners is a team committed to building a more inclusive and innovative future for all. Others share Best Practices from the past, we co-create Next Practices for the future.

Our team’s experiences span Gold Medal agencies such as Willamalane Park District (OR), Fortune 100 companies including Disney and Target, the Super Bowl besides 150+ Parks System Strategic and Master Plans all over California and nationwide.

www.BeNextPractice.com

Thank you from the MV team!

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Thank you to everyone who attended the Public Meetings in person or virtually on August 21-22.
If you could not attend these meetings, please see the Document section to review the presentation and the results from the Strategic Plan meetings. Recordings of both virtual meetings is available under "Videos".
If you would like to provide input and was unable to through the meetings, please share your input with Recreation Manager Kristine Crosby at Kristine.Crosby@mountainview.gov and Neelay Bhatt, CEO and Founder of Next Practice Partners, at Neelay.Bhatt@benextpractice.com.
August Community Meetings

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Help us imagine the future of Mountain View Parks and Recreation by joining us for one of four Community Meetings to kick off the Parks and Recreation Strategic Plan! All meetings will provide interpretation services in Spanish, Mandarin and Russian. Childcare and Light Refreshments will be available for the in-person meetings.