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Guiding Principles
How to use Meck Playbook
Meck Playbook is a tenyear comprehensive framework for the future of Mecklenburg County’s places, spaces, and programs. The plan is guided by a vision and four principles. Goals and strategies identify the desired outcomes and projects or initiatives to achieve them. Meck Playbook’s recommendations are meant to be flexible, with the potential to adapt to changes in the County, the community, and to respond to new opportunities or challenges.
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Meck Playbook Vision
Together we will protect irreplaceable environmental resources, foster health and wellness, and create transformative experiences for future generations.
Commit to Equity
across the system to make improvements and close the gaps.
Evolve and Grow
County assets to keep pace with the needs of all communities.
Tell More Stories
to increase awareness and expand impact of the Department’s efforts.
Move Beyond Boundaries
to better connect our communities to natural systems.
Guiding Principles
Aspirations for Mecklenburg County and the parks system.
Goal #1 Engagement - Speak to and include diverse audiences and communities. Goal #2 Reinvestment - Focus reinvestment in spaces that need it most. Goal #3 New Investment - Create the highest quality places and programs. Goal #4 Inclusion - Provide access to resources and opportunities for all residents.
Goal #5 Stewardship - Protect and adapt the resilience of natural areas. Goal #6 Programming - Adapt and expand programs to respond to needs. Goal #7 Land Acquisition - Increase open space in areas of need, growth, and value. Goal # 8 Staffing - Build teams to support programs and acreage. Goal # 9 Funding - Invest in places and programs as essential County services.
Goal #10 Celebration - Protect and share historic, arts, and cultural resources. Goal #11 Communication - Increase awareness of programs and facilities. Goal #12 Hospitality - Improve every user’s experience of parks, greenways, facilities, and programs. Goal #13 Reflection - Instill values of communities in projects and programs.
Goal #14 Partnerships - Optimize relationships with mission - aligned organizations. Goal #15 Leadership - Position Department as a leader in community well-being. Goal #16 Collaboration - Enhance coordination with public partners. Goal #17 Connections - Connect facilities to other destinations and services.
Goals
The goals articulate what Meck Playbook is working to achieve. Within each goal are several strategies to help accomplish the goal.
Key Recommendations
Organized by plan goal, these recommendations are pulled from individual strategies.
Implementation Chapter
The Implementation Chapter prioritizes recommendations, identifying specific capital projects, operational changes and other initiatives to help achieve the plan.
Go the Distance
Recommendations and phasing to guide plan implementation.
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