Park Mobile

2023 NACo Achievement Award Winner

Henrico County, Va., VA

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About the Program

Category: Parks and Recreation (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

Henrico County’s Park Mobile is responsible for engaging the community through recreational activities and play, informing residents of programs and services, and unifying one another for a bright future. Park Mobile began as a response to challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic and has continued to grow. Our main goal is to take the initiative to get to know our citizens in non-traditional ways: by going out into our parks and communities, programming for our residents where they live and play, and not always expecting them to come to us. During the last half of 2020, Park Mobile offered 72 programs with an attendance of around 2,700 and grew to 157 programs with 5,291 participants in 2022. Park Mobile is leading the effort to unify all departmental agencies to serve the Henrico community.