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Bellevue Parks and Community Services wins CAPRA reaccreditation, earns perfect score

Parks and Community Services Board · October 15, 2025
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The Parks and Community Services Department told the board it met all 154 CAPRA standards in its reaccreditation review following a virtual site visit; staff said the result reflects years of documentation and departmentwide effort and triggers new training and annual reporting requirements.

Bellevues Parks and Community Services Department announced it has earned reaccreditation from the Commission for the Accreditation of Park and Recreation Agencies (CAPRA), with staff reporting they met all 154 CAPRA standards.

Tony Esparza, assistant director of the department, presented an overview of the reaccreditation process to the Parks and Community Services Board and said a virtual site visit March 31April 2 and subsequent CAPRA review led to the agencys formal reaccreditation announcement at the National Recreation and Parks Association conference. "They felt we had met all 154 standards,"…

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