Long Beach Parks, Recreation and Marine Department

About the Department:

Create community and enhance the quality of life in Long Beach through people, places, programs, and partnerships.

Long Beach citizens have seen distinctive purple and teal banners in parks with the slogan "Best in the Nation." The slogan celebrates the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine's receipt of the Gold Medal Award from the National Parks and Recreation Society to recognize the Department's outstanding management practices and programs. This simple, yet dynamic statement is a way of letting all City residents and visitors know that one of the best things about their community is the parks, open space, sports and aquatics facilities, beaches, recreation programs and services provided by the Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine.