WRPA's Mission

Facilitate connections, advocate for professionals and their agencies, and provide robust learning and skill advancement opportunities to equitably support recreation, culture, and park professionals.

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Join us for the 2025 WRPA Annual Conference in Kennewick, WA on May 13-16, 2025.

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Thank You to Our 2025 VIP Partners

Thank you for allowing Northwest Playground to be WRPA’s Platinum sponsor. We value our relationship with you and have taken pride in the small part that we play in your projects. Whether it is a memorial bench to recognize a member of the community or a destination Inclusive park that allows all kids to play together, we have enjoyed helping to make your project a success. Northwest Playground has always been known for its quality products and exceptional service. We have enjoyed being your partner these last 20 years and hope to be your partner for years to come.

Great Western Recreation is honored to support the mission and values of the WRPA and its members. Since 1964, GWR has been serving its local communities by delivering turnkey solutions for outdoor recreation; including designing and providing destination and fully inclusive play spaces supported by extensive academic research, offering a wide selection of quality site amenities, providing prefabricated shelter and shade solutions, creating outdoor fitness locations, putting together imaginative splash pad sites, and collaborating on all other project needs, big to small, to augment the development and enhancement of your parks’ infrastructure.

Thank You to Our Annual Platinum Sponsor

Kaizen is a municipal innovation company that specializes in the highest quality, mobile-friendly interfaces for Parks & Recreation departments. The company has pulled together the best engineering and design talent from leading companies with the mission of making recreation, special event, and maintenance platforms that look, feel, and function like they were built in 2024.

Thank You to Our Annual Gold Sponsor

Buell Recreation specializes in providing quality playground, recreation and outdoor fitness equipment to public and private organizations throughout Oregon, Washington, Northern Nevada and Northern Idaho. We pride ourselves in representing proven playground equipment and recreational product manufacturers with the highest standards of integrity, who develop safe, durable and innovative products.

Annual Silver Sponsors

Allplay Systems provides a total solution for outdoor recreation and athletics, from equipment to shelters to site furnishings and surfacing. We have team members in multiple regions to be immediately responsive to your needs.

Xplor Recreation offers frictionless all-in-one parks and recreation management software that lets your clients easily self serve their needs, and makes your team's lives simpler—with a modern, easy-to-use interface that scales to any size.

Conference Title Sponsor

CivicPlus® is a trusted technology company dedicated to empowering government staff and powering exceptional digital experiences for residents. With a comprehensive suite of solutions that combine to form THE modern Civic Experience Platform, we strive to create one-stop, frictionless, interactions that delight residents and help staff collaborate and work efficiently.