<P> Taking place in 2017, all the major characters, besides Craig, have left the Parks Department, and Ron and Leslie are shown to be enemies due to Ron's company having torn down Ann's old house in order to build an apartment building . Ben convinces a technology company, Gryzzl, to bring free Wi - Fi to the city of Pawnee by beating them at a board game he had invented, The Cones of Dunshire . Gryzzl engages in intense data mining, inducing Ron, whose new construction company, Very Good Building and Development Company, has been handling their construction needs, to reconnect with Leslie to correct the issue . After he and Leslie resolve their differences, Ron and Leslie convince Gryzzl to change its ways, and the firm becomes a positive influence in Pawnee, building its headquarters in a previously run - down part of town and eventually donating a significant quantity of land, which Leslie turns into a national park . Tom hires his old girlfriend Lucy as manager of his restaurant . Eventually he proposes, and she accepts . He later experiences financial ruin, but finds success again by publishing a best selling book on his failure . Donna marries, moves to Seattle, and becomes a successful real estate agent, which supplements the income from the financially strained school district where her husband Joe works . </P> <P> Andy makes a popular television show starring his Johnny Karate character, though he and April choose to allow the show to end so that April can start a new job as a career placement advisor in Washington, D.C. . Ben and Leslie also move to Washington, D.C. with their three children, Wesley, Steven, and Sonia . Eventually, she and Ben are both approached with offers to run for Indiana governor . Ben chooses to manage Leslie's campaign in lieu of running himself . Leslie wins the office, but eventually moves on to an even higher, unspecified role (presumably as the President of the United States). Ann and Chris are revealed to have a second child, a daughter named Leslie and plan to return to Pawnee. April and Andy have a son named Jack . April also reveals she is pregnant again . Before leaving Pawnee, Ben appoints Garry Gergich interim mayor of Pawnee, who is re-elected until his death on the night of his 100th birthday . After Ron eventually tires of his construction company, Leslie arranges for him to become the superintendent of Pawnee National Park, which he accepts . </P> <P> Deedle - Dee Productions and Universal Media Studios produced Parks and Recreation starting with the first season; the production companies Fremulon and 3 Arts Entertainment also became involved with the show starting with the second season . The series was created by Greg Daniels and Michael Schur, who served as executive producers along with Howard Klein . Klein previously worked with Daniels and Schur on The Office, a half - hour NBC comedy Daniels adapted from the British comedy of the same name, created by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant . Schur served as the showrunner of Parks and Recreation, while Amy Poehler and Morgan Sackett worked as producers . Dean Holland, an editor on The Office, also worked as an editor on Parks and Recreation . Mike Scully, a former executive producer and showrunner for The Simpsons, joined Parks and Recreation as a consulting producer starting in the middle of the first season . Allison Jones, who worked as a casting director for The Office, served in the same capacity at the start of Parks and Recreation, along with Nancy Perkins, for whom the character Ann Perkins was named . Dorian Frankel became the casting director starting with the second season . Alan Yang, Harris Wittels, and Katie Dippold, all of whom were Parks and Recreation screenwriters, also worked as executive story editors . </P> <P> The pilot episode was written by Daniels and Schur, and directed by Daniels . Daniels also directed the second - season episode "Hunting Trip", while Schur made his directorial debut with the first - season finale "Rock Show", and wrote or directed several other episodes including "Sister City", "The Master Plan" and "Time Capsule". </P>

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