Recent Articles of Interest
FREE PARKING TO VANISH?: As parks budgets are cut, RPD seeks new revenue. Article.
CONCRETE SLIDES ROCK: Slides at Koret Children's Quarter top list of best slides.
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KIDS SHOULD GET HANDS DIRTY: Interesting blog from SFChronicle about why kids should get their hands dirty.
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Park Partner Innovator Awards: $20,000 for park projects San Francisco Parks Trust is accepting applications for the Park Partner Innovator Awards. Awards are between $500 and $2000 for the one-time purchase of items orequipment that will help increase park usership or strengthen the program’s constituency.
Read more about Innovator Awards here.
SFPT awarded $100K for parks and open space in the City! The Stewardship Council chose SFPT's Street Parks program as one of six recipients in California of its Collaboration Fund Grant. Street Parks will receive $70,000 to continue its innovative program that mobilizes young people to transform unused city lots, such as street medians or hillsides, into thriving community gardens everyone can enjoy. Teens have fun getting their hands dirty and develop a personal stake in their neighborhoods, while learning about the environment and how to work as a team.
Learn more about Street Parks here. Read the press release here.
SFPT wins 4 stars for excellence in fiscal management in 2006! San Francisco Parks Trust received the desirable 4-Star rating for “sound fiscal management” from Charity Navigator, America’s premier charity evaluator.
KGO-TV loves our parks! The Love Your Parks campaign was launched in May 2006 with public service announcements on KGO-7 ABC Television and with print advertisements in 7X7 Magazine. You have seen our love your parks message in magazine and newspapers advertisements, on bus shelters and public transit and on street pole banners throughout the City. Look for the love your parks message once again this summer! Learn more about the campaign and watch the video spots...