November 19- Running Start Honorees
Thursday, November 19, 2009Posted by
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Running Start Honorees
In July, when I first came on board at Rec and Park and was still training for the San Francisco Marathon, our Department, the San Francisco Neighborhood Parks Council (NPC) and the San Francisco Parks Trust (SFPT) formed an aptly-named partnership program called the Running Start Fund.
The Fund solicited from members of the public some creative solutions that could be easily implemented and that would improve their local parks.
At today’s Commission meeting, I had the opportunity to thank the six members of the public whose ideas were selected and recently implemented into the Department’s operations.
Improved signage around park trash cans (Lia Smith)
Big Belly Solar Powered Trash Can at Mission Dolores Park (Gideon Kramer)
New Flag at Mountain Lake Park (Kate Scanlon)
Simplification of class/program registration procedures (Christina Goette)
New doggie relief stations in parks (Laura Cavaluzzo)
New trash cans at Louis Sutter Playground (Carol High)
The Department is always looking for ways in which we can improve what we do and how we do it. We depend on the public’s input because they are the ones who use our parks on a daily basis and who have a vested interest in the welfare of our parks.
I’d like to express a special thanks to all of the folks who submitted ideas to us for consideration, as well as to executive directors Meredith Thomas of NPC and Karen Kidwell of the Parks Trust.
In July, when I first came on board at Rec and Park and was still training for the San Francisco Marathon, our Department, the San Francisco Neighborhood Parks Council (NPC) and the San Francisco Parks Trust (SFPT) formed an aptly-named partnership program called the Running Start Fund.
The Fund solicited from members of the public some creative solutions that could be easily implemented and that would improve their local parks.
At today’s Commission meeting, I had the opportunity to thank the six members of the public whose ideas were selected and recently implemented into the Department’s operations.
Improved signage around park trash cans (Lia Smith)
Big Belly Solar Powered Trash Can at Mission Dolores Park (Gideon Kramer)
New Flag at Mountain Lake Park (Kate Scanlon)
Simplification of class/program registration procedures (Christina Goette)
New doggie relief stations in parks (Laura Cavaluzzo)
New trash cans at Louis Sutter Playground (Carol High)
The Department is always looking for ways in which we can improve what we do and how we do it. We depend on the public’s input because they are the ones who use our parks on a daily basis and who have a vested interest in the welfare of our parks.
I’d like to express a special thanks to all of the folks who submitted ideas to us for consideration, as well as to executive directors Meredith Thomas of NPC and Karen Kidwell of the Parks Trust.
We’ll be looking to implement more of your ideas in the near future.
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