May 2010
In This Issue 2010 Playground Report Card Lincoln Playground Reopens Spring Cleaning with NPC NPC Coalition Meeting Crocker Cleanup w/ SCORES Help McLaren get $30K from Sears! Volunteer of the Month Harmmonie Wexler from Friends of West Sunset Playground I Love My Park Read an interview with three swimmers at Aquatic Park Featured Video A Tale of Two Playgrounds Send a ParkScan Observation! May Events See NPC's May Calendar 5/1: 72 Degrees: the Dolores Park Summer Warm-up 10:00am 5/8: NEN Clean & Green Summit 2010 8:00am 5/12: 17th and Folsom Park Design Charette 4:00pm 5/15: Tastes of the Sunset Fundraiser 6:00pm 5/19: Blue Greenway Planning and Design Guidelines 5:30pm 5/23: Sunday Streets 10:00am Follow us on... Share This Email Forward this message	Friends, Warmer weather is upon us and so it is time to plan more park workdays and community events! Please let the staff of NPC know if we can help you get your park group moving on some fun summer plans. Don’t forget to let us know what you are up to so we can put your park events on our calendar! Thank you again for all you to to improve our parks! Meredith Thomas Executive Director 2010 Playground Report Card Released at Play Day April 8, 2010, San Francisco: The 2010 San Francisco Playground Report Card was released at Play Day at McLaren Park. The report grades the 130+ public playgrounds in San Francisco for safety and maintenance. Local playground advocates Meredith Thomas, NPC Executive Director, Phil Ginsburg, General Manager of the Recreation and Park Department, and Supervisor John Avalos joined community volunteers and local children at Play Day to celebrate the new Report Card. Click here for photos from Play Day! “The Playground Report Card is a wonderful communication tool that helps us all understand how well we are meeting the needs of young children and families in San Francisco,” said Meredith Thomas, NPC Executive Director. “At the Neighborhood Parks Council, we believe that every child deserves a playground near their home where they can play safety and make friends. The Report Card helps us prioritize our advocacy and organizing work so that we can direct resources to the playgrounds that need the most attention.” Click here to download the report. Click here for a map of the 2010 playground grades. Visit sfnpc.org/playgrounds to read more about our playground work. Another Failing Playground is Replaced! Lincoln Park Playground reopens after renovation Lincoln Park Playground received an F grade in NPC's 2006 and 2008 Playground Report Card. The playground had simply lived out its lifespan. Swings chains were rusty, the metal slide bed was corroded, the wooden equipment was worn and the sand was dirty. The Playground Initiative and the Friends of Lincoln Park Playground held two workdays at the site in 2008 to keep the playground safe and clean until the Friends' dream of a complete renovation could be realized. On Friday, April 23rd, the newly renovated Lincoln Park Playground opened to the public. Recreation and Park Department General Manager Phil Ginsburg and Supervisor Eric Mar joined the Friends of Lincoln Park Playground and hundreds of local children and parents for the ribbon cutting ceremony. Congratulations to all those who advocated for the playground and made this incredible transformation possible! Spring Cleaning with NPC and Community Thrift Store *Ready to clean out your closet?* Found a shirt that you probably bought for a 70s theme party that you don't think you'd ever wear again? Transfered all those cds onto your mp3 player and want to get rid of that clutter? Just moved and you just can't fit that table in your room anymore? Take all your gently used goods to Community Thrift Store! Located at 623 Valencia, the donation door is open everyday from 10am to 5pm. When dropping off your items, remember to mention Neighborhood Parks Council (code number: 142) as your charity of choice. When your item is purchased, Community Thrift Store will donate portion of its sales to our work. NPC Hosts Coalition Meeting on Park Safety On Thursday, April 29th, NPC hosted a coalition meeting on Approaches to Park Safety. Panelists from the Recreation and Park Department (RPD), San Francisco Parks Trust, SF Safe, Trust for Public Land and the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) discussed both park design treatments that enhance safety, as well as existing enforcement and information-sharing procedures, and how those might be improved. Blue Greenway Update Blue Greenway Planning and Design Guidelines The Port of San Francisco will be hosting its first in a series of community workshops to discuss the Blue Greenway and the development of the Blue Greenway Planning and Design Guidelines. The meeting will be used to provide an overview of the planning process and schedule, existing conditions, opportunities & constraints and to discuss potential program uses for the various open spaces. The meeting date is Wednesday, May 19th from 5:30 to 8:00, on the second floor at the Mission Rock Resort, 817 Terry Francois Boulevard (near Mariposa Street). Prior to the meeting (probably on Monday, May 17^th), the Port will post a document on the Blue Greenway web site (below) that will present the information that will be reviewed at the community workshop. More information about the Blue Greenway can also be reviewed on the Port’s Blue Greenway web site at: www.sfport.com/bluegreenway Continue Reading about the Pier 70 Master Plan, and Sunday Streets on the Blue Greenway Second Annual Crocker Cleanup Day with SCORES On Saturday, April 10th, over 100 youth helped cleanup Crocker Amazon Park's playfields. As part of Global Youth Service Day, these youth picked up litter, and spread the example of good stewardship to everyone at the park. This event was organized in partnership with Bay Area SCORES , and the San Francisco Unified School District.

May 2010

In This Issue

2010 Playground Report Card
Lincoln Playground Reopens
Spring Cleaning with NPC
NPC Coalition Meeting
Crocker Cleanup w/ SCORES

Help McLaren get $30K from Sears!

Volunteer of the Month
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Harmmonie Wexler from Friends of West Sunset Playground

I Love My Park
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Read an interview with three swimmers at Aquatic Park

Featured Video
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A Tale of Two Playgrounds

Send a ParkScan Observation!

May Events
See NPC's May Calendar

5/1: 72 Degrees: the Dolores Park Summer Warm-up 10:00am

5/8: NEN Clean & Green Summit 2010 8:00am

5/12: 17th and Folsom Park Design Charette 4:00pm

5/15: Tastes of the Sunset Fundraiser 6:00pm

5/19: Blue Greenway Planning and Design Guidelines 5:30pm

5/23: Sunday Streets 10:00am

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Friends,

Warmer weather is upon us and so it is time to plan more park workdays and community events! Please let the staff of NPC know if we can help you get your park group moving on some fun summer plans. Don’t forget to let us know what you are up to so we can put your park events on our calendar! Thank you again for all you to to improve our parks!

Meredith Thomas
Executive Director

2010 Playground Report Card Released at Play Day

pgreportcover April 8, 2010, San Francisco: The 2010 San Francisco Playground Report Card was released at Play Day at McLaren Park. The report grades the 130+ public playgrounds in San Francisco for safety and maintenance. Local playground advocates Meredith Thomas, NPC Executive Director, Phil Ginsburg, General Manager of the Recreation and Park Department, and Supervisor John Avalos joined community volunteers and local children at Play Day to celebrate the new Report Card. Click here for photos from Play Day!

“The Playground Report Card is a wonderful communication tool that helps us all understand how well we are meeting the needs of young children and families in San Francisco,” said Meredith Thomas, NPC Executive Director. “At the Neighborhood Parks Council, we believe that every child deserves a playground near their home where they can play safety and make friends. The Report Card helps us prioritize our advocacy and organizing work so that we can direct resources to the playgrounds that need the most attention.”

Click here to download the report.
Click here for a map of the 2010 playground grades.

Visit sfnpc.org/playgrounds to read more about our playground work.

Another Failing Playground is Replaced!
Lincoln Park Playground reopens after renovation

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Lincoln Park Playground received an F grade in NPC's 2006 and 2008 Playground Report Card. The playground had simply lived out its lifespan. Swings chains were rusty, the metal slide bed was corroded, the wooden equipment was worn and the sand was dirty. The Playground Initiative and the Friends of Lincoln Park Playground held two workdays at the site in 2008 to keep the playground safe and clean until the Friends' dream of a complete renovation could be realized.

On Friday, April 23rd, the newly renovated Lincoln Park Playground opened to the public. Recreation and Park Department General Manager Phil Ginsburg and Supervisor Eric Mar joined the Friends of Lincoln Park Playground and hundreds of local children and parents for the ribbon cutting ceremony. Congratulations to all those who advocated for the playground and made this incredible transformation possible!

Spring Cleaning with NPC and Community Thrift Store

Ready to clean out your closet?

woman-cleaning-closet Found a shirt that you probably bought for a 70s theme party that you don't think you'd ever wear again?

Transfered all those cds onto your mp3 player and want to get rid of that clutter?

Just moved and you just can't fit that table in your room anymore?

Take all your gently used goods to Community Thrift Store! Located at 623 Valencia, the donation door is open everyday from 10am to 5pm.

When dropping off your items, remember to mention Neighborhood Parks Council (code number: 142) as your charity of choice. When your item is purchased, Community Thrift Store will donate portion of its sales to our work.

NPC Hosts Coalition Meeting on Park Safety

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On Thursday, April 29th, NPC hosted a coalition meeting on Approaches to Park Safety. Panelists from the Recreation and Park Department (RPD), San Francisco Parks Trust, SF Safe, Trust for Public Land and the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) discussed both park design treatments that enhance safety, as well as existing enforcement and information-sharing procedures, and how those might be improved.

Blue Greenway Update

Blue Greenway Planning and Design Guidelines

The Port of San Francisco will be hosting its first in a series of community workshops to discuss the Blue Greenway and the development of the Blue Greenway Planning and Design Guidelines.

The meeting will be used to provide an overview of the planning process and schedule, existing conditions, opportunities & constraints and to discuss potential program uses for the various open spaces.

The meeting date is Wednesday, May 19th from 5:30 to 8:00, on the second floor at the Mission Rock Resort, 817 Terry Francois Boulevard (near Mariposa Street). Prior to the meeting (probably on Monday, May 17^th), the Port will post a document on the Blue Greenway web site (below) that will present the information that will be reviewed at the community workshop.

More information about the Blue Greenway can also be reviewed on the Port’s Blue Greenway web site at: www.sfport.com/bluegreenway

Continue Reading about the Pier 70 Master Plan, and Sunday Streets on the Blue Greenway

Second Annual Crocker Cleanup Day with SCORES

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On Saturday, April 10th, over 100 youth helped cleanup Crocker Amazon Park's playfields. As part of Global Youth Service Day, these youth picked up litter, and spread the example of good stewardship to everyone at the park. This event was organized in partnership with Bay Area SCORES , and the San Francisco Unified School District.

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