Friends of Sausal Creek nonprofit plays a major role in preserving and improving 140 acres of Oakland’s vital watershed — but not every city-owned park has been so fortunate.
Did you know that Oakland was ranked #1 greenest city in America-"12% of the city is designated as parkland, the 30th-highest percentage among the 100 cities in our study." (reference https://wallethub.com/edu/most-least-green-cities/16246)
Thank you for highlighting the amazing volunteers that maintain our city-owned parks. Many also do amazing outreach with local schools - encouraging park stewardship from a young age.
There are thousands of volunteers in Oakland who keep our parks great - just off the top of my head: Friends of Sausal Creek, Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, Friends of Concordia Park, Friends of Joaquin Miller Park, Friends of Lake Temescal, Friends of Dimon Park, Garber Park Stewards, and the numerous Neighborhood Council (special shout out to North Hills Community Association!).
We have an amazing community who steps up to make our parks better - please consider joining them even for a weekend afternoon!
Thank you so much for this great article! I volunteer with Friends of Concordia Park and it is incredibly frustrating how little the city cares for its parks. We’ve been trying to get the lights at the park repaired/replaced for at least two years. The park is still dark.
Excellent article. Yes, FoSC has done so much work in Dimond Canyon and further up in Joaquin Miller Park. There are also volunteer groups working in a similar capacity in JMP. Recently Friends of JMP, which includes volunteers associated with Woodminster Theatre, restored the beautiful cascade water feature. Volunteers spent hundreds of hours and donated money to repair the water falls and gardens. The gem was built in the 1930s by the WPA and had fallen into disrepair. Seeing it functional is something to behold and it is pathetic that the City let if fall apart to begin with
Love the walking trail at the old railroad. It makes me angry that the city collect funds from citizens and use loopholes to avoid using the money for its stated use.
Did you know that Oakland was ranked #1 greenest city in America-"12% of the city is designated as parkland, the 30th-highest percentage among the 100 cities in our study." (reference https://wallethub.com/edu/most-least-green-cities/16246)
Thank you for highlighting the amazing volunteers that maintain our city-owned parks. Many also do amazing outreach with local schools - encouraging park stewardship from a young age.
There are thousands of volunteers in Oakland who keep our parks great - just off the top of my head: Friends of Sausal Creek, Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park, Friends of Concordia Park, Friends of Joaquin Miller Park, Friends of Lake Temescal, Friends of Dimon Park, Garber Park Stewards, and the numerous Neighborhood Council (special shout out to North Hills Community Association!).
We have an amazing community who steps up to make our parks better - please consider joining them even for a weekend afternoon!
Thank you so much for this great article! I volunteer with Friends of Concordia Park and it is incredibly frustrating how little the city cares for its parks. We’ve been trying to get the lights at the park repaired/replaced for at least two years. The park is still dark.
Excellent article. Yes, FoSC has done so much work in Dimond Canyon and further up in Joaquin Miller Park. There are also volunteer groups working in a similar capacity in JMP. Recently Friends of JMP, which includes volunteers associated with Woodminster Theatre, restored the beautiful cascade water feature. Volunteers spent hundreds of hours and donated money to repair the water falls and gardens. The gem was built in the 1930s by the WPA and had fallen into disrepair. Seeing it functional is something to behold and it is pathetic that the City let if fall apart to begin with
Love the walking trail at the old railroad. It makes me angry that the city collect funds from citizens and use loopholes to avoid using the money for its stated use.