Neighborhood Parks Council

NPC's 2009 Park Wish List

 NPC is starting off the new year with a “wish list” for our parks and we want to share it with you. Please let us know if you have any other ideas to add to our list! You can make a donation to the Recreation and Park Department here on behalf of NPC that will be designated toward many of these needs.

1) Name sign and information kiosk for every park

2009 Open Space Community Workshops

A series of community workshops led by Neighborhood Parks Council (NPC) and the City’s Open Space Team in January-March 2009 will solicit the public’s vision and priorities about the future of open space in San Francisco.  This community engagement process seeks to initiate discussions about existing and potential open spaces in San Francisco neighborhoods.  NPC also hopes to encourage participants to serve as advocates for quality open space in the city.

RPD Leadership Search Begun

With Interim Manager Jared Blumenfeld in place since October, RPD has now started a search for a permanent general manager.  Read the job description below, which, amazingly, is not posted on RPD’s website under Job Opportunities!

Shop in San Francisco to Help City Funding for Parks!

 We all know that we’ve hit rough economic times. But there is a way to help parks while you shop for groceries and other essentials! If you shop for everything you need in the City and County of San Francisco, the sales tax generated will go toward the City’s General Fund, which in turn, funds our parks.

Use ParkScan To Report Tree Maintenance Issues

How Do Your Trees Look? The park bond, passed in 2008, funds a program for the repair and restoration of trees within city parks for the first time, including new tree planting. In preparing for a focused tree element of the parks bond, it is important that the Recreation and Parks Department has a clear snapshot of current park forestry issues.

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