Public Design Meeting Wednesday, February 1st 6-8PM
Please join us for the first in a series of public meetings to present two preliminary Draft Design Concepts for the renovation of the playground at Mountain Lake Park. This is the first of two public design meetings; the second will be held in mid-March. All ages are welcome - Your input is very important!
Wednesday 1 February, 2012
6:00-8:00 PM
St James Church - Parish Hall
California Street [between 8th and 9th Avenues]
Hosted by the Friends of Mountain Lake Park Playground with design services provided by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. This Project is sponsored by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and the San Francisco Parks Alliance.
For additional information please contact Park Planner Lisa Beyer at lisa.beyer@sfgov.org or (415) 575-5604 or Friends of Mountain Lake Park Playground – email: info@fmlpp.org; www.fmlpp.org
Spread the word!
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Wednesday 1 February, 2012
6:00-8:00 PM
St James Church - Parish Hall
California Street [between 8th and 9th Avenues]
Hosted by the Friends of Mountain Lake Park Playground with design services provided by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. This Project is sponsored by the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and the San Francisco Parks Alliance.
For additional information please contact Park Planner Lisa Beyer at lisa.beyer@sfgov.org or (415) 575-5604 or Friends of Mountain Lake Park Playground – email: info@fmlpp.org; www.fmlpp.org
Spread the word!
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FMLPP honored at NPC summer social as Volunteers of the Year
FMLPP had a fun evening at the Neighborhood Parks Council's summer social. We met some inspiring individuals, received lots of support for our project and received certificates for outstanding park group from the NPC, Fiona Ma and Edwin Lee. Many thanks to our wonderful volunteers for all their hard work! Stay tuned for a public design meeting in the fall to discuss schematic designs...more information to come!
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Spring Into Action party a HUGE success!
On Sunday, May 1, we had a tremendous turnout and lots of fun in honor of the PLAYGROUND RENOVATION PROJECT. It was a beautiful, warm, sunny day in the park with lots of friends and neighbors. The kids enjoyed delicious ice cream donated by Toy Boat, ringing the bell on a real firetruck from Fire Station #10, and dancing to the music of Enzo Garcia. Face painting was also a big hit! The lucky raffle winners will enjoy SF Giants tickets this summer, plus tickets to the Balenciaga show at the Conservatory of Flowers, and tickets to the Japanese Tea Garden in Golden Gate Park. Thank you to the SF Parks Trust, Ernst & Young, and the Francher family for their generous donations.
We are proud to report that we met the generous $1,000 matching grant from our partner, FMLP! The party was an inspirational start to our project and we are eager to continue outreach in the neighborhood. Thank you to all who came and joined the fun - we literally couldn't have done it without you! Please encourage your friends and neighbors to sign up on the mailing list (visit our mailing list tab above), keep sending us your feedback, and stay tuned for the next opportunity to be a part of MLP history!
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We are proud to report that we met the generous $1,000 matching grant from our partner, FMLP! The party was an inspirational start to our project and we are eager to continue outreach in the neighborhood. Thank you to all who came and joined the fun - we literally couldn't have done it without you! Please encourage your friends and neighbors to sign up on the mailing list (visit our mailing list tab above), keep sending us your feedback, and stay tuned for the next opportunity to be a part of MLP history!
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Spring Into Action: Mountain Lake Park Playground Party
SUNDAY MAY 1st 1-5PM - at MLP PLAYGROUND
There will be music [Enzo will play from 3-3:45PM], face-painting, ice cream donated from Toy Boat, a raffle [with SF Giants tickets, as well as Conservatory of Flowers and Japanese Tea Garden tickets] and the SF Fire Department will join us with a truck and crew around 1:30. Come join the fun, meet your neighbors and learn more about the project! Our partner, FMLP has offered us a $1000 challenge grant if we can match those funds by May 1st; please visit our donation page and consider a donation to help us reach our goal. FMLPP is a 501(c)3 and all donations are tax deductible.
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There will be music [Enzo will play from 3-3:45PM], face-painting, ice cream donated from Toy Boat, a raffle [with SF Giants tickets, as well as Conservatory of Flowers and Japanese Tea Garden tickets] and the SF Fire Department will join us with a truck and crew around 1:30. Come join the fun, meet your neighbors and learn more about the project! Our partner, FMLP has offered us a $1000 challenge grant if we can match those funds by May 1st; please visit our donation page and consider a donation to help us reach our goal. FMLPP is a 501(c)3 and all donations are tax deductible.
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MEDIA RELEASE: March 2, 2011
For Immediate Release
Contact: Kate Green: 415-533-6540
Richmond Volunteer Group Forms to Raise Funds,
Create Safer Play Space in Mountain Lake Park
Community Event in Early May to Kick Off Renovation Efforts
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2, 2011 – Today Friends of Mountain Lake Park Playground (FMLPP), a local group of volunteers, announced efforts to renovate the park’s play space to provide a safer area for children and families.
The playground, created nearly 30 years ago, contains deteriorated wooden structures that may contain arsenic and other hazardous materials once used to treat lumber. Children playing on the structures can be exposed to the toxins in the wood. Furthermore, the large amounts of sand surrounding the structure are difficult to keep clean and the playground lacks proper boundaries between both the nearby lake and busy streets.
“Mountain Lake Park is a San Francisco treasure,” says FMLPP volunteer Jennifer Fetner, “but local residents opt for other area parks because the playground at Mountain Lake is outdated and unsafe. The playground and greater Mountain Lake Park have the potential to be a unique destination because of their unusual pairing: great play structures, hiking trails around the lake and open meadowland; there is really no other place in San Francisco quite like it.”
Mountain Lake Park encompasses fourteen acres in San Francisco's Richmond District. It sits just south of Mountain Lake, the only remaining natural fresh water lake in the city. The playground received a “C” on the most recent Recreation and Parks playground assessment, one of the two lowest grades in the neighborhood.
“Play has a critical physical, emotional and social impact on kids,” says Fetner. “A renovated playground will improve the quality of life for local residents and will increase the value of the park’s surrounding homes. It’s a win-win.”
FMLPP volunteers are working with the Neighborhood Parks Council, Friends of Mountain Lake Park and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Council to raise the necessary funds to complete the project. The group hopes to complete the playground renovation by 2013.
FMLPP will host a community event at Mountain Lake Park in early May. Contact FMLPP for more information: www.FMLPP.org, info@fmlpp.org.
For Immediate Release
Contact: Kate Green: 415-533-6540
Richmond Volunteer Group Forms to Raise Funds,
Create Safer Play Space in Mountain Lake Park
Community Event in Early May to Kick Off Renovation Efforts
SAN FRANCISCO, March 2, 2011 – Today Friends of Mountain Lake Park Playground (FMLPP), a local group of volunteers, announced efforts to renovate the park’s play space to provide a safer area for children and families.
The playground, created nearly 30 years ago, contains deteriorated wooden structures that may contain arsenic and other hazardous materials once used to treat lumber. Children playing on the structures can be exposed to the toxins in the wood. Furthermore, the large amounts of sand surrounding the structure are difficult to keep clean and the playground lacks proper boundaries between both the nearby lake and busy streets.
“Mountain Lake Park is a San Francisco treasure,” says FMLPP volunteer Jennifer Fetner, “but local residents opt for other area parks because the playground at Mountain Lake is outdated and unsafe. The playground and greater Mountain Lake Park have the potential to be a unique destination because of their unusual pairing: great play structures, hiking trails around the lake and open meadowland; there is really no other place in San Francisco quite like it.”
Mountain Lake Park encompasses fourteen acres in San Francisco's Richmond District. It sits just south of Mountain Lake, the only remaining natural fresh water lake in the city. The playground received a “C” on the most recent Recreation and Parks playground assessment, one of the two lowest grades in the neighborhood.
“Play has a critical physical, emotional and social impact on kids,” says Fetner. “A renovated playground will improve the quality of life for local residents and will increase the value of the park’s surrounding homes. It’s a win-win.”
FMLPP volunteers are working with the Neighborhood Parks Council, Friends of Mountain Lake Park and the San Francisco Recreation and Parks Council to raise the necessary funds to complete the project. The group hopes to complete the playground renovation by 2013.
FMLPP will host a community event at Mountain Lake Park in early May. Contact FMLPP for more information: www.FMLPP.org, info@fmlpp.org.
