Thank you to the speakers, sponsors and nearly 150 virtual attendees who made our Citywide Parks Workshop on November 14 a success! It was a great morning about bringing sustainable, equitable improvements to Oakland parks. We held the promise of Oakland’s parks, focused on actionable park improvement ideas and centered equity, mental health and community …
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Driven by two years of public and private partnership, the community-led effort to rebuild Holly Mini Park in the Elmhurst neighborhood of East Oakland is approaching an important milestone. Design plans necessary to kick off construction are 95% complete and hopes are high for a potential spring 2021 groundbreaking. Initially supported with more than $175,000 …
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We are excited to announce the Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation’s 1st annual Citywide Parks Workshop on November 14, 2020! Join us and our non-profit, volunteer and grassroots partners for an online event designed to help you and your neighbors activate your local parks. Don’t miss this free opportunity to collaborate, network and learn from other Oaklanders working to improve …
Únase a nosotros para crear una visión comunitaria para Verdese Carter Park ### UPDATE (1/21): Thank you for helping to create a Community Vision for Verdese Carter Park! We have received a lot of feedback both virtually and at the park, and have created a draft Community Vision for the park based on your input. …
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Help improve our local creeks, Lake Merritt and the San Francisco Bay during Oakland’s 25th Creek to Bay celebration this September. Although COVID-19 prevents us from gathering in groups this year, individual and household actions can still add up to positively impact our communities and beyond. Oakland’s Creek to Bay is held in conjunction with …
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The Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation announces that it has received a leadership grant from Stephen and Ayesha Curry’s foundation, Eat. Learn. Play., to help ensure no family is turned away from Oakland’s Town Camp this summer due to inability to pay. “Last July, when we launched Eat. Learn. Play., we set out to help …
Established with funds from the Thompson-Bliss Family Gift, this program allows Oakland’s recreation centers to apply for awards of up to $2,000 for special projects, facilities improvements or technology upgrades.
You are invited by the Oakland Parks and Recreation Foundation and Community Kitchens to support “Kitchens Around The World,” a program addressing the food security of at risk youth attending the City of Oakland’s Town Camp this summer with hot take-home meals. Conceived by Maria Alderete, owner of Luka’s in Oakland, Kitchens Around The World …
On Juneteenth last Friday, our Board Treasurer Mandolin Kadera-Redmond sent the letter below to Mayor Schaaf.
To Our Oakland Parks Community, It goes without saying that the last few weeks have been trying for all Oaklanders. The situation around COVID-19 changes daily, as do the seemingly endless pronouncements regarding responses to this crisis. But it’s become clearer than ever: Parks are a unifying civic force that calm and heal us all. …
Oakland Parks Are Here For You — Now More Than Ever Read More »