================================================= St. Paul E-Democracy Works Through SHARING:
PLEASE SHARE YOUR: Information, Ideas, & Opinions ================================================= This program is just starting this Spring. At the web site Tim has linked to, you can get the list of all the parks in the City. You may notice that I am the only sponsor or Chairperson of "The Friends of Mears Park" on the list. That is because I've been doing it now for ten years. I raise money to help fund the maintenance, help organize volunteers and oversee issues like maintenance, programming, general care. This park has been the central focal point for Lowertown's revival over the past two decades. It has been instrumental in attracting reinvestment not only around the park but throughout Lowertown. That is the reason the City decided to create another park in the North Quadrant of Lowertown and structure a "Friends" committee like in Mears. As a property owner in the area, this increases the value of my investment. Parks are one of St. Paul's greatest public assets. We all own a piece of them. It just makes common sense to take care of them and improve their value over time rather than let them depreciate. I'm sure many of us do this already. By working with "Parks Partners" we can leverage this effort into some real results. Mears Park is a good example. John Mannillo Downtown and Highland Park ----- Original Message ----- From: "List Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "St. Paul Issues Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 12:36 PM Subject: [StPaul] St Paul Parks Partners > ================================================= > Remember - 2 Posts Per Person Per Day > ================================================= > > > It appears that St. Paul has an sort of "Adopt-A-Park" program. I'm > hoping that it fairly new, because the list of parks suggest that > only 2-3 have either volunteers or sponsors. Maybe we can recruit a > few new volunteers from this list. > > Does anyone know anything more about this program that they might > share with this list? > How old is it? > Is it working? Has it had time to work? > How well has it been publicized? > > -------------------------------------------------- > > Saint Paul Parks and Recreation > Parks Partners > > http://www.ci.stpaul.mn.us/depts/parks/environment/Park%20Partners/ > > "A partnership between citizens and community groups and the Saint > Paul Division of Parks and Recreation to create a cleaner, greener > and more safe park system." > > -------------------------------------------------- > > Best wishes, > > -- > Tim Erickson > List Manager > St. Paul Issues Forum > http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/ > Hamline Midway Resident > 651-643-0722 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > St. Paul Links - http://www.e-democracy.org/stpaul/links.html > > "The St. Paul Issues Forum is a interactive e-mail discussion on > important issues about St. Paul public policy. Participation is free > and open to anyone. We currently have about 350 concerned citizens > and community leaders subscribed to our discussion." > _____________________________________________ > NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul > > Archive Address: > http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/ > _____________________________________________ NEW ADDRESS FOR LIST: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe, modify subscription, or get your password - visit: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/listinfo/stpaul Archive Address: http://www.mnforum.org/mailman/private/stpaul/
