Spend a few hours in a park and make a difference!

Join the Fan Woman’s Club and the Fan District Association on Saturday, April 14, 2007 at 9 in the morning in your favorite Fan park. In the past few years, groups of citizen volunteers have formed Friends of groups for most of our neighborhood parks. These groups have worked with city officials to develop park plans that meet the needs of their neighbors, from a children’s playground to community gardens.

The Fan Woman’s Club Neighborhood Improvement Committee and the Fan District Association’s Parks and Trees Committee are joining forces for the second annual Spring Parks Cleanup. The end result will be a sense of pride in our neighborhood parks as a valuable resource and treasured green space and, even more importantly, a broader use of neighborhood parks as a public community asset. Some of our parks are very visible, green spaces that dot our neighborhood and are visible from our streets and avenues. Other parks are pocket parks secluded in block interiors and accessible only from alleyways, but treasured by urbanites still.

We Need YOU!

Set aside a few hours on Saturday, April 14, beginning at 9 AM. Go to the park either closest to your home or one that has ties to your heart! Wear sturdy shoes; bring gloves, garden tools, rakes, shovels, pruners, wheel barrows, spades, brooms, any implements at your disposal to make the job easier. We’ll be weeding, mulching, planting, picking up trash/litter, raking, and an assortment to tasks specific to each park. Volunteer alongside your neighbors and friends to build a strong sense of community, relish in the Spring air, and play in the dirt. We’ll be taking before, during, and after photos for publication in Fanfare and on the website – so wear your brightest smile!

Contact Don Tracy, FDA Parks and Trees Committee, at dtracy1@comcast.net or Mimi Herington at Fan Woman’s Club Neighborhood Improvement Committee at mimih2005@comcast.net for further information.

Federal Park (pocket park between Main and Floyd, Rowland and Shields)

Grace Park (median park of Allen from W Broad to Monument)

Lombardy Park (the playground at Lombardy, Hanover, and Park)

Meadow Park (park at Meadow, Stuart, and Park)

Monroe Park (our largest park at Belvidere, W Main, Laurel, W Franklin)

Paradise Park (pocket park between Floyd and Grove, Vine and Allen)

Scuffletown Park (pocket park between Stuart and Park, Strawberry and Stafford)

Sydney Park (triangular park at Floyd, N Morris, and N Brunswick)