[House] Reminder: eNews from SF Recreation and Parks- February 1, 2023

[SF Recreation and Parks]

Updates, news and events in San Francisco parks   Highlights, News & Announcements   Controller's Office Park Maintenance Scores Highlight Balance & Equity San Francisco’s parks were in top shape last year—exceedingly clean and well-maintained across the city, according to a Controller’s Office report released today. From gardens and greenspace to sport courts and playgrounds, six parks received scores of 100 percent, the highest number of perfect scores ever achieved in a single year. These parks include DuPont Tennis Courts in the Richmond District, Fay Park in Russian Hill, Gilman Playground in Bayview-Hunters Point, Sunnyside Conservatory, Washington Square in North Beach, and West Portal Playground.   Parks in “equity zones” neighborhoods, defined by the State of California as having the highest concentration of residents exhibiting one or more vulnerable population characteristics, also improved, resulting in more equitable distribution of top performing parks across neighborhoods.   After a pause in reporting for two years due to the COVID pandemic, the City Performance Unit of the Controller’s Office released the Park Maintenance Annual Report and interactive dashboard detailing the conditions of public park features ranging from dog play areas and athletic fields to restrooms and table seating areas. For more information and to check out the dashboard, click the link below. SF Park Maintenance Scores   National Girls and Women in Sports Day on February 1 Today we celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day! We’re proud to provide opportunities to help girls develop their sport skills and leadership abilities, from basketball to soccer, as well as with our pioneering San Francisco Bay Sox Girls Baseball team! Learn more about our offerings, including our girls spring softball league starting February 28 at the link below. Girls Sports Programs   Jose Coronado Indoor Soccer League Season Underway Our 2023 Jose Coronado Indoor Soccer League season is underway. More than 2,500 of San Francisco's burgeoning youth soccer players, playing on more than 250 teams, are competing citywide. From Hamilton to Potrero Hill recreation centers, check out some of the season highlights above! Learn more about the league and its history at the link below. Jose Coronado Indoor Soccer League   Chinese New Year Basketball Jamboree at Betty Ann Ong Rec Center Check out some photos from the Basketball Jamboree at Betty Ann Ong Recreation Center this past weekend, an Alaska Airlines Chinese New Year Festival and Parade tradition. Players from the community showed off their hops and hit their bunnies to celebrate the Year of the Rabbit! Learn more about Chinese New Year Festival and Parade happenings citywide, including the parade on February 4 at the link below. Chinese New Year Festival & Parade   Greenager Program Accepting Applications for 2023 The Greenager Program is looking for rising 9th and 10th graders who live in or attend a school in the Southeast or Northeast neighborhoods of San Francisco. This youth stewardship and leadership program is a collaboration between the San Francisco Recreation and Park Department and Port of San Francisco that runs from June through November. The program offers teens a chance to take a leadership role in the community by improving the city’s green spaces, creating place-based projects, and addressing important local issues. General work hours are Saturdays, 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. with some weekdays. Compensations is $18.75 per hour.   To be a Greenager, the participant must meet the criteria below: Live in or attend a school in: Southeast San Francisco including Supervisory Districts 9, 10, or 11 (Excelsior, Portola, Bayview, Hunters Point, Visitacion Valley, Crocker Amazon, or Potrero Hill, etc.) Northeast San Francisco including Supervisory Districts 3, 5 or 6 (Western Addition, Tenderloin, Chinatown, etc.) Must be a 9th or 10th grade student in the 2022 school year (Can be a 11th or 12th grader if applying as a 2nd Year Peer Leader) Completed applications are due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, March 10. For more information and to apply, click the link below. Greenager Application   Apply for Outward Bound California Scholarships for the Summer Outward Bound California offers backpacking and rock climbing expeditions around the beautiful wilderness areas in California. Their programs teach youth everything they need to know about backpacking, hiking, camping, navigating and cooking in the wilderness. During summer, they have 40 scholarship spaces available for teens ages 14 to 17 with the aim to empower compassionate leaders for the future. The scholarships come from the organization's vision to open access to safe, transformational outdoor experiences to students from non-dominant identities and communities. For more information and to apply, click the link below. Outward Bound Scholarships   Virtual Annual Budget Meeting on February 8 Our second annual budget meeting will occur virtually on Wednesday, February 8 from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Join us as we discuss preliminary plans for fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25. Learn about our department's budget instructions for the next two years, and let us know your priorities in your neighborhood parks. To RSVP for the virtual meeting, click the link below. Virtual Budget Meeting   11th and Natoma Virtual Community Meeting on February 15 Join us virtually for the fourth community meeting for the 11th and Natoma park project on Wednesday, February 15 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will feature a presentation of the concept design, which has been developed through community input and includes many of the park elements deemed most important to the neighborhood. The presentation will be primarily informational, with an opportunity for discussion at the end. Join the meeting with the Zoom information below. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 869 6836 6998 Passcode: 089900 Dial in: 669.444.9171 Closed captioning and materials in large print are available upon request by contacting Lucas Tobin lucas.tobin at sfgov.org or (415) 831-6834. Translation during the meeting or of materials can be requested by calling (415) 496-6204 or emailing pete.j.moore at sfgov.org. Providing at least 72 hours advance notice will help ensure availability. Additional questions? Contact the project manager at alex.schuknecht at sfgov.org or (628) 652-6631. For more information about the project, click the link below. 11th and Natoma Project   John Shelley Drive in McLaren Park Community Meeting on February 23 Join us virtually for a community meeting on John Shelley Drive in McLaren Park on Thursday, February 23 at 6 p.m. Provide feedback on the future of John Shelley Drive, including a proposed car-free promenade segment on the western portion of the road. Topics for discussion include a proposed car-free promenade, access and parking, and possible programming; as well as and improving pedestrian and bike access on John Shelley Drive East and North. Join the meeting with the Zoom information below. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 891 5067 9630 Passcode: 915430 Dial in: 669.444.9171 Closed Captioning and materials in large print are available upon request by contacting Lucas Tobin lucas.tobin at sfgov.org or (415) 831-6834. Translation during the meeting or of materials can be requested by calling (415) 496-6204 or emailing pete.j.moore at sfgov.org. Providing at least 72 hours advance notice will help ensure availability. Additional questions? Contact the project manager at brian.stokle at sfgov.org or (628) 652-6611. For more information about the project, click the link below. McLaren Park Vision Plan   Upcoming Events   YPTMTC Presents: Legally Blonde The Musical for February 3 Weekend Join the Young People's Teen Musical Theatre Company (YPTMTC) for its musical production of Legally Blonde. A special thanks to everyone who came out to watch the show this past weekend! The fabulously fun award-winning musical based on the adored movie, the production follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. The show will run at the Randall Museum (199 Museum Way) for its final weekend starting on February 3, with Friday and Saturday shows beginning at 7:30 p.m. and the Sunday show beginning at 2 p.m. For more information and to purchase tickets, click the link below. Legally Blonde The Musical   City Job Fair at the County Fair Building on February 4 Looking for a career change? San Francisco Recreation and Parks, along with other government agencies and community organizations are hosting a series of four Saturday job fairs in 2023 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The last one will be on Saturday, February 4 at the County Fair Building in Golden Gate Park (1199 9th Avenue). Swing by and find the right job for you! For more information, email rpd_recruitment at sfgov.org or call (415) 831-2726. Rec and Park Jobs   Mobile Rec Rock Wall at Palega Rec Center on February 4 Mobile Rec comes to Palega Recreation Center (500 Felton Street) on Saturday, February 4 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. In addition to free BMX biking and skateboarding, our rock wall will be available for aspiring climbers to reach new heights! Equipment will be provided. For more information, click the link below. Mobile Rec   Harvey Milk Photo Center: Women in Color Beginning February 4 Join the Harvey Milk Photo Center (50 Scott Street) for its Women in Color photo exhibit, with its opening reception on Saturday, February 4 from 2 to 4 p.m. Photographer Margot Hartford created a series of photographs that focused on women of all ages and ethnicities in anonymous settings, with the goal to depict strong, capable women in a variety of graphically simple images. The exhibit will be on display at the Center through Saturday, March 18. For more information about the exhibit and event, click the link below. Women in Color   Summer Resource Fair at the County Fair Building on February 11 Join us and the Department of Children, Youth Services, and Their Families (DCYF) for our Summer Resource Fair! The citywide event takes place on Saturday, February 11 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the County Fair Building (1199 9th Avenue). Get started on planning your family's summer, as this event will feature 100 summer camps, classes, programs, and services for children in grades K-8. In addition, there will be games, activities, giveaways, a college savings workshop and more. For more information, click the link below. Summer Resource Fair   Programming Free New Tot Classes at Gene Friend Recreation Center Join Rec and Park staff for a free new tot class at Gene Friend Recreation Center (270 6th Street) for ages 0 to 5. Classes take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10 a.m. to noon, where young ones can crawl, climb and explore the indoor playground environment with their guardians. For more information, call the recreation center at (415) 554-9532.   Amateur Birding Hour at the EcoCenter in Heron's Head Park February 3 Swing by the EcoCenter in Heron's Head Park (32 Jennings Street) for our Amateur Birding Hour on Friday afternoons from 2 to 3 p.m. With binoculars and bird guides provided by our EcoCenter staff, check out the more than 100 species of birds that visit this park. The first program of the year is on Friday, February 3. For more information, call (415) 676-1394 or email ecocenterhhp at sfgov.org.   10U and 14U Spring Softball League Starting February 28 Hit the diamond this February with our spring softball league starting on February 28! There will be one practice a week with games on Saturdays from February 28 to May 20, featuring a 10U and 14U division. For more information and to register, click the link below. Questions? Email rachelle.henley at sfgov.org. Spring Softball   Archery Tag on Saturdays at Glen Park Recreation Center Looking for a new Saturday activity? Come out to Glen Park Recreation Center for archery tag! It takes place from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on Saturdays through March 4. The game is played with foam tip arrows and is for ages 8 and up. Reserve a spot by calling the center at (415) 239-4007. Current scholarships may be applied to programming at the center. Learn more about our scholarship program at this link. Questions? Email joe.arnaldo at sfgov.org.   ABC7: Cost of SF's proposed $1.7M public toilet significantly reduced Our Video of the Week comes from ABC7 News and highlights the announcement of a donation of a prefabricated modular unit and much of the labor required to install it for the Noe Valley Town Square public restroom. Learn more about the donation at the link below. Noe Valley Restroom Project   San Francisco Recreation and Parks | sfrecpark.org         SF Recreation and Parks | McLaren Lodge-Golden Gate Park, 501 Stanyan Street, San Francisco , CA 94117 Unsubscribe house at digitalkingdom.org Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by rpdinfo at sfgov.org powered by Try email marketing for free today!
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