Reminder: eNews from SF Recreation and Parks- June 7, 2023

[SF Recreation and Parks]

Updates, news and events in San Francisco parks   Highlights, News & Announcements   Park Leaders Share Inspiration, Strategy in SF’s Public Spaces  The India Basin Waterfront Park project teamed up with Washington DC’s 11th Street Bridge Park, the High Line Network and the Urban Institute to organize an engaging, future-focused policy lab conference in San Francisco this week. Washington DC's 11th Street Bridge Park is also the convener of a Five-City Workforce Pilot that met as a part of this conference, which includes India Basin Waterfront Park in San Francisco and parks in Grand Rapids, MI, Dallas, TX and Buffalo, NY. People from cities across the country exchanged ideas and explored the best approaches on how parks can deliver jobs, training, and economic opportunities to the neighborhoods they serve. India Basin Waterfront Park project partners were proud to share the recent graduation of community members from the project's specialty training program. The conference included panels and site visits to our city parks such as India Basin Shoreline Park, the EcoCenter in Heron's Head Park, and Golden Gate Park. As the host city, San Francisco's community and park leaders shared their personal stories and insights on workforce development with the national audience. The goal was to inspire fresh perspectives and innovative strategies that attendees could implement in their own communities. Participants shared knowledge, networked, and envisioned a future where all parks and public spaces are vibrant hubs for skill-building and community growth. Read more about this conference at the link below from the San Francisco Standard, which highlighted the India Basin Waterfront Park project after attending one of the conference's site visits. Get a Sneak Peek at SF's Next Huge Park   Pride Month in our Parks: Trans-Tastic Soccer Games on June 24 Happy Pride Month! We're excited to host a number of Pride Month events in our parks, including the first Trans-Tastic Soccer Games on Saturday, June 21 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the James P. Lang soccer fields (Gough Street and Golden Gate Avenue). There are youth games for ages 8 to 16 from 9 to 11 a.m. and adult games for those 17 and up from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For more information and to register, click this link. Be sure to also check out our list of Pride-related events going on in our parks this month, from the Harvey Milk Photo Center's soft defiance exhibit opening on June 17 to the San Francisco Pride Parade and Celebration at Civic Center Plaza on June 24 and 25!  Pride Month in our Parks   Adaptive Bike Program Returns to Golden Gate Park & the Great Highway San Francisco's free Adaptive Bike Program returns to Golden Gate Park and the Great Highway this June. In partnership with the Bay Area Outreach and Recreation Program (BORP) and the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency, we're providing free reservations for adaptive bikes at these two locations during the summer and fall months. The 2023 season begins on Saturday, June 10 and runs through the end of October. The Golden Gate Park program will take place at the Music Concourse behind the Bandshell (75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive) and next to the new accessible parking lot on the first and third Saturdays of the month. The Great Highway program will take place at the end of Judah Street on the second and fourth Saturdays of the month. Reservations are required to participate. To reserve a bike, contact BORP Cycling Center at (510) 848-2930 or email cycling at borp.org by 5 p.m. on the Thursday before each program date. For more information, click the link below. Adaptive Bike Program   Mission and North Beach Pools Reopening in the Coming Week We're excited to share that two pools will be reopening shortly as we enter the summer season! Mission Pool, our department's only outdoor pool, will reopen on Saturday, June 10. North Beach Pool, which was closed for maintenance, will reopen on Tuesday, June 13 after completing repairs. We look forward to seeing you in the water this summer! For more information on our pools, click the link below. Swimming Pools   San Francisco Parks Host SFUSD High School Graduations We had a great time hosting San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) high school graduations at Kezar Stadium and the Jerry Garcia Amphitheater in McLaren Park last week. We were thrilled to have our parks be a part of the celebration of this milestone in the lives of these graduates. Congratulations and best of luck in your future endeavors!   Restoring the Mission Blue Butterfly on Twin Peaks The Mission blue butterfly is an endangered species that only exists in the Bay Area, with its healthiest population on San Bruno Mountain. Decades of work by Rec and Park's Natural Resources Division has helped restore the Mission blue butterfly to Twin Peaks, utilizing habitat enhancement and translocation of adult butterflies to create a healthy population in this park. The Mission blue butterfly's habitat consists of coastal prairie grasslands containing lupines, which are the butterfly's host plants. Rec and Park has worked to restore the primary host plant lupinus albifrons on Twin Peaks, as well as to augment alternative hosts such as lupinus formosus and lupinus variicolor as a safeguard in case of fungal outbreaks. Natural resources has extensively seeded all three lupine species in recent years with them thriving this year due to ample rains.  To measure population size of the Mission blue butterfly at Twin Peaks, natural resources primarily uses data gathered in larval and egg surveys, which usually take place from March to June annually. This season we've performed two larval surveys and six egg surveys. Though we've had a slow start to the season, things were looking up with our most recent survey, with a total of 279 eggs and even a couple adults flying. Though a relatively low total count this late in the season, we suspect this is due to the unusual amounts of spring rain. We hope to see more Mission blue butterflies taking flight soon on Twin Peaks as we move into summer!     Gardens of Golden Gate Park Hiring Teen Garden Interns The Gardens of Golden Gate Park are looking for enthusiastic and motivated students to join their team as teen garden interns. As an intern, you will be responsible for learning and developing the skills needed to create and maintain a beautiful and productive garden. You will also learn to care for plants and the learning landscape, as well as develop leadership skills conducting activities with young children. If interested, experience a day in the life of a garden intern by attending that last open house on June 10. Be prepared to help with gardening tasks and guided children's activities. To sign up for an open house, email Nichole Davis at ndavis at gggp.org. For more information, click the link below. Gardens of Golden Gate Park Careers   Gene Friend Recreation Center Virtual Community Meeting on June 8 Rec and Park and the San Francisco Arts Commission are co-hosting a virtual meeting on the Gene Friend Recreation Center Project to share updates with community members on the latest facility design, project schedule, and draft public art plan. It will take place on Thursday, June 8 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Join the meeting with the Zoom information below. Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 836 9568 9614 Passcode: 771032 Dial in: 669.444.9171 Questions? Reach out to the Project Manager Melinda Sullivan at melinda.sullivan at sfgov.org or (628) 652-6648. For more information about the meeting, click the link below. Gene Friend Rec Center Meeting   Stow Lake Renaming Meeting on June 8 Join District 7 Supervisor Myrna Melgar for the second community meeting on renaming Stow Lake. It will take place on Thursday, June 8 from 6 to 7 p.m. at the County Fair Building (1199 9th Avenue) in Golden Gate Park. Learn more about the history of Stow Lake and the importance of renaming it at this meeting. For more information, contact Michael Farrah at michael.farrah at sfgov.org or (415) 554-6520.   Stern Grove Festival: RSVP for Lyle Lovett & His Large Band on June 9 Stern Grove Festival is coming up this month! Check out the amazing lineup of free concerts, as well as the reservation schedule where you can RSVP for free tickets one month prior to the show. The next reservation date is this Friday, June 9 at 2 p.m. for Andrew St. James and Lyle Lovett and His Large Band show on July 9. For more information and to RSVP Friday, click the link below. Stern Grove Festival   11th & Natoma Park: Public Art Survey and Meeting on June 14 Join the San Francisco Arts Commission and Rec and Park for a virtual community presentation on the upcoming public art opportunity at 11th and Natoma Park on Wednesday, June 14 from 6 to 7 p.m. Staff will present a summary of a public art survey, which is currently open through June 9, and incorporate the community's feedback into the public art project plan. We will also discuss park renaming, which is a community-led process. For the webex meeting link, click the link below. 11th & Natoma Virtual Meeting   People of the Parks: Mayor of Merced Heights If there were a mayor of Merced Heights Playground, it would probably be Renard Monroe. He grew up in the city’s Lakeview/OMI neighborhood, where the beloved playground is informally known as Byxbee Park. Later, his own children became fans of Merced Heights. Today, Renard operates the year-round enrichment program Youth 1st from the clubhouse in the park’s upper terrace. His care for the park, however, extends to every corner of every level, from ensuring off-leash pooches stay in the new dog park to helping seniors use the new exercise equipment. As the main contact for a broad range of neighborhood park advocates, Renard seems to know every park-goer, from kids on the slide to athletes on the sport courts. On weekends, he often joins neighborhood elders cleaning up trash to ensure the park is safe and spotless for their grandchildren. “This community has embraced me and inspired me,” Renard says. “I’m always going to care about this park and providing access and opportunity.” People of the Parks is a series of short stories, based on conversations with people we meet in San Francisco parks.   Upcoming Events Sundown Cinema Kicks Off 2023 Season at Alamo Square on June 8 Sundown Cinema is returning to San Francisco parks for its 2023 season from India Basin Shoreline Park to Alamo Square! Join the San Francisco Parks Alliance and DoTheBay for these free film screenings at the park, with the first on Thursday, June 8 at Alamo Square (Hayes and Steiner streets) featuring "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." For more information, click the link below. Sundown Cinema: Alamo Square   Safe Streets for Seniors at Boeddeker Park on June 9 Join Vision Zero SF, Curry Senior Center and Rec and Park for a safe streets workshop on Friday, June 9 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Boeddeker Park (246 Eddy Street). Swing by for safety trainings and giveaways, and find out about measures being taken by the city and community organizations to ensure streets are safe for seniors. For more information, contact Judy Siu at (415) 920-1351.   Family Day Summer Kickoff at Tenderloin Recreation Center on June 9 Join the Asian Pacific Islander Family Resource Network (APIFRN) and community partners for the 25th annual Family Day Summer Kickoff on Friday, June 9 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Tenderloin Recreation Center (570 Ellis Street). Swing by for a free day of family fun activities, authentic ethnic food, multi-cultural performances, healthy living resources and more! For more information, call (415) 617-0061 or email apifrnsf at apafss.org.   Illuminate Live at the Golden Gate Bandshell June 9 and 14 Kickoff summer this June with the free concert series, Illuminate Live, at the Golden Gate Bandshell (75 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive). On June 9, swing by Friday Happy Hour for a Jazz night from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. featuring What's Cooking and Rugburn. Next week, we have Songwriter Wednesday on June 14 from 4 to 7 p.m. featuring Bisi O, Radley and Juelich, and District 8. For more information, click the link below. Golden Gate Bandshell   Pop-Up Beer and Wine Garden on the JFK Promenade this Week The pop-up beer and wine garden has returned to the promenade for the summer! It will be open from noon to 7 p.m. at the 14th Avenue East Meadow just west of the Rose Garden on Saturdays and Sundays. Swing by for drinks, music, food trucks, art, and the atmosphere of Golden Gate Park. Click the link below to see the drink menu, food truck and music lineup this weekend. Golden Mile Project   Golden Gate Park Band Festival on June 10 and 11 Join the Golden Gate Park Band for its weekend festival at the Golden Gate Bandshell on Saturday, June 10 and Sunday, June 11 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will feature bands and music organizations from all over California. Come out for a weekend of music at the bandshell! For more information, click the link below. Golden Gate Park Band   OminoDay Music Festival at Jerry Garcia Amphitheater on June 10 OminoDay World Music Festival is coming to Jerry Garcia Amphitheater on Saturday, June 10 from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Inspired by the life and vision of the late Andrew “DJ Domino” Ele, OminoDay celebrates his loving legacy as a youth advocate, community activist and talented DJ. The lineup this year includes bands, poets, dancers and DJs. There will also be resource tables, live art, kids’ activities, and food for the community. For more information, click the link below. OminoDay   Let's All Keep Chickens Workshop at Alemany Farm on June 11 Join the Friends of Alemany Farm (700 Alemany Boulevard) for its Let's All Keep Chickens workshop on Sunday, June 11 from 10 a.m. to noon. Join Dalia Monterroso, a backyard chicken educator, also known as the president of chickenlandia, in this fun and inspirational class all about learning the peace, joy, and accessibility of backyard chicken keeping. Discover how to plan your flock, raise baby chicks, care for adult chickens, house chickens, and keep them safe without harming wildlife. To register for this event, click the link below. Let's All Keep Chickens Workshop   Bruce Ettinger Bottle Yacht Regatta at Spreckels Lake on June 11 Come cheer on the sailors of homemade bottle sailboats at the Bruce Ettinger Bottle Yacht Regatta on Sunday, June 11 from 1 to 4 p.m. on the north shore of Spreckels Lake in Golden Gate Park. Bottle yachts are built from used bottles, low cost supplies, and other found objects. The regatta races are open to anyone who builds a bottle yacht - freesail or remote control. Bring family and friends for an afternoon of fun in the park. After the bottle races, registered novices will have a chance to learn to sail a remote control model yacht with a mentor. For more information and to register for free, click the link below. Bruce Ettinger Bottle Yacht Regatta   Summer Birding for Families in Golden Gate Park Starting June 17 San Francisco Nature Education (SFNE) is hosting summer bird walks in Golden Gate Park on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to noon with its first on June 17 starting at Stow Lake Boathouse (50 Stow Lake Drive). SFNE volunteers will lead these walks for children ages 6 to 12 and their parents or guardians. Walks are free for children and $15 for adults. For more information, click the link below. Summer Birding for Families   Programming Wetland Explorers Summer Camp Openings We still have spots open for our Wetland Explorers summer camp at the EcoCenter in Heron's Head Park (32 Jennings Street)! Send your child to be a part of this summer flock, where they'll participate in nature hikes, science activities, arts and crafts and more! For more information and to register, call (415) 831-6800 or email ecocenterhhp at sfgov.org.   Registration Open for Giants Academy Program Starting on June 12 The Giants Community Fund is partnering with Rec and Park to introduce a new competitive baseball and softball academy beginning this summer. The eight-week program running from June 12 through August 5 will be free for all families involved! The academy will provide the opportunity for youth players from middle to high school levels to work on their game in the offseason with weekday practices and Saturday games. For more information and to register, click the link below. Giants Academy   Sign Up for the SF Merionettes Artistic Swimming Summer Camp in July Interested in expanding your aquatic regimen? Join the San Francisco Merionettes Synchronized Swim program for its artistic swimming summer camp from July 11 to 20 from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Let your child experience the exciting sport of synchronized swimming at Coffman Pool (1700 Visitacion Avenue). To sign up, email admin at sfmerionettes.org or click the link below for more information. SF Merionettes Summer Camp   Raising the Pride Flag Above Civic Center Plaza Our Video of the Week comes from Mayor London Breed and San Francisco's first Drag Laureate D'Arcy Drollinger, where they share a message for Pride Month, before raising the Pride flag at city hall over Civic Center Plaza. We look forward to celebrating Pride Month with you in our parks!   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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