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'''Berkeley Partners for Parks''' is a community organization in [[Berkeley, California]] dedicated to promoting preservation and stewardship of the local environment.<ref name=partner>[http://www.bpfp.org/index.php/bpfp-official-documents/ About us]. BPFP.org. 2011. Retrieved 07-04-2011.</ref><ref name=registration>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpfp.org/index.php/bpfp-official-documents/bpfp-articles-of-incorporation/|title=Articles of Incorporation of Berkeley Partners for Parks|quote=Endorsed (1884392) and Filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of California on Mar 18, 1994.}}</ref> The organization provides the infrastructure that volunteer groups need in order to improve public space in and around Berkeley.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=US States News |date=23 August 2007 |title=100 Years Of Berkeley Parks Celebrations | quote=Berkeley is celebrating the 100th anniversary of its parks. Our open space system was born in 1907 with the establishment of San Pablo Park, and now includes dozens of parks and mini-parks, plazas, paths and greenways, community gardens, creeks, public pools, fields, and even a labyrinth. They evoke the unique sense of place and community that characterizes Berkeley. The parks' centennial season is from August 25 to November 17 and includes a variety of events for all ages and interests, sponsored by a variety of organizations working together as Berkeley Partners for Parks (BPFP).}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpfp.org/index.php/bpfp-official-documents/bpfp-mission-statement/ |title=Berkeley Partners for Parks Mission Statement|publisher=BPFP |date=2007-10-17 |accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The San Francisco Chronicle |date=5 October 2008 |title=Volunteer leads groups that fix up creeks and parks; Jefferson Award Presented to Susan Schwartz |first=Shelah |last=Moody |page=F2 |quote=Schwartz, 65, sits on the board of Berkeley Partners for Parks, a nonprofit that supports environmental restoration in public spaces. In 2006, she organized the Greening Berkeley hands-on partnership with UC Berkeley and Cal Corps, helping organize hundreds of UC student volunteers to restore sites such as Aquatic Park and Mortar Rock Park... The awards are administered by the [[American Institute for Public Service]], a national foundation that honors community service.}}</ref>
'''Berkeley Partners for Parks''' is a community organization in [[Berkeley, California]] dedicated to promoting preservation and stewardship of the local environment.<ref name=partner>[http://www.bpfp.org/index.php/bpfp-official-documents/ About us]. BPFP.org. 2011. Retrieved 07-04-2011.</ref><ref name=registration>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpfp.org/index.php/bpfp-official-documents/bpfp-articles-of-incorporation/|title=Articles of Incorporation of Berkeley Partners for Parks|quote=Endorsed (1884392) and Filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of California on Mar 18, 1994.}}</ref> The organization provides the infrastructure that volunteer groups need in order to improve public space in and around Berkeley.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=US States News |date=23 August 2007 |title=100 Years Of Berkeley Parks Celebrations}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpfp.org/index.php/bpfp-official-documents/bpfp-mission-statement/ |title=Berkeley Partners for Parks Mission Statement|publisher=BPFP |date=2007-10-17 |accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The San Francisco Chronicle |date=5 October 2008 |title=Volunteer leads groups that fix up creeks and parks; Jefferson Award Presented to Susan Schwartz |first=Shelah |last=Moody |page=F2}}</ref>


The origination is dedicated to helping other organizations to being such as the [[Friends of Five Creeks]] and [[Urban Creeks Council]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |date=8 September 2010 |title=Swim lessons offered to Berkeley's disadvantaged youths |first=Doug |last=Oakley |quote=Berkeley is offering free swimming lessons to low-income third- and fourth-graders starting Saturday in an effort to reduce the number of children who don't swim and who risk drowning... Every Kid 2 Swim program in Berkeley is a partnership among the East Bay Regional Park District, the city of Berkeley, the school district and a new nonprofit affiliated with Berkeley Partners for Parks.}}</ref><ref name=partner/><ref name=Linn2008>{{citation | last=Linn | first=Karl | year=2008 | title=Building Commons and Community | publisher=New Village Press | isbn=9780976605478 | page=37 | quote=Berkeley Partners for Parks, a citywide nonprofit devoted to supporting parks and open space, served as our fiscal agent for grants and tax-deductable donations from the beginning.}}</ref><ref name=Broadhurst2001>{{citation | last=Broadhurst | first=Richard | year=2001 | title=Managing environments for leisure and recreation | publisher=Routledge | isbn=9780415200998 | page=255 | quote=In Berkeley, California, citizens have set up the Berkeley Partners for Parks organisation, which encourages many initiatives, such as the Friends of Sixty-third Street Mini-park.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The San Francisco Chronicle |date=17 November 1999 | title=Pied Piper of the Swing Set; Architect, kids design Berkeley playground |first=Debra Levi |last=Holtz |page=A21 |quote=Imaginations ran wild yesterday when hundreds of Berkeley schoolchildren were asked to help a well-known architect design a new playground at the city's Aquatic Park... While the architect will guide the planning and design process, parents and children volunteers will do the nuts-and-bolts work when the five-day construction project takes place next spring... Sponsored by the nonprofit Berkeley Partners for Parks, the playground is one of a host of improvements that will be made to Aquatic Park in the next few years. Also planned are a pedestrian-bicycle overpass linking the park to the shoreline, a sound wall to reduce freeway noise and habitat restoration.}}</ref> They are also a community group involved in lobbying efforts particularly when it comes to city councils in the area or Berkeley, [[Richmond, California|Richmond]] and [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] and other East Shore community's in the [[East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area|San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay]].<ref name=Boyce2003>{{citation | last1=Boyce | first1=James K. | year=2003 | title=Natural assets: democratizing environmental ownership | last2=Shelley | first2=Barry G. | publisher=Island Press | isbn=9781559635387 | quote=After pressing the city council, Berkeley Partners for Parks and the Berkeley Community Gardening Collaborative won an agreement that the city would cease sales and maintain the right-of-way as open space.}}</ref><ref name=partner/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_6686931 |title=Berkeley plans celebration for oldest park's centennial |publisher=Inside Bay Area |date=2007-08-22 |accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref>
The origination is dedicated to helping other organizations to being such as the [[Friends of Five Creeks]] and [[Urban Creeks Council]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=San Jose Mercury News |date=8 September 2010 |title=Swim lessons offered to Berkeley's disadvantaged youths |first=Doug |last=Oakley}}</ref><ref name=partner/><ref name=Linn2008>{{citation | last=Linn | first=Karl | year=2008 | title=Building Commons and Community | publisher=New Village Press | isbn=9780976605478 | page=37 | quote=Berkeley Partners for Parks, a citywide nonprofit devoted to supporting parks and open space, served as our fiscal agent for grants and tax-deductable donations from the beginning.}}</ref><ref name=Broadhurst2001>{{citation | last=Broadhurst | first=Richard | year=2001 | title=Managing environments for leisure and recreation | publisher=Routledge | isbn=9780415200998 | page=255}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The San Francisco Chronicle |date=17 November 1999 | title=Pied Piper of the Swing Set; Architect, kids design Berkeley playground |first=Debra Levi |last=Holtz |page=A21}}</ref> They are also a community group involved in lobbying efforts particularly when it comes to city councils in the area or Berkeley, [[Richmond, California|Richmond]] and [[Oakland, California|Oakland]] and other East Shore community's in the [[East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area|San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay]].<ref name=Boyce2003>{{citation | last1=Boyce | first1=James K. | year=2003 | title=Natural assets: democratizing environmental ownership | last2=Shelley | first2=Barry G. | publisher=Island Press | isbn=9781559635387}}</ref><ref name=partner/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.insidebayarea.com/localnews/ci_6686931 |title=Berkeley plans celebration for oldest park's centennial |publisher=Inside Bay Area |date=2007-08-22 |accessdate=2011-04-08}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 21:40, 8 April 2011

Berkeley Partners for Parks is a community organization in Berkeley, California dedicated to promoting preservation and stewardship of the local environment.[1][2] The organization provides the infrastructure that volunteer groups need in order to improve public space in and around Berkeley.[3][4][5]

The origination is dedicated to helping other organizations to being such as the Friends of Five Creeks and Urban Creeks Council.[6][1][7][8][9] They are also a community group involved in lobbying efforts particularly when it comes to city councils in the area or Berkeley, Richmond and Oakland and other East Shore community's in the San Francisco Bay Area's East Bay.[10][1][11]

References

  1. ^ a b c About us. BPFP.org. 2011. Retrieved 07-04-2011.
  2. ^ "Articles of Incorporation of Berkeley Partners for Parks". Endorsed (1884392) and Filed in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of California on Mar 18, 1994.
  3. ^ "100 Years Of Berkeley Parks Celebrations". US States News. 23 August 2007.
  4. ^ "Berkeley Partners for Parks Mission Statement". BPFP. 2007-10-17. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
  5. ^ Moody, Shelah (5 October 2008). "Volunteer leads groups that fix up creeks and parks; Jefferson Award Presented to Susan Schwartz". The San Francisco Chronicle. p. F2.
  6. ^ Oakley, Doug (8 September 2010). "Swim lessons offered to Berkeley's disadvantaged youths". San Jose Mercury News.
  7. ^ Linn, Karl (2008), Building Commons and Community, New Village Press, p. 37, ISBN 9780976605478, Berkeley Partners for Parks, a citywide nonprofit devoted to supporting parks and open space, served as our fiscal agent for grants and tax-deductable donations from the beginning.
  8. ^ Broadhurst, Richard (2001), Managing environments for leisure and recreation, Routledge, p. 255, ISBN 9780415200998
  9. ^ Holtz, Debra Levi (17 November 1999). "Pied Piper of the Swing Set; Architect, kids design Berkeley playground". The San Francisco Chronicle. p. A21.
  10. ^ Boyce, James K.; Shelley, Barry G. (2003), Natural assets: democratizing environmental ownership, Island Press, ISBN 9781559635387
  11. ^ "Berkeley plans celebration for oldest park's centennial". Inside Bay Area. 2007-08-22. Retrieved 2011-04-08.
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