2017 Action Grantees and Love Your Parks Day Awardees!
Meet our Action Grantees and our Love Your Parks Day Awardees! Our grants committee, made up of Parks Alliance Board members and representatives from the Recreation and Park Department, Department of Public Works and the Parks, Recreation and Open Space Advisory Council (PROSAC) met in April to choose the grantees; over 2,000 people voted in our "people's choice" process.
Action Grant Awardees:
- Common Compost - $3,150
- Bernal Cut Pathway - $5,000
- Friends of the AMP* $5,000
- Friends of Christopher Park Festival* - $2,500
- Literacy for Environmental Justice's Eco-Adventures Project* - $5,000
- Palou Community Garden Reactivation* - $5,000
- Parks 94124 Move Nights* - $5,000
- Northridge Coop CommUNITY Garden*- $5,000
- Visitacion Valley Greenway $5,000
"People's Choice" Award Winner:
Innovative Project of the of the Year:
Playland at 43rd Ave.
Park Advocate of the of the Year:
Mohammed Nuru
Playground Steward of the of the Year:
Friends of West Portal Playground
Community Art Project of the Year:
Kenny Alley
Volunteer of the Year:
Ridge Lane Neighbors
Visionary Project of the of the Year:
Candlestick Point