Archive for June, 2015

25 Jun

MFPA President Linda Wilson receives several awards at San Jose Parks Foundation’s Summer Soiree

Posted by Martin-Fontana Parks Association in City of San Jose, Johnny Khamis, Mayor Sam Liccardo. Tagged: , , , .

Thursday June 25th, at the Japanese Friendship Gardens Tea House, San Jose Parks Foundation’s President, Kathy Sutherland, presented their Community Hero Award to MFPA President Linda Wilson.

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Linda also received a Commendation from the County of Santa Clara presented by Policy Assistant, Mike Donohoe.

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Presenting the final Commendation from the City of San Jose were District 10 Councilmember Johnny Khamis and San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo.

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A beautiful evening was enjoyed by all in celebrating the partnerships, projects, and the future of the San Jose Parks Foundation. A big thank you to James Reber, the Founding Executive Director, for putting this all together.

13 Jun

Drought & San Jose Parks

Posted by Martin-Fontana Parks Association in City of San Jose, Drought, Jeffrey Fontana Park, PRNS, TJ Martin Park, Turf Reduction. Tagged: , , , , , .

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This comes from the City of San José Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services (PRNS) website:

Doing Our Part to Conserve

With California facing the most severe drought in history, and residents being asked to reduce usage by 30%, the City of San José takes its responsibility to conserve water seriously.  PRNS is dedicated to maintaining our facilities in a way that both conserves water and preserves our parks. Although public parks are exempt from the watering restrictions, we plan to reduce our potable (fresh) water usage while keeping areas of our parks green, to provide our residents a respite from the drought conditions and a safe environment to recreate.
For the rest of the statement click here.