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Dolores Park Works http://www.doloresparkworks.org Sun, 02 Jun 2019 19:09:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.11 21034049 Memorial Day Shooting in Dolores has neighbors looking for answers http://www.doloresparkworks.org/2019/05/memorial-day-shooting-in-dolores-has-neighbors-looking-for-answers/ http://www.doloresparkworks.org/2019/05/memorial-day-shooting-in-dolores-has-neighbors-looking-for-answers/#respond Mon, 27 May 2019 21:32:44 +0000 http://www.doloresparkworks.org/?p=10903 Continue reading →]]>

I thought we stopped the gangs and guns in the park.  I am quite certain that all of us Mission Dolores neighborhood residents and organizations are worried, upset, and disappointed about the re-appearance of gun violence in the Dolores Park area.  The brazen daylight shooting in the midst of Mission Carnival and Memorial Day weekend is an offense to all of us.  It violates our sense of safety, community, and empathy.  I feel hurt, worried, and am inclined to give up. 

While we applaud the fast response of the police after the shooting – we are asking:  What can we do better? What can the city do better?

  • What happened to the two dedicated park rangers in the park?  We have only one left and no backup.  One of rangers left the force last year and we still do not have a replacement.  Not even a temporary one.  When our lone ranger is sick, takes a break, or is assigned to other duties – there is no one watching the park, even in the summer months and weekends! The Dolores Park Ambassadors have been asking politely for months for the department to fill this vacancy.
  • What happened to the continual police presence around the park? Did they not notice the large group of people wandering in, one or more apparently carrying guns? How far away was the police officer?
  • Did the newly installed security cameras catch the incident? Is there footage of the group coming into the park?

 

We cannot directly intervene when it comes to stopping violence.  However, we can and must help prevent violence and build an enjoyable community.

 We can you do?

  • Be good stewards and take ownership of our streets, parks, and our neighborhood
  •  Be aware, help out, and connect with each other
  • Help the city agencies in their tasks to deliver services efficiently and transparently.  Dolores Park Ambassadors are dedicated to holding the city accountable.

We are requesting an immediate update on city services in our area and regular meetings and reporting.

  • Crime reports and crime enforcement, details by street and date
  • 311 calls and follow ups, details by street and date
  • Update on security enforcement in and around the park (park rangers, toilet guards, and cleaning)
  • Input into health and safety plans for PRIDE, Halloween, and other mass events impacting our neighborhood.
  • Input into plans to monitor and manage the hundreds homeless folks living in our streets and parks.

Thank you for your time- Dolores Park Ambassadors

]]> http://www.doloresparkworks.org/2019/05/memorial-day-shooting-in-dolores-has-neighbors-looking-for-answers/feed/ 0 10903 Love Dolores Community Day http://www.doloresparkworks.org/2018/08/love-dolores-community-day/ http://www.doloresparkworks.org/2018/08/love-dolores-community-day/#respond Mon, 20 Aug 2018 19:39:19 +0000 http://www.doloresparkworks.org/?p=9905 Continue reading →]]> We invite you to participate in a dog focused Community Day, Sunday  Aug 26, from 10 AM to 4 PM.  Dolores Park Works and Dolores Ambassadors  are partnering with the Love Dolores program of the City’s Rec and Park department to produce this celebration of dogs. We will have photo booth, prizes and canine swag. It will be great fun to meet with many of the dog lovers of the neighborhood and introduce folks to the Dolores Park Ambassadors.
Please rsvp here if you are able to help out!

We need volunteers to staff the photo booth. There are two shifts, morning and afternoon, or be a roaming ambassador, walk around the park, engage visitors and teach the Leave No Trace principles-

BRING CANS INSTEAD OF GLASS: avoid our beloved bare-pawed pets getting hurt.
DON’T LITTER:  includes cigarette butts as pets and other animals can eat them.
PICK UP THE POOP: We’ll have compostable waste bags to pass out.

We won’t need your pets to attend — we just want you to advocate for them. But you’re absolutely welcome to bring a dog if they like meeting people! Meet us at the Love Dolores booth in the Southeast Dog-Play Area.

Community Day

Sunday August 26 

Dolores Park South off-leash Dog Area

10 AM to 12 PM and again 2  to 4 PM

Let’s keep our park clean, safe, and fun.

]]> http://www.doloresparkworks.org/2018/08/love-dolores-community-day/feed/ 0 9905 Help Celebrate Earth Day in Dolores http://www.doloresparkworks.org/2018/04/celebrate-earth-day-dolores/ http://www.doloresparkworks.org/2018/04/celebrate-earth-day-dolores/#respond Tue, 17 Apr 2018 15:00:15 +0000 http://www.doloresparkworks.org/?p=9787 Continue reading →]]> Sunday, is Earth Day and Dolores Parks Works  and The Dolores Park Ambassadors have partnered up with Rec and Park and the Love Dolores folks for three days of service in the park. Thursday we will kickoff with the now famous Dolores Garden Club, 10 AM to noon. We bring the Flower Power to Dolores.

Saturday and Sunday is the Love Dolores Celebration. The Ambassadors will join a lineup of community stars, Cheer SF, the City’s official cheerleaders; Dolores Flow, they bring flags, hoops and balls; Velocity Circus, magical theatre on the move and the Bridgemen, gay-bi-trans men’s social service volunteers. We also expect a great turnout from the local Dolores community, the Bike Polo club, Giant Bubble crew, Robot Dance Party, and our local merchants doing what they do best. Can you taste the ice-cream? Plus special guests, The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence. Not seen regularly in Dolores since they decamped for Golden Gate Park.

Earth Day Celebration begins at 2 and runs till 6 PM both Saturday and Sunday. It will take place throughout Dolores Park.
We need your help! Simple gardening tasks on Thursday. Families and children welcome.
Saturday and Sunday help throughout the park with logistics and spreading the good work of the day, Don’t Trash Dolores, Use the Can!
RSVP to doloresparkambassadors@gmail.com 

Please check in at the Love Dolores tent, in the South Field above the Children’s Playground.

#EarthDay #LoveDolores #LeaveNoTrash

]]> http://www.doloresparkworks.org/2018/04/celebrate-earth-day-dolores/feed/ 0 9787 Park Department Celebrates Volunteers http://www.doloresparkworks.org/2017/10/park-department-celebrates-volunteers/ http://www.doloresparkworks.org/2017/10/park-department-celebrates-volunteers/#respond Thu, 26 Oct 2017 18:32:43 +0000 http://www.doloresparkworks.org/?p=9628 Continue reading →]]> Join your fellow Dolores Park Works Volunteers to celebrate all our hard work and contributions this year (or years past) at Rec and Parks annual Volunteer Appreciation Party!  This year’s fete will feature a catered lunch, an art exhibit, live entertainment and fresh produce courtesy of Alemany Farm and & In Chan Kaajal Community Garden! 

  • Saturday, November 4, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
  • The County Fair Building, 1199 9th Avenue. (in Golden Gate Park at the entrance to the San Francisco Botanical Garden)

We look forward to seeing you there!”

RSVP here-

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]]> http://www.doloresparkworks.org/2017/10/park-department-celebrates-volunteers/feed/ 0 9628 A Day Without Glass http://www.doloresparkworks.org/2017/10/day-glass/ http://www.doloresparkworks.org/2017/10/day-glass/#respond Thu, 26 Oct 2017 17:58:27 +0000 http://www.doloresparkworks.org/?p=9620 Continue reading →]]> Saturday, November 5, noon to 4 pm will be a ”Day without Glass in the Park”.  The Dolores Park Ambassadors and Love Dolores campaign will be at the 19th and Dolores Street entrance with the message, “broken glass should not be in our parks”. Glass can break especially if carelessly discarded. Broken glass is a preventable hazard to play.
Park advocates are beginning to see significant successes from our activities. Police and Park Ranger presence have increased, trash pickups have improved, and Rec and Park is installing security cameras.
If we want to see continued improvement in our park, we need your help. We need a visible neighborhood presence in the park. Can you join us for an hour or two?  Please let us know, so we have a strong presence on “A day without Glass”.

Here is a flyer you can print and post on billboards, give to your neighbors, or put up in a neighborhood café.

Thank you for being a Dolores Park Ambassador!
Hans Kolbe, Robert Brust, Don Bruce
Dolores Park Ambassadors

 

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