What's New at Clark Park
Coming Up at Clark Park...
The Clark Park Farmer's Market is held:
- Saturdays, 10 AM to 2 PM May through Thanksgiving
- Saturdays, 10 AM to 1 PM from Thanksgiving through April
- Thursdays, 3 PM to 7 PM June through Thanksgiving
Friday, February 5, 7PM: FoCP Board Meeting at Rosenberger Hall, University of the Sciences of Philadelphia (at 43rd Street and Woodland Avenue).
Sunday, February 7, 2PM: Charles Dickens Birthday Celebration at Griffith Hall, University of the Sciences of Philadelphia (at 43rd Street and Woodland Avenue).
Wednesday, March 10, 7 PM: FoCP Membership Meeting at Griffith Hall, University of the Sciences of Philadelphia (at 43rd Street and Woodland Avenue).
Find more events on our calendar.
Surveys on Flea Markets at Clark Park
Over the past few months, the Friends of Clark Park have been conducting surveys to determine community feelings about flea markets at the park. At the January membership meeting, it was decided to make these surveys available to the public.
You can download 3 PDF files of all of the surveys here, here, and here.
Clark Park Needs Your Help!
The Park A Redesign Campaign (PARC)
 Your help is important to rebuild Clark Park – and make it strong and beautiful for generations to come. Please donate today to the Park A Redesign Campaign (PARC).
PARC
c/o Friends of Clark Park
PO Box 31908
Philadelphia PA 19104
How will the Friends of Clark Park help renew
Park A?
The Friends’ overall strategy is to preserve this section of the park as a quiet, reflective place with a dense tree canopy, while also accommodating the area’s maintenance issues and current use. To do this we propose the following:
- Reduce the number of paths to provide larger green spaces.
- Incorporate water-management technologies, such as catch basins, tree wells, and a water garden, to reduce flooding.
- Broaden sidewalks along 43rd street to accommodate the Farmers' Market.
- Expand the central plaza using a loose fill of gravel.
- Revise the lighting, plantings, and maintenance plan.
Why does Park A need my contribution?
Recently, Mayor Nutter announced a state grant, matched by the City, of $450,000 for Park A revitalization. Using this grant we will repair and replace battered pathways, lighting and turf; we also hope to construct a new Farmers' Market and central plaza. This will be the largest public improvement Clark Park has seen in 50 years and will help achieve the multi-million dollar 2001 Clark Park Revitalization Master Plan.
But the Friends of Clark Park must raise $75,000 quickly, to pay for the professional landscaping blueprint that secured this government funding. Studio/Bryan Hanes, landscape architects with a deep commitment to park users, provided the schematic plan but the Friends of Clark Park -- through your donations -- still must pay for overall design development and for construction and engineering documents.
The Friends are excited to be moving forward with a plan that respects the community, the environment and the history of our site.
You can help make this dream a reality by donating to the Park A Redesign Campaign! Make your check out to Friends of Clark Park, write "PARC" on the memo line, and mail it to the address above.
How can I learn more?
Check www.clarkpark.info regularly for more information. You can also join our Yahoo! Group.
Check out our planning committee's web site dedicated to Park A.
And please attend our board and membership meetings – which are always open to the public! The next meeting of the FoCP Board will be September 17, from 7 PM, at Rosenberger Hall, and the next general membership meeting will be October 15, from 7 PM at Griffith Hall on the USP campus.
How can I get involved?
Make a donation and become a member! We’ll keep you up to date with all of our volunteer opportunities, fundraising events, and more through our regular newsletter and e-mail announcements.
Latest News in Park A Renewal
- Read the full history of the project at the planning committee web site and also check out the full 2001 Clark Park Renewal Plan.
- Watch the presentation of the latest design for the Park A revitalization (16 July 2008)
- The Friends of Clark Park launches the Park A Redesign Campaign (PDF; 14 June 2008)
Join Us on Facebook!
Show the (online) world that you love your park! Join the Friends of Clark Park group on Facebook.
Also check out other related groups:
Know of any other groups or on-line gathering places? Drop us a line!
Clark Park Memorial Bench Program
Commemorate a Loved One with a Friends of Clark Park Memorial Bench
Our attractive, durable benches ensure that person’s memory will endure and contribute to the public life of our community for generations to come. The Memorial Bench features a plaque engraved with the names of those in whose honor it was bestowed. It may honor a family, group, business, institution or any other subject.
Your donation will become an important catalyst to the renewal of Clark Park. In an era of looming budget shortfalls for public green spaces, yes, we can step in to help!
If you would care to explore the Friends of Clark Park Memorial Bench Program in detail, you are cordially invited to discuss it with Development Chair Pete Malandra at wpmalandra@hotmail.com or President Frank Chance at (215) 222-0223. Click here to view a sample bench and read more information in our flyer (PDF).
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