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New Friends of Clark Park Website now onlineThe Friends of Clark Park is migrating its Web stuff into a new site, http://www.friendsofclarkpark.org. We'll keep this site up for a few months, but eventually, the new site'll be the main site. The new site is a Wordpress-based blog system, which enables us to make our website a community discussion and news forum. We'll try to post news items there on a regular basis, and users can post replies and commnentary. Please bookmark the news site, and check in on occasion. PAUL BROOKS, A LEADER OF FoCP, PASSESFormer FOCP President Frank Innes recently announced, "Our longtime neighbor and friend, Paul Brooks, died at 1am Saturday, Feb. 5, surrounded by his wife, Joan, and his children Annie and Nick, after a long illness." Paul will be fondly remembered as a past president of the Friends of Clark Park, during the late '90s. During his time on the FoCP Board, he founded Clark Park Youth Soccer as well as the Clark Park Tree Endowment. He was one of a small band of park activists whose long study and persistent lobbying helped bring about the Clark Park Revitalization Master Plan of 2001. In 2005, Brooks received the Veteran Volunteer Award from the Dept. of Recreation for 15 years of tireless service to the beloved park across the street from his house. He was a model of what it means to be a good neighbor. In his non-park life, Paul was an attorney for Community Legal Services. Among his hobbies were sailing and bicycling. "Services will be held in mid-March," said Frank, "and I'll forward the details when I know them." At the Dickens Birthday party, some members discussed possibly doing a tree-planting in Paul's honor. Interested people should contact their FoCP Board Members. The Park A ReconstructionWe've had some requests for a better update to this website, especially regarding the Park A Reconstruction. So here's the latest we have. First of all, the fence is probably going to stay up until May. We know that's not terrific news. The original plan was that the grass seed would have been spread in early or mid-November, after the paths were laid down, because that would have been the latest time of the year for grass seed to have a chance to take root. However, the city delayed about a month before starting construction, which delayed the progress to the point that a fall seeding wasn't feasible. This means that the seeding will have to happen in early Spring, probably March or April. The fences will stay up for six weeks after that to give the grass a chance to flourish. So we expect the fences to come down sometime in May. The FOCP Board also resolved to request a moratorium on issuing permits for large events in Park A during 2011. If Parks and Recreation agrees, events requiring permits that would normally be in Park A (the May Fair, the Uhuru flea markets, the Capture the Flag games) will be moved to Park B, just south of Chester Avenue. Youth Soccer Enrollment for Spring 2011Clark Park Youth Soccer League's Spring 2011 season begins on Saturday, March 19th and continues until May 21st. Please register today! 5-6 year olds and 6-7 year olds will play from 10:30 to noon and 7-8 year olds and 9-11 year olds will play from noon-1:30pm each Saturday. We try to assure anyone who sends pre-registration forms postmarked by the deadline of March 1st will be assigned a place on a team in their age group. CPYSL players must be at least 5 years old but no older than 12 years on March 19th. Letter to Parents for Spring 2011 Registration Form for Spring 2011 EPYSA FORM (REQUIRED)Dickens Birthday Celebration February 6thREADINGS, MUSIC, AND REFRESHMENTS Sunday, February 6, 2011 2:00 PM, Griffith Hall, USP and in Clark Park See flyer HERE. What's New at Clark Park
The Friends of Clark Park and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation apologize
for Coming Up at Clark Park...The Clark Park Farmer's Market is held:
The Uhuru Solidarity Movement runs a monthly Flea Market from April to October. The scheduled dates include: April 17, May 15, June 12, July 24, August 21, September 18, and October 16, and will run from 7 AM to 7 PM. (Rain dates are usually the day after). For further informaton, visit uhurufleamarket.blogspot.com or call (215) 387-0919. Find more events on our calendar. Get Ready for Fall Youth Soccer!The Fall 2010 Clark Park Youth Soccer League Season begins Saturday, September 25th and ends Saturday, November 20th. Registration packets will be mailed to some returning families in mid/late August. However, you can also print and download the forms from this website! Visit the Youth Soccer page to learn more. Please spread the word to your friends! FoCP Joins Call for More Parks FundingOn May 7, FoCP President Frank Chance and Tony West testified to Philadelphia City Council on the necessity of incxreasing funding for city parks. Surveys on Flea Markets at Clark ParkOver 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!
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