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WHAT’S NEW IN PARKS?
▲ The stairs and pathways in PALISADES PARK at Montana Avenue have been reopened! They had been closed since last July due to the installation of a storm water diversion and debris removal project. Turf, planters and irrigation systems affected by the project are being restored.... Phase 2 of the project, to be completed by the end of September, is now underway at Wilshire Blvd. and Ocean Avenues. As a result, the walking path in Palisades Park has been redirected....The highly popular Route 66 memorial in the park, a favorite photo spot for cross-country travelers, has been reinstalled after being damaged as a result of an automobile accident.
▲ The annual pond cleaning at DOUGLAS PARK has been completed, and soon more than 150 specimen water lilies and some 30 assorted bog plants will be planted. Lovely to look at, these flora also help maintain a healthy, chemical-free pond system....The park’s bowling green received its annual turf aeration and sand top-dressing. Get out there and roll the jack, Skips!
▲ New plants are being installed in the OCEAN VIEW PARK planters along Barnard Way. Check them out—they are shaped to spell out the name of the park... O-C-E-A-N  V-I-E-W  P-A-R-K!
▲ After a three-month renovation, the sport fields at MEMORIAL PARK were reopened just in time for baseball—batter up!...And lights have been installed at THE COVE SKATEPARK to allow extended hours for skating and biking enthusiasts.
▲ New plants were recently added to the planters at VIRGINIA AVENUE PARK.



 
 


SANTA MONICA FESTIVAL 2007 Continued from page 1

Festival dancers photoThe YOUTH STAGE will include Joe Hernandez-Kolski and DJ Jedi hosting Downbeat 720 High School Talent. Virginia Avenue Park’s own Chili con Carne will perform jazzy percussive rock en español, and Samohi’s Barbershop Gentlemen will sing a cappella barbershop standards.

The day also features workshops led by the Santa Monica Public Library, 18th Street Arts Center and the Santa Monica Museum of Art. The Eco-Zone highlights local and global environmental issues, and shows how residents can make a difference. Festival-goers can create urban percussion with found and reused materials with Street Beat, or create new fashions out of recycled items at the re:Fashion workshop with top costume designer, Ann Closs-Farley.

In keeping with our green theme, this year’s festival will adopt “zero waste” principles to minimize the garbage that normally goes into landfills and to maximize recycling, while both stages will operate on solar power. The city’s newest active living program, Bike Santa Monica, encourages attendees to go green by riding bikes to the festival where they will find safe, secure and free bicycle valet services! Visit bike.smgov.net for more information.

Throughout the day, the Global Café will offer an assortment of foods from the Caribbean, Mexico and Thailand, as well as good old-fashioned hamburgers. You can also shop for exotic crafts from places near and far in the International Marketplace. So eat, drink, be merry and go green at this year’s Santa Monica Festival! See the schedule on pages 2 and 3 for all the details or visit arts.smgov.net—then follow the signs along Ocean Park Boulevard to Clover Park on Sunday, May 20!

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