10,000 Steps: disover your downtown parks in the coming days
some v cool upcoming events to help you (re)discover downtown Oakland’s amazing parks:
10,000 Steps, an interactive community-based project designed to increase
awareness of historic parks in downtown Oakland, invites you to two greening
events!
There will be an old-fashioned “Field Day” at Jefferson Square Park (between
6th and 7th and Jefferson and Martin Luther King Jr. Streets) on Saturday,
July 26 from 1 to 3 pm. With the Old Oakland Neighbors, the 10,000 Steps
team will conduct a detailed needs survey of the park. The City will soon
be improving this park and wants to hear from local residents. After the
hard work, stick around and play some favorite summer games: three-legged
races, balloon toss, and tug-of-war. Refreshments and prizes provided; all
ages welcome!
On Friday, August 1 (First Friday), 10,000 Steps will act as stewards of
Frank Ogawa Plaza in the vicinity of the Oakland Art Gallery from 5 to 8 pm.
Equipped with a multifunctional workcart made from re-used materials, 10,000
Steps will invite passers-by to engage in cleaning and weeding as well as
story-telling: tell them why urban green space is important to you. These
stories will be featured on the website www.10000stepsoakland.org