On the other side of the fence
As you may or may not know, I work at the Angels Gate Cultural Center in Angels Gate Park, which is operated by the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks... Mostly. Actually half the park is Rec & Parks' territory, the other half is LAUSD land. Much of that land is isolated behind a fence, where rusting buildings rot down above the remains of a WWII mortar battery. Sure they have a continuation school there, and some other programming, but largely, the backside of the park sees even less action than the front side. Well, things are looking up over there, with the District having recieved $2.5 million in grants to develop an overnight camp for 5th graders, which is good news to me. There is so much potential in Angels Gate Park, it would be awesome to see 13,000 kids come through the park every year, visiting the Marine Mammal Care Center, the Fort MacArthur Museum and our galleries, as they go.
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Nice article in the Breeze today (11/18) about Nathan and the 30-year lease. Looks like that park is finally getting the leadership and vision it deserves.
I'm about to post on it.
I don't know about the park's leadership. Everyone we deal with at the Park, from Department Head John Muckri on down, has gotten shuffled to new jobs in the new administration. We have high hopes that we will be able to continue the much improved relations we have been having with the park in the past two years with the new people, but it's hard to develop a good dialogue with City employees, especially in a department where the Department Head quits or gets moved to a different job almost every years.
And of course, the park has no functioning Master Plan, which essentially means that the city currently has no cohesive plan or vision for the site.
I hear what you're saying; I'm referring to recent AGCC leadership and not the city.
13,000 5th graders? You better put out extra cookies...
You obviosuly don't work with children, Phill. Cookies = sugar + kids = chaos.
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