projects - active
- Neighborhood Parks
- Report Cards
- 2010 Challenge Grant Campaign
- Parks for All
- Youth Employment in Parks
- Veterans' Memorial
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Project
- Anchorage Summer Flowers
- Volunteer Naturalists
- Get Outdoors Anchorage
- Science in the Parks
- 2008 Challenge Grant Projects
- Honoring & Memorial Funds
- Citizen Weeds Warriors
- Trails Map
projects - past
Neighborhood Park Fix-Its!
2011 Neighborhood Parks Fix-It Accomplishments
In 2011 we rehabilitated 7 of Anchorage's beloved Neighborhood Parks! Thank you to all our volunteers!
Harvard Park - COMPLETE
Watch the cool time lapse video here!
Cope Street Park - June 11th - COMPLETE
Carlson Park - June 18th - COMPLETE
Ira Walker Park - June 25th - COMPLETE
Little Dipper Park - July 9th - COMPLETE
William B. Lyons Park - July 16th - COMPLETE
Sand Lake Park - July 23rd - COMPLETE
We worked with community council committees to prioritize the fix-its to ensure that funds were be used to meet community needs. We made these fixes with generous support from the Rasmuson Foundation, the Alaska State Legislature and volunteers like you.
iIn 2008, over 1,000 volunteers filled out our Anchorage Park Report Cards and helped make Fix-It lists. Due directly to your input, we made park improvements the past 3 summers in 27 neighborhood parks! Now, we need your help again.
To become a Report Card Trainer, come to our Train the Trainer event Wednesday, August 24th from 6-7pm at Fairview Rec Center. RSVP to durandj@muni.org or 343-4427.
For more information on our summer fix-its, please review the summary reports:
- 2011 Neighborhood Park Fix-its Report Coming Soon!
- 2009 Neighborhood Park Fix-Its Report
- 2010 Neighborhood Park Fix-It's Report
In 2010, volunteers contributed more than 4,400 hours to neighborhood park fix-its!
Thanks to Nikki Navio, KTUU, Baker-Jennings Films and Alaska Teen Media Institute for creating this great video.
In fall 2008, over 1,000 Anchorage parks supporters participated in grading neighborhood parks. For more information, please visit the summary report and Park Profiles for each of the 53 parks evaluated.
In the summers of 2009 and 2010, the Anchorage Park Foundation partnered with the Parks & Recreation Department and community members to accomplish the Fix-Its in 20 of those neighborhood parks. Volunteers, staff and contractors worked together to revitalize parks-- from replacing trash cans and play equipment to restoring landscaping and removing graffiti.