Comments on: Downtown nightlife expands, so do family-friendly events http://thedto.com/2010/02/downtown-nightlife-expands-so-do-family-friendly-events/ downtown oakland Thu, 03 May 2012 13:28:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Ken Lupoff http://thedto.com/2010/02/downtown-nightlife-expands-so-do-family-friendly-events/comment-page-1/#comment-507 Ken Lupoff Thu, 08 Apr 2010 03:42:35 +0000 http://thedto.com/?p=228#comment-507 The Friends of Oakland Parks and Recreation (FOPR), will host its 7th annual Taste of Spring fundraiser, on Thursday, May 6th from 5:30 – 8:00 pm at the Rotunda Building, located at 300 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland. Proceeds from the benefit will be used to fund swimming, boating, and camp scholarships, grants, and special projects designed to support the City’s parks and recreation centers. “This is our most important fundraising event of the year, and everyone attending will have a wonderful time,” said Paula Ramsey, executive director of FOPR. “The money raised from the Taste of Spring will enable us to help children from all across the city to participate in Oakland’s many recreational programs and to provide funding for capital improvement projects for our parks and recreational facilities.” Tickets are $50 in advance or $65 at the door and may be purchased in advance online at: www.oaklandparks.org, or by phone at 510.465.1850. The Friends of Oakland Parks and Recreation (FOPR), will host its 7th annual Taste of Spring fundraiser, on Thursday, May 6th from 5:30 – 8:00 pm at the Rotunda Building, located at 300 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in downtown Oakland. Proceeds from the benefit will be used to fund swimming, boating, and camp scholarships, grants, and special projects designed to support the City’s parks and recreation centers.

“This is our most important fundraising event of the year, and everyone attending will have a wonderful time,” said Paula Ramsey, executive director of FOPR. “The money raised from the Taste of Spring will enable us to help children from all across the city to participate in Oakland’s many recreational programs and to provide funding for capital improvement projects for our parks and recreational facilities.”

Tickets are $50 in advance or $65 at the door and may be purchased in advance online at: http://www.oaklandparks.org, or by phone at 510.465.1850.

]]> By: KO http://thedto.com/2010/02/downtown-nightlife-expands-so-do-family-friendly-events/comment-page-1/#comment-502 KO Sun, 14 Feb 2010 18:39:38 +0000 http://thedto.com/?p=228#comment-502 Hey J, thanks for the roundup. It's important to have in most things, _balance_ and I see uptown (as much as i like it sometimes) only a drink n jive haven that happens to have a sears and that's mostly it. I know there's more here, but it's not a true neighborhood yet by any means. And i'm not sure how it will get there without a lot more evidence of a productive economy, and more diverse commerce. Once that happens, and renters have lived here longer than 1-2 years, maybe. But the area is still pocked by HUGE HUGE avenues of car lanes. Hey J, thanks for the roundup. It’s important to have in most things, _balance_ and I see uptown (as much as i like it sometimes) only a drink n jive haven that happens to have a sears and that’s mostly it. I know there’s more here, but it’s not a true neighborhood yet by any means. And i’m not sure how it will get there without a lot more evidence of a productive economy, and more diverse commerce.

Once that happens, and renters have lived here longer than 1-2 years, maybe. But the area is still pocked by HUGE HUGE avenues of car lanes.

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