Best of All Time
How a Forlorn Playground Became one of America’s Most Innovative Public Spaces – The Christian Science Monitor, 2017
Pogo Park Wins 2017 Leadership Award – The San Francisco Foundation, 2017 (video)
Stress: The Privilege of Health – Nature Journal, 2016
All Children Have the Right to Play – Parks Now Video, 2016 (video)
Hard Work to Restore Richmond Playground Pays Off – San Francisco Chronicle, 2014
A Park Grows in Richmond – East Bay Express, 2009
2024
‘Disneyland’ of the Iron Triangle — How Richmond’s Pogo Park is changing the narrative of a struggling community – East Bay Express
2023
Pogo Park to host ice skating rink at Elm Playlot – Richmond Standard
Help Pogo Park finish Richmond’s Harbor-8 Park – Richmond Standard
2022
Public invited to view proposed Greenway bridge that could become a Richmond tourist attraction – Richmond Confidential
23rd Street Bridge conceptual design to be unveiled during ‘Bridge Week’ – Richmond Standard
City of Richmond, Pogo Park Awarded $10M in CalTrans Grant – Richmond Standard
Building Parks and Equity in Richmond, California’s Iron Triangle – The Conservation Fund
2021
Parks and Green Spaces, For the People and By the People – Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Harbour-8 Park: How one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s toughest neighborhoods is creating new recreational, health and economic opportunities for its residents. – The Conservation Fund
Groundbreaking celebrated for Yellow Brick Road project in Iron Triangle – Richmond Standard
Groundbreaking Ceremony for Yellow Brick Road Marks Milestone Achievement – Richmond Standard
2020
Land Transfers Make Way for Harbour-8 Park Expansion – Richmond Standard
Pogo Park presents park expansion plan to Richmond City Council – Richmond Standard
$8.5 Million for Harbour 8 Park – Richmond Standard
$12.7M in State Grants to Significantly Improve Two Richmond Parks – Richmond Standard
2019
Harbour-8 Park: For the People, By the People – Richmond Standard
2018
International Researchers Visit Iron Triangle – Richmond Standard
In a Fight for Much-Needed Green Spaces, these Latino Advocates Bring a Winning Formula – NBC
Pogo Park is an International Example of a Community – Richmond Pulse
Pogo Park Fundraising for its Summer Play Program – Richmond Standard
2017
Celebrating the Success of Pogo Park – Philanthropic Ventures
California Group Remaking Tough City One Park at a Time – NBC News
Pogo Park’s Giant Leap – Richmond Standard
Richmond Resident Working to Create Spaces for Play – East Bay Times
“Real Richmond” Campaign – Chevron
Transforming Parks and Lives in Richmond – The Conservation Fund Blog
Winner – Community Leadership Award – San Francisco Foundation
Pogo Park Wins Community Leadership Award – San Francisco Foundation (Video)
How One Park Has Enriched the Bones and Raised the Spirit of a Richmond Community – Contra Costa Marketplace Magazine
2016
Uniting the Dirt & Natural Environments – American Society of Landscape Architects, 2016
Downtown Community Park Group Successful in Funding Competition – San Jose Mercury News
Transportation Solutions that Improve Communities for People – Fehr & Peers
Officials Unveil Yellow Brick Road Playstreet – Richmond Pulse
Yellow Brick Road Playstreet – KaBOOM!
2015
This Little Half-Acre Park – Richmond Confidential Video
Toody Maher: Building a Better Community – Rails to Trails
A Park You Can Look Up To – Land + People Magazine
2014
Rebuilding Parks Uncovers Treasures of Human Spirit – San Francisco Chronicle
Pogo: A Spark in the Park – Huffington Post
Richmond Pocket Park Gets Upgrade with Neighborhood Buy-in – California Report, KQED
Richmond Greenway Gets a New Park Designed by the Community – Contra Costa Times
New Park will be Dedicated Friday in Iron Triangle – Contra Costa Times
Rebuilding Parks Uncovers Treasures of Human Spirit – San Francisco Chronicle
Toody Maher Helping to Transform Neighborhoods – California Golden Bears Newsletter
Closing Elm Street to Cars – Richmond Confidential
Hard Work to Restore Richmond Playground Pays Off – San Francisco Chronicle
Come Walk the Yellow Brick Road: a Unique Project to Transform Iron Triangle’s Streets – Richmond Standard
Google Giving $5 Million to Bay Area Nonprofits – SF Gate Blog
2013
Local Hero Award – Comcast Hometown Heroes
2011
Reinvention of Urban Reinvention – San Francisco Magazine
Not Just Child’s Play; Designing Parks with Kids in Mind – Richmond Pulse
2010
It’s a Go for Pogo – Richmond Confidential
Richmond Park Wins $2 Million in Funding – East Bay Express
Reinventing Parks in the Iron Triangle – Richmond Confidential
Park plans come to life in troubled Richmond neighborhood – Contra Costa Times
State of the Art Park Planned for Tough Part of Richmond – CBS SF Bay Area
Toody Maher Receives the Jefferson Award – CBS SF Bay Area
2009
A Park Grows in Richmond – East Bay Express
Interview with Toody Maher about a Richmond Playlot – KWMR West Marin
Interview with KQED – KQED radio interview
Activist Plans European-Style Playground for American Inner-City – Voice of America
2008
A Better, Safer Way to Be in Richmond – Oakland Tribune
2007
Revitalizing Parks Means New Life for Richmond Neighborhood – San Francisco Chronicle
