October 15, 2017
Category: Uncategorized
September 5, 2017
Watch the video here from Chevron’s “Real Richmond” campaign video featuring members of Pogo Park’s Community Development Team.
May 24, 2017
Read about Pogo Park and Executive Director Toody Maher profiled in The Christian Science Monitor.
April 13, 2017
The East Bay Times writes about Pogo Park’s James Anderson. Read the article here.
June 24, 2016
Parks Now is a broad coalition of experts, activists, and community leaders from across California who are concerned about the state of our public parks.Parks Now made a Video Featuring Pogo Park. Watch “Pogo Park: All Children Have a Right to Play in a Safe Environment” here.
March 17, 2016
Nature Magazine writes about Pogo Park as an example of how a park can be a health intervention in the lives of vulnerable populations.
September 12, 2013
In this picture, Antoine, a RichmondBuild graduate, pours cement into the base of Elm Playlot’s future Community Center.
Antoine is part of a construction team that is comprised of graduates of the City’s RichmondBuild program, an agency that provides local residents with training and jobs in construction. This team is now working to gut and transform Elm Playlot’s former Park Office into a community center for the new park.
Hiring former members of RichmondBuild to help renovate Elm Playlot is an example of Pogo Park’s intentional strategy to direct community development dollars back into the community. “Lifting up the people” at the same time we “lift up the place” is a core pillar of Pogo Park’s strategy for community transformation.
