The project is approximately 75% complete. All of the concrete walls have been poured. Except for staging area for flatwork work. Play equipment have started to arrive and are being laid out. Trees and Planting are ongoing, sod is being placed. Anticipate safety surfacing to commence mid-February.

What may be even more exciting have been the arrival of a semi-truck load of trees and shrubs last week and the installation today of the Bridge.  This bright international orange causeway connects the now landscaped central Climbing-hill with the top of the soon to arrive Supper Slide. Can’t wait!  More photos here.

The successful on-time completion of this project will mark a great success for The Friends of Dolores Park Playground, Rec and Park, philanthropy and the 2008 Park Bond program.

Re-seeding the northern lawn. Photo by Hillary Turner Photography

“Single Serving Day aims to create community by organizing volunteer days for singles.” event organizers told us.  ”We start with a mixer, break off into a selection of volunteer events, and wrap up with an after-soiree.” For this first run, helping Dolores Park Works and Girls on the Run, a program for at risk preteen girls, were the two volunteer opportunities. Dolores Park volunteers got to work outside on and incredibly sunny day, alongside extremely grateful Rec and Park gardeners, moving a mixture of compost and soil to the northern lawn, spreading the mixture into bald areas of the lawn, dispersing grass seeds, and packing the soil down.  A big thanks to Single Serving Day and Rec and Park for all their hard work to keep the park green and beautiful, and to Hillary Turner Photography for all the great photographs she shot of the event.

Photo by Hillary Turner Photography

For more information on Single Serving Day check out their website. The next Single Serving Day is February 4 and we will be a part of it.

Organic Black Lager- brewed with organic two-row, chocolate, black, Munich malt, roasted barley, organic yerba mate, and Cascade, Centennial, Tettnang, and Hallertau hops. The yerba mate provides a natural source of caffeine equal to 1/2 of a cup of coffee per 12-ounce bottle.

Jim already makes and sells a line of organic craft beer, Mate Veza that he brews under contract in Ukiah and sells throughout the west in over 400 locations. He is applying for an ABC type 23 brewery License and which will allow him to install a small 20 gallon kettle. Jim told us this is a very, very small brewery and would typically be seen in a home or garage. The brewery will be more for  testing recipes and special brews, Jim says. Of some note, Mate Veza is brewed with yerba mate, the South American herb and contains caffeine.