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Conservancy Annual Report

January 24, 2020January 25, 2020 Marty Nicolaus 0 Comments Annual Report, Berkeley Partners for Parks, Berkeley Police Department, Berkeley Project, Berkeleyside, Bob Huttar, Carol Denney, Cesar Chavez, Charli Danielsen, Chris Kent, Golden Gate Audubon Society, Hyphae Designs, Joe McBride, Jutta Burger, Lana Lew, Martin Nicolaus, Max Brimelow, Norman La Force, Peace Symbol, Richard Healey, Ruben Lizardo, Rusty Scalf, Santiago Casal, Sierra Club, Stuart Luman

The Chavez Park Conservancy has released its Annual Report 2019. A PDF copy is attached. The report covers activities by

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A Solstice Poem

December 20, 2019December 21, 2019 Marty Nicolaus 1 Comment Martin Nicolaus

The Sun Holds Its Breath Day after shrinking day the angel of death Hovers kite-like, the dark around its eyes

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Public Eye

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Marty Nicolaus 0 Comments Martin Nicolaus, Max Brimelow

Most Chavez Park Conservancy work is done in the everyday world, far from the spotlights. In the past couple of

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Seeds of Beauty

October 26, 2019October 28, 2019 Marty Nicolaus 1 Comment Alexandra Endress, Flora Friday, Jutta Burger, Martin Nicolaus

Eight UC Berkeley undergraduates powered your Chavez Park Conservancy’s “Weed and Seed” project Saturday morning October 26, as part of

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Fixing the Fence

September 27, 2019October 15, 2019 Marty Nicolaus 0 Comments Martin Nicolaus, Phil Rowntree

The orange plastic construction fence that the rip-rap rehab contractor put up in July was needing some work. A few

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Picking Up

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 Mosey2014 1 Comment Martin Nicolaus

The beautiful untended forested grove on the west side of the park is a place where Parks maintenance staff rarely

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Birth of a park: the history

November 3, 2015February 12, 2019 Mosey2014 2 Comments Martin Nicolaus, Norman La Force

They say it takes a village to raise a child. Well, it took several villages and more to create this

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Park photo book now available on Kindle

August 29, 2015February 12, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Martin Nicolaus

From Trash to Treasure, my photo book celebrating the beauties of Cesar Chavez Park, is now available as an e-book

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Berkeleyside Story

February 4, 2015February 16, 2019 Mosey2014 0 Comments Martin Nicolaus

Today’s edition of Berkeleyside carried a feature about my book and about this website, and included three of my photos

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From Trash to Treasure — Book About Park

December 28, 2014February 14, 2019 Marty Nicolaus 0 Comments Martin Nicolaus

My new book, From Trash to Treasure: The Splendors of Berkeley’s Cesar Chavez Park, is now off the press and

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