Here's a collection of newspaper articles about LFPSF
Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation invited neighbors, public officials, volunteers and the professionals who planned and carried out the Brookside Creek restoration, to share in the official opening of the new creek channel on October 3, 2003. Brian Bodenbach, of Biosphere Company, worked from a plan by Arthur Fleming, of HartCrowser, to create this beautiful stream. This Enterprise article describes the the ceremony. You can also see photos of the opening ceremony, or download a movie of the ceremony (movie is in Windows Media Format -- a very large file).
We are featured prominently in this May 20, 2002 Seattle Times article. To quotes from the article: "How Lake Forest Park got to this point is a combination of savvy stewardship by citizens and local government, the blessings of nature, a few key business decisions, and the state's Growth Management Act." "The latest excitement in town is the budding partnership between City Hall and the Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation." "Now, they are working together to buy and preserve the area. The goal is to create a 15-acre nature preserve and outdoor laboratory for school children." "Maybe that explains what happened last month at the auction for the Lake Forest Park Stewardship Foundation. It was to be a typical auction until the last minute when someone came up with an idea for creating vest-pocket parks at numerous city-owned street ends and other rights of way. On auction night, the Stewardship Foundation surprised city officials by offering people a chance to bid on becoming investors in tiny public green spaces. Then it was the foundation's turn to be surprised; the idea was so popular that bids totaled $6,000 of the $15,000 raised that night." "Carolyn Armanini, a former community activist, is in her third term on the Lake Forest Park City Council. I asked her why things seemed to be going so well for the city. She cited two things: Good ideas. 'People are excited by good ideas.' On environmental matters, Armanini said, city government and the Stewardship Foundation are leading by example. 'Gluey places.' The city has lots of places that bring people together, she said. Besides Third Place Commons, she mentioned the two elementary schools, the Shoreline-Lake Forest Park Arts Council and the Stewardship Foundation."
The October 25, 2000 Enterprise article about salmon sighting: page 1, page 2.
The Seattle P-I article about us! And a letter to the editor, following up on their Feb. 2, 2000 article about us.
Working with the City, we have placed a number of stream signs, urging citizens to be kind to their streams because these streams are "in their care." Read the Enterprise article about it.
We received our first grant from the Northwest Fund for Environment. Read an LFP Enterprise article about it.
We won our superior court appeal. Read an LFP Enterprise article about it.
