Friends Of Francis Park

During 2024, the enhancements/addition to the snakes in the grass sculpture in the park were completed. Costs incurred in 2024 totaled 64,500. The sculpture was dedicated to one of the co-founders of art in the park (art in the park is an (almost) every year special event, which is held in francis park. Proceeds from the event have funded a variety of sculptures in the park including the original snakes in the grass sculpture, which was installed in 2017. Art in the park was not held in 2024 but will return in fall 2025.

As in 2022-2023, in 2024, due to limitations on city resources, fofp -along with other neighborhood organizations- funded some grass cutting for the park as well as costs to remove and clean up dead trees in the park. Additionally, fofp funded park maintenance, landscape work and trees/flowers for the park, and maintenance and cleanup of the park's beautiful and iconic lily pond, including repairs to the wall in the creek area, maintenance of the david r. Francis statue area and a winter cleanup of the native garden area.