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  • Community garden space before the cleanup. width:640;;height:139
  • Looking North before the cleanup. width:640;;height:270
  • Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan's office sponsored the community volunteer day at the Jean Sweeney Open Space Park. This is the first community project in the park. width:640;;height:480
  • Jim Sweeney, Jean Sweeney Open Space Park Fund Co-Chairman, with clean up day sponsor Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan. width:640;;height:480
  • Alameda Recreation & Parks Department managed the volunteer cleanup. 315 people registered and worked at the park on January 18th. 2014 width:450;;height:236
  • The Alameda Backyard Growers are one of the community groups who will participate in the community gardens. They passed out information at the work day. width:640;;height:480
  • Alameda Recreation and Parks Department had a small booth at the clean up so people could obtain information about the department. width:640;;height:480
  • Volunteers gathered at the work site to hear opening remarks from Mayor Marie Gilmore, Alameda County Supervisor Wilma Chan, and Amy Wooldridge, Alameda Recreation and Parks Department Director. width:640;;height:240
  • Volunteers pick up tools and receive instructions before starting to work. width:450;;height:300
  • Tables were setup on the raiseed area for painting tiles for use in the park. width:640;;height:262
  • Volunteers had fun painting tiles for future use at the park width:450;;height:300
  • Yound volunteers enjoyed painting tiles for future use in the park. width:450;;height:300
  • Tables were set up for volunteers to paint tiles for future use at the park. width:450;;height:300
  • Having fun painting tiles for future use in the park. width:300;;height:450
  • A diagram for building the raised plater beds for growing crops in the community garden. width:640;;height:480
  • Building one of the raised beds for planting crops in the future community garden. Jim Sweeney, Jean Sweeney Open Space Park Fund, Co-Chariman, standing on the left looks on as the box is assembled. width:640;;height:480
  • Lots of young people turned out to work on the cleanup. 315 people of all ages had a great day working in the park. width:300;;height:450
  • A volunteer pulling up weeds by hand. width:450;;height:300
  • Volunteers digging up the weeds that had grown pretty tall. width:450;;height:359
  • Cleaning up more weeds. width:450;;height:359
  • Hawling the weeds away to be placed in the dumpster. width:450;;height:300
  • Hawling the weeds away to be placed in the dumpster. width:450;;height:300
  • Enough weeds for everyone to work at removing. width:450;;height:300
  • Hawling more weeds away to be placed in the dumpster. width:450;;height:300
  • Hawling the weeds away one arm load at a time. width:450;;height:300
  • Some volunteers just enjoyed running thorugh the park while the others worked. width:450;;height:300
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  • Looking for a wheelbarrow to hawl away pieces of concrete. width:450;;height:300
  • Hawling away pieces of concrete was also part of the work effort. width:450;;height:300
  • Work on the raised area of the park continues. width:450;;height:300
  • Vice Mayor Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft and friend came to work. width:640;;height:480
  • Volunteers of all ages are busy cleaning up the West end of the park. width:450;;height:300
  • Jim Sweeney, Jean Sweeney Open Space Park Fund Co-Chairman and Dorothy Freeman, Jean Sweeney Open Space Park Fund Treasurer, observe the great work being accomplished at the park. width:450;;height:359
  • Looking South West from the higher ground you can see work on the fence as a mural is being created, to the left, the lunch tables are set up for refreshments, and the weeding continues. width:450;;height:300
  • The work site is starting to be changed into a cleaned up area for the future community garden. width:640;;height:134
  • The work site is starting to be changed into a cleaned up area for the future community garden. width:640;;height:118
  • Putting the under coat of pain on the fence that divides the park from the homes on the South side of the park. width:450;;height:300
  • Designing the mural on the painted fence. width:640;;height:322
  • The mural is taking shape on the fence. width:450;;height:300
  • The colorful mural is taking shape on the fence between the park and the homes on the South Side. width:640;;height:480
  • Tom Schweich, Botanist, Jim Sweeney, and Dorothy Freeman are members of the Alameda Recreation and Parks Department community committe to assist with planning the Jean Sweeney Open Space Park. width:450;;height:321
  • Work is progressing. width:640;;height:333
  • Refreshments and pizza lunch is setup for the volunteers. width:450;;height:300
  • Refreshments and pizza lunch is setup for the volunteers. width:640;;height:480
  • Tom Schweich and Jim Sweeney enjoy the pizza lunch. width:640;;height:480
  • Volunteers sit down on the now cleaned up area to enjoy their pizza lunch. width:640;;height:480
  • It takes all ages to build a park and to enjoy the pizza lunch. width:640;;height:480
  • The Church of Christ Latter Day Saints volunteers were finishing up the painting at the Belt Line Railroad building at the East end of the park while the community garden work was being completed on the West end of the park. width:640;;height:480
  • The mural is completed, the weeds and debris are gone, covering has been placed on the grounds and 4 raised planters have been build for the community garden crops. It was a very good work day and lots was accomplished. width:640;;height:427
  • Looking North to the homes along the park. The weeds are gone and the rocks have been moved into a pile. width:640;;height:427
  • The first community volunteercleanup day is finished. What a difference! width:640;;height:91
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