Pogo Park

PlaceTO FOLLOW ARE ALL THE "PLACES" THAT POGO PARK IS IMPROVING: 1) Elm Playlot (Pogo Park #1); 2) Harbour-8 Park (Pogo Park #2); 3) Yellow Brick Road; 4) 23rd Street Greenway Bridge; and 5) Land Acquisition and Development (key parcels of land that surround Pogo Park's project sites.In 2023, Continued work to improve the Yellow Brick Road, a safe bike and walking route to connect Pogo Park's two parks (Harbour-8 Park and Elm Playlot) together, Work included planting 50 new trees.Welcomed over 7,000 visitors who live in Richmond's Iron Triangle, one of this citys most disadvantaged communities, to Elm Playlot, a safe, green, and clean city park that provides free enrichment programs for children and youth on a drop-in basis.

PeopleTRAINING: on-the-job workforce development training in hard skills (basic carpentry, metalwork, fabrication, planting etc.) and soft skills (work ethic, initiative, production, positive communication, working as a team, email protocol, public speaking).GOLDEN TEMPLE: a source of support from Pogo Park for people living in Iron Triangle community. An example of expenses received and paid by the Golden Temple fund include: cost of funerals; dental and medical; food; transportation; school costs; clothes.in 2023, Used Elm Playlot as a trusted public space to provide 5,280 free meals to low-income children and Created 13 living-wage jobs for local residents.

Research & EvaluationEfforts to measure and evaluate the impact of Pogo Park's programs. Includes the efforts of Research & Evaluation Pogo Park's decade-long research partnership with UC Berkeley to measure the impact of Pogo Park's projects on community health.in 2023, Hired, trained, and empowered a core team of community residents to design and build Harbour-8 Park, Pogo Parks second park renovation project in the Iron Triangle neighborhood.Created 13 living-wage jobs for local residents.