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Greetings Friends of Mitchell Park!

in case you didn't know. Mitchell park is in danger of having a parking lot carved into its flank. The senior center is asking to take a chunk out of our park, so they won't have to parallel park on the street. The master plan for the park calls for a community garden to go in the spot that the senior center is planning on overtaking. community support has been great thus far, but it would be great to get those people who use the park the most to come show their support for maintaining mitchell park's perfect character. seriously, it's a rad park, let's go to the meeting on April 2nd at City Hall at 6:30pm and voice our disapproval of putting a parking lot in the park.
hope to see you there.

The movement grows! You are making a difference. 1,200 on face book - 700 in the Save Mitchell Park community group - 600 petitions sent electronically on the WEB from folks all over town - this is more than a neighborhood issue! This is a San Luis issue.

The NEXT Steps are near - we must convene together to demonstrate in unison our support for Mitchell Park. The process from here:

Wednesday April 2 - 7 pm - the Parks and Recreation Commission - Be at City Hall by 6:30
Monday April 7 - 5 pm - the Architectural Review Commission - Be at City Hall by 4:30
Tuesday May 6 - the City Council - Be at City Hall by 6:30

We will have signs - clipboards to fill out the public comment cards - and petitions to sign

All meetings are in the Council Chamber at 990 Palm street.

There will be a Commentary in support of Mitchell Park piece in the New Times on this Thursday April 3. Once it runs we need to flood the New Times and the Tribune with support letters similar to those you have been sending to City Hall. Each needs to be personalized and speak from the heart. The addresses are:

New Times:
Letters should be no longer than 250 words
letters@newtimesslo.com

FAX: 546.8641
MAIL: 1010 Marsh street - San Luis Obispo, California 93401
Tribune:
Letters should be no longer than 200 words
letters@thetribunenews.com

FAX: 781.7905
MAIL: The Tribune - Post Office Box 112 - San Luis Obispo, California 93406

We need to let Paul Brown, Andrew Carter and Dave Romero know that their actions are not representative of the community - you can e-mail all city council members and the mayor at slocitycouncil@slocity.org

Points to be made:
-We need to support the Cultural Heritage Commission's unanimous vote to NOT amend the Master plan for Mitchell Park
-we want to see the community gardens as envisioned in the Mitchell Park master plan
-if transportation is the issue - it can be solved without a parking lot
-the park is an historic treasure
-we need a new and state of the art senior center
-issues that touch your heart

If you haven't signed one of the on-line petitions or taken the opportunity to submit an on-line letter DO IT NOW! Just go to www.SaveMitchellPark.org and magic will happen!