LAKEWOOD — Partners for Parks is building awareness and making its case for support through a series of small group gatherings with community leaders, neighbors and park enthusiasts interested in the H-Barn restoration project at Fort Steilacoom Park.
The small gatherings are designed to grow community awareness and donor support for this exciting project, and will be led by a new Leadership Awareness Committee, which includes the following community leaders:
- Alan & Debbie Billingsley, as Co-Chairs
- David Boyd
- Kris Kauffman
- Sally Martinez
- Dwight Williams
On July 26, Partners for Parks hosted its first leadership awareness event in Steilacoom, hosted in the home of Dr. David & Peggy Kennel. About 40 people were in attendance for an engaging, informative and inspiring evening of fun with presentations by members of the Partners for Parks board.
This $7.5 million historic preservation and restoration project is a public-private partnership between the City of Lakewood and Partners for Parks to preserve and restore an iconic barn-complex at Fort Steilacoom Park into a unique, multi-purpose event space for public and private recreational use.
Partners for Parks is leading the private-sector effort to raise $3.5 million of the total $7.5 million from individual donors, foundations, businesses and service organizations. To date, the H-Barn Project has gifts and signed commitments of $1.3 million towards its private-sector goal of $3.5 million. You can help us reach our goal!
To learn more about the H-Barn restoration project, joining the PFP board, attending a future awareness event or to volunteer in support of this historic campaign, please visit https://partnersforparks.net/.
About Partners for Parks
Partners for Parks is a collaboration of Lakewood service organizations, community groups, educational institutions, military and businesses that have come together for the purpose of assisting in the improvement of Lakewood area parks.
On August 15th – Dave Betz (Campaign Chair) and Natalie Humphrey (Honorary Co-Chair) hosted a leadership awareness gathering at the Tacoma Country & Golf Club in Lakewood.