by Erin Taylor | Jan 11, 2022 | Studies and Reports, Organization News
As Forever Balboa Park celebrates its six-month anniversary, we are gratified to see the park once again filled with visitors of all ages and enlivened by ongoing improvement projects. Despite the restrictions imposed by COVID-19, people continue to find solace,...
by Forever Balboa Park | Nov 8, 2021 | Park Forest, Community, Studies and Reports
Recent studies have shown San Diego has a serious tree deficit. Trees not only beautify our surroundings, but create cooling shade, provide habitat for native species important for ecological balance, and draw excess carbon dioxide from the air and replace it with...
by Forever Balboa Park | Dec 30, 2019 | Sustain, Enhance, Envision, Volunteers, Community, Studies and Reports
A Message from Tomás Herrera-Mishler, Conservancy President & CEO It’s so rewarding to see how incremental change can have a transformational impact—especially in Balboa Park. And while I’m consistently impressed with the caliber and quantity of work generated by...
by Forever Balboa Park | Jan 2, 2019 | Community, Studies and Reports, Sustain, Enhance, Envision, Volunteers
A Message from Tomás Herrera-Mishler, Conservancy President & CEO For such a young organization, the Balboa Park Conservancy has made incredible impact executing mission-driven initiatives. While this is something to be proud of, it’s really YOU I’m...
by Forever Balboa Park | Jul 5, 2018 | Partners, Community, Park History, Studies and Reports
Last month, the Balboa Park Conservancy marked the 150-year anniversary of Balboa Park’s founding by convening a special community workshop to explore the remarkable history of the park’s early development. Balboa Park stakeholders, from both within and outside the...
by Forever Balboa Park | Feb 27, 2018 | Park History, Studies and Reports
Recently Balboa Park celebrated the centennial of the 1915 Panama California Exposition and how its impact on the Central Mesa continues to define the park’s distinctive character today. The park itself, however, was actually founded almost 50 years prior to the epic...