{"id":344190,"date":"2026-06-03T05:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344190\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T05:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T05:58:13","slug":"piedmont-beautification-honors-donors-announces-spring-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/344190\/","title":{"rendered":"Piedmont Beautification honors donors, announces spring campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Piedmont Beautification Foundation (PBF) recently hosted a party to thank donors for their\u00a0 contributions to the Piedmont Aquatic Center. During the event, President Patty Dunlap\u00a0 announced that PBF\u2019s Spring Campaign will support the City in creating a new Nature Play\u00a0Area in Piedmont Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Karen Sullivan, PBF President during the pool campaign, recounted the Foundation\u2019s efforts to\u00a0make the aquatic center a reality. PBF was an early endorser of Measure UU, and Mayor Betsy\u00a0Smegal Andersen credited this support as crucial to the bond measure\u2019s passage. PBF\u00a0contributed a total of $239,000 to the project, specifically earmarked for the drought-tolerant\u00a0and native landscaping that now graces the center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2500\" height=\"1875\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PBF-Pool-donor-event-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1597344\"\/>PBF Pool Donor Party speakers: Mayor Betsy Andersen, Nancy Kent, Patty Dunlap. Karen Sullivan and Valerie Matzger (photo credit: Fran Wolfe)<\/p>\n<p>Former Mayor Valerie Matzger and Piedmont\u2019s Park and Projects Manager, Nancy Kent, spoke\u00a0about the importance of using low-water California native plants. They led donor groups\u00a0around the center to view the collection and shared plans for the upcoming Nature Play Area.\u00a0Located in Piedmont\u2019s Main Park adjacent to the new swings, this project will transform an\u00a0 under-used section into a vibrant outdoor learning space featuring climbing logs, natural play\u00a0elements and hands-on spaces where children can engage with the outdoors in meaningful\u00a0 ways.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A PBF brochure will be arriving at every Piedmont home soon. You can use the enclosed\u00a0 envelope to support the Nature Play Area or other ongoing initiatives, including the Dearing\u00a0Memorial, a current focus of the City. Contributions can also be mailed to City Hall (120 Vista\u00a0 Ave, Piedmont, CA 94611) or made through the PBF website:\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/piedmontbeautificationfoundation.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/PBF-logo-with-banner.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4252\" width=\"425\" height=\"546\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/piedmontbeautificationfoundation.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">www.PiedmontBeautification Foundation.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Piedmont Beautification Foundation (PBF) recently hosted a party to thank donors for their\u00a0 contributions to the Piedmont&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344191,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[143,145,144],"class_list":["post-344190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344190\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/344191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}