No Small Task
“A very special thank you to you all for caring about our neighborhood as much as we do,” wrote resident Kelly Calub and Marjorie Fee, in the Reno Gazette Journal. “My mother and I have lived on Robinhood Drive for three years and have seen many changes come about.
“The park is like a reward for trying to straighten and clean up our neighborhood.”
It was no small task. Usable land needed to be acquired, money raised for design and construction, maintenance costs sought all before the park could become a reality and dedicated in May 1995, although opened for play in 1994.
While the 100-member groups raised nearly $10,000, other grants and funds included the Robert Z. Hawkins Foundation ($20,000), E.L. Cord Foundation ($20,000), the Nell Redfield Trust ($10,000), the city of Reno ($25,400) and volunteer labor. Moana Nursery, among other good neighbors, donated plants.