Today was a very successful day! City staff and volunteers worked together to dig holes, plant new drought tolerant, deer resistant plants, install irrigation and mulch. The irrigation is set up so that a hose may be hooked up to water the plants until they get established, and the rains begin. The neighbors have offered to provide the water, so...
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Thank you to all who showed up to help prepare the dirt areas on Fountain Walk so the the City, and those who want to help, may plant on Wednesday 10 September between 8am-noon, followed by lunch provided by the City in Live Oak Park. Thank you also to those of you who took care of the monthly maintenance tasks....
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Come join us to further beautify Fountain Walk: For now, we will be focusing on the dirt areas from the landing in the middle of the walk, down to the steps. Two Opportunities Saturday 6 September When: 9am-11am – Remove existing plants and prepare soil Where: Meet at Fountain Walk at the mailbox on The Circle PLEASE RSVP – We...
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Brian McGee of Bob McGee’s Machining, Inc. volunteered to fabricate a new crown jet fountainhead out of PVC for Friends of the Fountain and Walk. I highly recommend him for any fabrication project you might be considering: http://www.bmmci.com/. He is very clever, listens to what your needs are, and can easily translate what you want into something tangible. The crown...
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Join us on Saturday, Aug. 2, at our monthly Fountain and Walk work party. We meet at the northwest corner of The Circle at Los Angeles starting at 9 a.m. We bring the tools, you provide the elbow grease as we weed, trim, rake, sweep, and spruce up The Circle and Fountain Walk. All are welcome. Get some exercise, meet your...
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SUMMARY OF REPAIRS COMPLETED Thanks to your generous donations, we have now completed repairs: Balusters have been replaced and repaired Some of the sidewalk and steps on Fountain Walk are replaced or repaired All of the coping caps (where you sit around the fountain) have been secured All of the low voltage light fixtures (8) in the upper and middle...
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Friends and neighbors: For the second time this month, the fountain was “soaped” today (July 16) — detergent or something else thrown in to make it look like a giant bubble bath. This might seem like harmless fun, but it really takes a toll on the fountain works, and often means draining the pool, which wastes a lot of water....
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Friends of the Fountain and Walk (FOFW) has just completed the second phase of our repair projects. We would like to make sure that the community knows how grateful we are for their support, and to show you what was accomplished with your donations. Since we completed the first phase (October 2013), here is what we have accomplished with your...
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We are in the last phase of repairs that are made possible with the generous donations from the community. Thank you! On March 11th Hans Thiering Masonry and his crew began repairing Fountain Walk sidewalk and steps, and they also installed 10 more full balusters and one half baluster. The baluster replacements are complete and the sidewalk repairs are also...
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