Event:	Beautify Baxter Creek Gateway Park (East Bay) Share
Location:	Gateway Park (Richmond/El Cerrito Border) Key Boulevard and Conlon Ave, El Cerrito, CA 94530
Date:	Jun 3rd 2006, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Staff:	Manager: Abby D ; Coordinator: Melynda P
RSVP:	This event has already occurred

Event Description:

One Brick will be joining the Friends of Baxter Creek for a work party to maintain Baxter Creek Gateway Park. This newly built park features a restored section of Baxter Creek and a native grassland and is the result of eight years of citizen activitism.

We will be helping to weed and pick up trash to beautify the park.

Friends of Baxter Creek:

Formed in 1997, Friends of Baxter Creek is a nonprofit affiliate of the Urban Creeks Council dedicated to: Preserving, restoring, protecting, and advocating for Baxter Creek and neighboring watersheds in Northern Californias San Francisco Bay Area; Extending the Ohlone Greenway along the creek to connect with the San Francisco Bay Trail in Richmond; and Improving the quality of life for residents in the El Cerrito/Richmond area. Baxter Creek originates in underground springs beneath El Cerritos Mira Vista Golf Course and flows down from the hills in three branches to San Francisco Bay.