Cedar Fire Monument Park
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Friends,
The Community of Lakeside, as part of the completion of their River Park Fire Station, asked the Fire Board of the Lakeside Fire District to set aside a small portion of the property on the River Park Fire Station campus to memorialize the Cedar Fire of 2003. The District Board agreed to this project and donated $20,000 for the project as well as agreeing to fund perpetual maintenance of the space. A citizen committee was formed, a few additional small donations were received and an architect was hired to take our ideas and turn them into a meaningful plan.
We now have a designated space, an approved set of building plans, a willing contractor but we lack the rest of the ~$80,000 needed to finish the project.
Some details about our project and our vision:
Our ADA accessible site plan is full of educational and historical elements and symbolism about the Cedar Fire of 2003. The main walkway to the Monument will contain a chronology of fires that have impacted the Lakeside Area and through the many interpretive panels; explain that fire will come again to Lakeside and why and how we should be prepared. Finally the Monument will help local students who visit our site by displaying internet links to numerous sources of educational media, some of which are located on the FPD's web page.
The Committee believes that there should be 5 elements to the Cedar Fire Historical Monument:
1. To educate Lakeside Citizens, including our school children, about the Cedar Fire and how Lakeside was impacted by it.
2. To commemorate the work of neighbors helping neighbors by offering resources both large and small.
3. To tell "first hand" the story of the Cedar Fire from those of us on the front lines; we will do this through media, the written word, at public gatherings and through citizen visits to our Monument.
4. To tell the story of the Lakeside Fire District who has re-engaged with their community and been so profoundly and positively changed after the Cedar Fire.
5. To solemnly remember the lives lost in the fire; but also to celebrate the rebirth of the Lakeside community (and the surrounding areas) after the fire with all of the positives that a community coming together brings with it.
The Cedar Fire Historical Monument Committee has partnered with The San Diego Regional Fire Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization to assist us with accepting private donations and to hold and distribute the donated monies for use in this project. Donations of any size can be made via this "Go Fund Me" account or through the Fire District’s website at www.lakesidefire.org.
Please help us build a beautiful and meaningful project to memorize the Cedar Fire of 2003. Donations of any size can be accepted and all are tax deductible. In-kind donations of goods and/or services can also be accepted and can also be deductible.
Please contact us for additional information,
Andy Parr, Fire Chief
On behalf of the Cedar Fire Historical Monument Committee
www.lakesidefire.org
https://www.facebook.com/CedarFireMemorial?ref=br_tf
The Community of Lakeside, as part of the completion of their River Park Fire Station, asked the Fire Board of the Lakeside Fire District to set aside a small portion of the property on the River Park Fire Station campus to memorialize the Cedar Fire of 2003. The District Board agreed to this project and donated $20,000 for the project as well as agreeing to fund perpetual maintenance of the space. A citizen committee was formed, a few additional small donations were received and an architect was hired to take our ideas and turn them into a meaningful plan.
We now have a designated space, an approved set of building plans, a willing contractor but we lack the rest of the ~$80,000 needed to finish the project.
Some details about our project and our vision:
Our ADA accessible site plan is full of educational and historical elements and symbolism about the Cedar Fire of 2003. The main walkway to the Monument will contain a chronology of fires that have impacted the Lakeside Area and through the many interpretive panels; explain that fire will come again to Lakeside and why and how we should be prepared. Finally the Monument will help local students who visit our site by displaying internet links to numerous sources of educational media, some of which are located on the FPD's web page.
The Committee believes that there should be 5 elements to the Cedar Fire Historical Monument:
1. To educate Lakeside Citizens, including our school children, about the Cedar Fire and how Lakeside was impacted by it.
2. To commemorate the work of neighbors helping neighbors by offering resources both large and small.
3. To tell "first hand" the story of the Cedar Fire from those of us on the front lines; we will do this through media, the written word, at public gatherings and through citizen visits to our Monument.
4. To tell the story of the Lakeside Fire District who has re-engaged with their community and been so profoundly and positively changed after the Cedar Fire.
5. To solemnly remember the lives lost in the fire; but also to celebrate the rebirth of the Lakeside community (and the surrounding areas) after the fire with all of the positives that a community coming together brings with it.
The Cedar Fire Historical Monument Committee has partnered with The San Diego Regional Fire Foundation, a 501(c)(3) organization to assist us with accepting private donations and to hold and distribute the donated monies for use in this project. Donations of any size can be made via this "Go Fund Me" account or through the Fire District’s website at www.lakesidefire.org.
Please help us build a beautiful and meaningful project to memorize the Cedar Fire of 2003. Donations of any size can be accepted and all are tax deductible. In-kind donations of goods and/or services can also be accepted and can also be deductible.
Please contact us for additional information,
Andy Parr, Fire Chief
On behalf of the Cedar Fire Historical Monument Committee
www.lakesidefire.org
https://www.facebook.com/CedarFireMemorial?ref=br_tf
Organizer and beneficiary
Lakeside Chamber
Organizer
Lakeside, CA
Andrew Parr
Beneficiary
