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Aliso Creek Pocket Park Clean Up





A Saturday morning last month found members of the Northridge South Neighborhood Council, joined by neighbors and local businesses, engaged in a cleanup and beautification of a once barren lot at the corner of Wystone and Chase.  Now know as the Aliso Creek Pocket Park, this space is now a welcome retreat for neighbors and pedestrians, who traverse it daily as they bring their children to Napa Elementary or head down Chase to shop on the Reseda retail corridor.

The park, first established on Earth Day 2012, has thrived under the watchful eyes of local neighbors John and Pam Aitchison and Robert and Stephanie Schwinn, whose home are a stone’s through from the park.  In addition, the support of the nearby California Nurseries (www.california-nurseries.com) and the Park Parthenia Apartments (www.parkparthenia.com) has provided materials, labor, and welcome expertise.  In the case of the nursery, that support has meant a generous donation of plants and mulching materials on more than one occasion to keep the park refreshed with healthy new growth.  Northridge South thanks our community supporters for their time and support, without them the continued existence of the park would not be possible.

Among the improvements planned for the near future are new benches, as well as new signage to officially brand our reclaimed space as the Aliso Creek Pocket Park.  For more information or to volunteer in our ongoing cleanups, please contact the Northridge South at northridgesouth@gmail.com.
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