Mailing Address:
October 2007
Dear
Friends:
As
President of City Beautiful of San Diego, Inc., I invite you to join me in a
quest to gain worldwide
recognition for Balboa Park as a nationally recognized Botanic Garden.
The trees, plants and gardens
of Balboa Park are equal to, and in fact often superior to, the plant
collections in many other arboretums
and botanic gardens throughout the world.
Our goal is to have this great San Diego regional park
recognized and designated as a National Botanic Museum.
As
a first step in this process, we selected the Botanical Building for
accreditation by the
American Associations of Museums.
The AAM is the national organization that accredits museums,
including living museums like botanic gardens. This
is the first step in a process to eventually gain
accredited museum status for the entire Balboa Park.
Gaining
National Botanic Museum accreditation for the Botanical Building in Balboa Park,
a most
prestigious recognition, will allow us access to potential funding sources
for the Park. Some of the
organizations that have voiced support of this project include The San
Diego Foundation,
Friends of Balboa Park, Committee of 100, San Diego Floral Association, San
Diego
Horticultural Association, and San Diego Chapter of the American Society of
Landscape Architects.
Balboa Park and City Beautiful of San Diego, Inc. need your support, too. To
help, become a member
of City Beautiful.
If you would like further information about this project, call City
Beautiful at (858) 576-3828.
Please
join us, by returning the form below with your membership dues for 2008.
Your membership can make a difference! We are a 501(c)3 non-profit.
Sincerely,
Kathy
Puplava
President
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