A Message From The President
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ince our non-profit organization Santa Barbara; Downtown Organization; Legal Aid was formed in 1965, Santa Barbara Foundation of Santa Barbara County; City Parks and Beautiful has celebrated and promoted exceptional Recreation; and Casa del Herrero. beautification efforts throughout the city with a We are dedicated to fostering community commitment to recognizing the people, the talent, engagement and, as President, I have witnessed the and the energy behind them. Our community’s extraordinary efforts of our Board of Directors, our unique natural and built environment, including Officers and Past Presidents, and our various handsits rich cultural heritage, makes Santa Barbara an on committees. I continue to marvel at the energy of outstanding place to live and visit. our team of property judges who volunteered many Over the past whirlwind year of activity, our Robert F. Adams hours, and their talents, to choose and write about Board of Directors has continued this tradition with the property award winners. I further acknowledge all support of ongoing programs and community beautification the people and entities that make this award ceremony possible projects. including our event sponsors - the generous businesses that We celebrated Arbor Day in April with tree-planting have continued to make this community celebration possible. A ceremonies and readings of Dr. Seuss’s “The Lorax” at many special thanks goes out to the Awards Committee, especially this local schools. We participated in the kick-off year for “National year's chair, Kerry Methner, along with our hosts at the Music Public Gardens Day” in May, and then organized our chalk Academy of the West, and the fabulous voices of our media talent supplies to sponsor a colorful entry for the I Madonnari Street that stepped up as volunteers to narrate our video presentations. Painting Festival. We provided key funding for Herbert Bayer's This year, our award recipients are simply outstanding; they “Chromatic Gate” restoration in June - even amidst the economic inspire all of us and reflect the vibrancy of our place in the world. recovery. We initiated a SBCC Scholarship for Environmental Speaking on behalf of our Board of Directors, we welcome Horticulture students, and have continued our long-standing you tonight to the Music Academy of the West and ask you to commitment to preserve and protect the urban forest with continue to support Santa Barbara Beautiful. funds for the City of Santa Barbara Street Tree Program. Our commitment to local public art includes funding the update for the Santa Barbara County Arts Commission's documentary about local public art, “In Plain Sight.” We are pleased to have developed several long-term — Robert F. Adams partnerships with organizations and agencies such as Santa President, Santa Barbara Beautiful Barbara Botanic Garden; Ganna Walska Lotusland; Santa Barbara County Arts Commission; Architectural Foundation of
COVER IMAGE: Santa Barbara Beautiful would like to acknowledge and thank local artist Pamela Benham for contributing the beautiful artwork for the 2012 annual awards invitation and program book. See more on page 41
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