OLD MONTEREY FOUNDATION
EIN 45-1343649 · Arts & Culture (A20)
What they do
IN 2015 THE OLD MONTEREY FOUNDATION(OMF) IMPLEMENTED THE PLAN for LOWER PRESIDIO HISTORIC PARK. THIS PROJECT is BEST DESCRIBED AS A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY of MONTEREY, WITH OMF SERVING AS A COMMUNITY-ORIENTED TAX-EXEMPT ENTITY to GATHER FINANCIAL SUPPORT to IMPLEMENT THIS VERY EXCELLENT PLAN WHICH WAS ADOPTED BY THE CITY IN 2002, BUT HAD NOT BEEN IMPLEMENTED DUE to LACK of MUNICIPAL FUNDING. THE FOUNDATION is COMMITTED to RAISING THE NECESSARY FUNDS and DIRECT THE CONSTRUCTION of AGREED IMPROVEMENTS THAT WILL MAKE LOWER PRESIDIO HISTORIC PARK A CENTERPIECE of HISTORIC OLD MONTEREY. IN 2019, NEW SIGNAGE and KIOSKS WERE CONSTRUCTED IN THE PARK. IN ADDITION, WALKING TOURS BEGAN. for THE LAST THREE YEARS, MINIMAL MAINTENANCE WAS ACCOMPLISHED.
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About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2011
- Location
- 98 DEL MONTE AVE STE 201, MONTEREY, CA 93940-2381
- County
- Monterey
- In care of
- % RICK JOHNSON