Willy Street Park Annual Meeting

media release: Willy Street Park Society's annual meeting will be Sunday, March 26, at 12 noon at WilMar Neighborhood center, 504 S. Brearly St. in Madison. Everyone is invited to attend. Willy Street Park is held by an all-volunteer non-profit corporation - 501(c)(3) - whose sole function is to keep the community open space at Williamson and Brearly Streets.  

For more information, or to volunteer or donate, call 608-242-0712. Look for us on Facebook, or our website Willystreetpark.org.

Mailing address: PO BOX 8443 Madison WI 53708

From the Corporation Bylaws:

The purposes of the corporation shall be:

[A] To exist as a private sector organization which shall maintain a park at 1002 Williamson Street, Madison, Wisconsin, for the neighborhood's benefit, as described herein and as amended from time to time by the Society.

[B] To nourish and develop the Willy Street Park so that it is satisfyingly attractive, safe, healthy and natural.

[C] To sustain an open membership policy which strongly encourages the citizens of our community to be actively, influentially and benignly involved in all aspects of the Willy Street Park's maintenance, improvement, use and governance.

[D] To develop a program that quickens and teaches good stewardship of the Willy Street Park and of our beloved earth.

[E] To maintain the Willy Street Park as a place where children may play with safety, pleasure and refreshment; and

[F] To encourage the presence and demonstration of artists, musicians, poets, prophets, orators and such other public or private events as are suitable for a neighborhood park.