The Golden Age of Wireless

On 15 August, Beryl, Drew and I met for the first time with Ranger Casey Smith, who is the ranger for all of Golden Hill Park. From our initial planning meetings, our goal has been to unWire the Golden Hill Recreation Center and use that Internet connection to send a signal down the hill to the park at the end of 25th street. For about a year (yes a year) now, we've been managing the city negotiations with Debra Jones who has jurisdiction over the Rec Center, but we've always known we'd have to speak with Ranger Casey to get the go ahead for the rest of the park. It's been a good six months since we started contacting him, but our previous attempts never led to an actual connection.

It seems we're close to getting a solid draft of our MOU with the city completed, so we put forth a more strident effort to meet with Ranger Casey and succeeded. Like Debra, Ranger Casey is very supportive of GHICP and has already made some invaluable connections for us.