The Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy will launch this year’s seasonal fundraisers with a unique event that draws people into nature with a twist. Fire & Ice at McCahill Park on Hemlock Hollow Road will highlight a space that is traditionally enjoyed for its baseball fields and playground. “The park will
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The Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy will host a spring lantern forest walk on March 20 at Riding Meadow Park. Donations will benefit park improvements.
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The public is encouraged to put on their hiking boots and hit the trail at Riding Meadow Park in Fox Chapel for a good cause.
The Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy is hosting a spring lantern forest walk at sundown on March 20, the first day of spring.
Lanterns will illuminate a wooded path that winds through the green space while participants reflect on the value of natural spaces and the important role the outdoors has played in this pandemic year, Conservancy Co-Founder Mandy Steele said.
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McCahill Park in Fox Chapel was transformed by flickering lanterns during a winter festival hosted by the borough’s new parks conservancy on Jan. 8.
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A glittering field of more than 500 lanterns sent a simple but solid message by the new Fox Chapel Parks Conservancy trying to raise awareness of the borough’s vast green space.
“These are the community’s parks,” Councilwoman and Conservancy co-founder Mandy Steele said of the Jan. 8 event at McCahill Park. “They belong to all of us.”