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Neighborhood leaders urge Oxnard to create centralized volunteer portal and park ambassador program
Summary
Residents and neighborhood chairs told the Inter-Neighborhood Council that Oxnard does not adequately recognize or support volunteers and recommended a city-sanctioned volunteer portal and park ambassador program similar to other cities’ models.
Several neighborhood leaders used public comment to urge the City of Oxnard to do more to recognize, connect and support volunteers and to consider a park ambassador program to assist with light maintenance and activation of local parks.
Doug Partello, a 38-year resident and former Cabrillo Neighborhood Council chair, said Oxnard has many volunteers who clean neighborhoods, remove trash and maintain plantings but that the city lacks a centralized way to connect volunteers and projects. He…
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