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By Bill Korbholz

This month marks the end of my third year as President.

It’s been my distinct privilege and pleasure to have worked with so many quality people and to have done my bit to advance the cause of preserving Edgewood for the plant, animal, and human generations to come.

Generally at this time I recap the year's accomplishments and look ahead to the coming year. But as my tenure as President ends, I'd like to take a slightly broader perspective of what we've accomplished and what we're about.

During these past three years, we’ve witnessed many significant achievements: the adoption of Edgewood’s Master Plan (many of us still wear the battle scars of that little episode), our own organization’s incorporation, the creation of a new Community Outreach program, and the strengthening of existing programs such as Weeding, Trail Patrol, Exhibits, and of course the Docents.

We’ve also experienced some transitions: Ron Weaver->Lynne Fritz->Tom Baker->Ricardo Trejo; Patrick Sanchez->Mary Burns. I believe that we’ve all learned and grown a little from going through these changes and I sincerely hope that our ongoing relationship with County Staff will continue to be a healthy and mutually beneficial one.

As much as I’ve enjoyed serving as your President, it is right to step aside and allow others to lead. I believe our incoming Board of Directors will be the strongest and most talented yet, and I know that our organization is in good hands. The years ahead will bring some very exciting and challenging opportunities for us in fulfilling our mission.

Thanks to all of you for your support, particularly those of you who have been active on the Executive Board, in committees, and in the field (er, Preserve). And special thanks to Kathy for her constant patience and encouragement, her creative ideas, and of course her gracious hospitality at many Friends events.

In closing, I encourage everyone to stay involved: there’s a lot more work to do and we absolutely depend on volunteers such as yourselves to keep Edgewood healthy.

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