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For twenty years, the Westheimer Art Festival / Westheimer Street Festival served as an essential shared community experience within the Montrose neighborhood, brought welcome revenue to Lower Westheimer merchants, and put forth a fun and welcoming face for the community to Greater Houston at large.
It has been a decade since poor management brought the festival to a close. Now, a new coalition of community organizers and business operators want to bring it back--but they need your help, and your voice in support of their efforts.
2. Community Park Support of Property Transfer to Phila. Rec Dept 
With guidance from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS), the Friends have decided that transferring ownership to the Recreation Department provides the best advantages, for several reasons, including:
§ This is a model that has been used successfully at Fitler Square and other similar parks.
§ The Recreation Department would help us with many maintenance tasks, such as sidewalk repair.
§ This structure would give us access to the City’s insurance, so that we do not have to bear that cost ourselves.
§ PHS strongly recommends this model and has funding that we can access only if the Recreation Department assumes ownership.
Thus, under the stewardship of the Department of Recreation, Montrose Park will benefit from the guidance of the Department as the Friends continue with the fundraising efforts and eventual construction phase of the project. As the ultimate goal of the Friends of Montrose Park is to convert these current vacant lots into a community "pocket" park, this ownership transfer would be an early but essential step in helping to achieve that end-goal.
