Collaboration At Its Best - Warriors And California Endowment To Unveil Refurbished Basketball Courts In Richmond Golden State Warriors Legend Mitch Richmond and the Warriors Community Foundation joined the City of Richmond, The California Endowment, Richmond Community Foundation, Good Tidings Foundation, and the Santa Fe and Coronado communities to unveil the newly refurbished basketball Courts at Martin Luther King Jr. Park just a couple of months ago. Youth from Richmond College Prep and the Richmond Police Athletic League (PAL) attended the unveiling and participated in the Warriors Basketball Clinic. The new courts now feature a 14,000 square foot all-weather acrylic playing surface, four new NBA Plexiglas hoop systems, new spectator seating, and a drinking fountain. The Warriors, working in collaboration with Good Tidings Foundation, have refurbished nearly 50 basketball courts around the Bay Area, helping to revitalize local neighborhoods and communities. Courts are resurfaced and receive new backboards, nets, rims, striping, and signage. 40 MARKETPLACEcontrac osta .com december 2014 Throughout the 2014-15 season, the Step Up Your Game program will hold basketball court refurbishments, additional Warriors youth basketball clinics and Warriors Dance Team dance clinics that will address the need for youth-oriented programs in the Bay Area that seek to promote and reinforce positive lifestyle habits. For more information on Step Up Your Game, please visit Warriors. com/StepUpYourGame. Step up your Game is a project of the Active Alliance, a partnership with: the NBA’s four California teams-- the Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers; HealthCorps, a notfor profit founded by Dr. Oz and his wife Lisa; and The California Endowment. The Active Alliance’s goal is to reach over 10,000 California kids in 2014 to measurably improve the health of children in their communities through exercise, nutrition and education. The completion of the refurbished court is also an important step for the Nystrom United Revitalization Effort (NURVE) which is focused on improving the quality of life for youth and families and aims to revitalize the economy and improve quality of life in southern and central Richmond through building projects, initiatives and community partnerships, and greater connections between stakeholders. The new courts were unveiled in honor of Mitch Richmond. Mr. Richmond is a well-known former player from the Golden State Warriors, a six-time NBA-All Star, and was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2014.
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