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Dedication of Milton and Harriet Goldberg Park Saturday, April 26, 2008
In April of 1947, Milton and Harriet Goldberg were among the founders of the Sierra Madre Community Nursery School. In April of 2008, the Milton and Harriet Goldberg Park became a reality, and Sierra Madre Community Nursery School played an integral part of the creation.
For decades, Sierra Madre children have played on the open lots at the corner of Sunnyside and Ramona. Milton Goldberg had bought the property, but refused to build on it, saying "Children need space, time and love." Roberta Braun and Michael Goldberg, children of Milton and Harriet, wanted to see the land become park space after their parents passed away.
The City hadn't opened a new park in more than thirty years. But thanks to the sale of the land that the Sierra Madre Community Nursery School sits on to the school, funds were made available for the City to purchase the land from the Goldbergs, and in November of 2007 the ground was broken on the park. And in April of 2008, nearly sixty-one years to the day after the Goldbergs were instrumental in creating a special space for Sierra Madre's children, another special space for Sierra Madre's children became a reality as Mayor Kurt Zimmerman dedicated the park by reading a proclamation naming the day Milton and Harriet Goldberg day in Sierra Madre, and the Goldberg offspring joined Harriet's sister, Natalie Jacobs and Roberta's longtime friend and former Sierra Madre mayor Enid Joffe in cutting the ribbon for the opening of the park.
There were many members of the Goldberg extended family in attendance at the dedication, which was attended by several dozen folks, among them Council members John Buchanan and Joe Mosca and Public Works director Bruce Inman. Also on hand from Public Works were Chris Cimino and Suzi McConnell. Community Services Director Michelle Keith was on hand, with Assistant Director Elisa Weaver, and Adam Matsumoto also was on hand representing Community Services. Fire Chief Steve Heydorff and Engineer Bill Messersmith were on hand. City Manager Elaine Aguilar was joined by former City Manager John Gillison at the ceremony. Council members Don Watts and Maryann MacGillivray did not attend.
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