Lacrosse Recruiting Camps: An In-Depth Guide for Boys and Girls

What are the key differences between boys and girls lacrosse recruiting camps. How can you identify a genuine recruiting camp. What factors should players consider when choosing a camp to attend. What does the future hold for girls lacrosse recruiting camps.

Understanding Lacrosse Recruiting Camps: Definition and Importance

Lacrosse recruiting camps serve as crucial platforms for aspiring players to showcase their skills in front of college coaches. These camps are not just ordinary training sessions; they are specifically designed to facilitate the recruitment process. But how can you distinguish a genuine recruiting camp from an imitation?

Key Characteristics of Authentic Lacrosse Recruiting Camps

• Recommendation requirement: High school or club coach endorsement is necessary for admission
• Diverse college coach attendance: Representation from multiple divisions ensures a wide range of opportunities

These features help maintain a high talent level and provide players with genuine exposure to college recruiters. The recommendation requirement acts as a filter, ensuring that only the best talent is showcased, while the presence of multiple college coaches offers diverse recruitment possibilities.

Boys vs. Girls Lacrosse Recruiting Camps: A Comparative Analysis

The landscape of lacrosse recruiting camps differs significantly between boys and girls. Understanding these differences is crucial for players and parents navigating the recruitment process.

Quantity and Availability

Boys’ lacrosse players currently enjoy a wider array of recruiting camp options compared to their female counterparts. These camps are spread across various regions, including:

• Mid-Atlantic
• New England
• The South
• Midwest
• West Coast

Many of these camps have been operational for years, leading to the development of specialized options such as grade-specific camps (e.g., Super Sophs) and division-focused camps (e.g., top-tier DI camps or camps tailored for DIII athletes).

In contrast, girls’ lacrosse players have fewer camp options. However, this limited selection often translates to well-organized, well-attended, and highly respected camps within the coaching community.

Camp Structure and Focus

Girls’ recruiting camps often incorporate a strong teaching component. College coaches frequently engage in one-on-one coaching during these camps, allowing them to assess a player’s coachability and ability to handle constructive criticism. This approach differs from boys’ camps, which tend to focus more on observing players in action.

Another unique feature of girls’ camps is the “arm band” rule. This practice requires committed players to wear an arm band, signaling to college coaches that they have already made a verbal commitment to another school.

Selecting the Right Lacrosse Recruiting Camp: Tips for Success

Choosing the appropriate recruiting camp can significantly impact a player’s chances of being noticed by college coaches. What factors should players consider when making this crucial decision?

• Attendance of target schools: Ensure that coaches from your preferred colleges will be present
• Camp size: Smaller, more intimate camps often provide better exposure opportunities
• Reputation: Research the camp’s track record and feedback from previous attendees
• Timing: Consider how the camp’s schedule aligns with your recruitment timeline

By carefully evaluating these factors, players can maximize their chances of making a lasting impression on college recruiters.

The Evolution of Girls’ Lacrosse Recruiting Camps

As the popularity of girls’ lacrosse continues to grow, the landscape of recruiting camps is evolving. What trends are shaping the future of girls’ lacrosse recruiting camps?

Age-Based Separation

Some camps in the Mid-Atlantic region, such as Maximum Exposure, have begun offering separate sessions based on grade levels. These camps, run by prestigious programs like Maryland and Loyola, have gained a solid reputation and attract representation from DI, DII, and DIII schools.

Invitation-Only Events

Elite showcases like the Northstar Invitational, organized by Womenslax.com (USC and Northwestern), bring together top players from across the nation. These exclusive events offer high-level competition and exposure to top NCAA programs.

The Impact of Technology on Lacrosse Recruiting Camps

As technology continues to advance, how is it shaping the landscape of lacrosse recruiting camps? Digital platforms and tools are increasingly being integrated into the recruitment process, offering new opportunities and challenges for both players and coaches.

Virtual Showcases and Online Profiles

With the rise of digital technology, some recruiting camps are exploring virtual showcases and online player profiles. These platforms allow players to showcase their skills and academic achievements to a wider audience of college coaches, potentially expanding their recruitment opportunities.

Data Analytics in Player Evaluation

Advanced metrics and data analytics are becoming more prevalent in player evaluation at recruiting camps. Coaches can now access detailed statistics and performance data, providing a more comprehensive view of a player’s abilities and potential.

Preparing for Lacrosse Recruiting Camps: Essential Steps

Attending a lacrosse recruiting camp is a significant investment of time and resources. How can players ensure they’re fully prepared to make the most of this opportunity?

1. Physical conditioning: Arrive at the camp in peak physical condition to perform at your best
2. Skill refinement: Focus on honing your fundamental skills and unique strengths
3. Mental preparation: Develop strategies to manage nerves and maintain focus during high-pressure situations
4. Academic readiness: Ensure your academic records are up-to-date and reflect your scholastic abilities
5. Research: Familiarize yourself with the attending coaches and their programs

By taking these steps, players can position themselves for success and maximize their chances of impressing college recruiters.

The Role of Parents in the Lacrosse Recruiting Camp Process

Parents play a crucial role in supporting their children through the recruiting camp experience. How can parents best assist their young athletes without overstepping?

Supportive Involvement

Parents should strive to be supportive without being overbearing. This involves:

• Helping with research and camp selection
• Assisting with logistics and travel arrangements
• Providing emotional support and encouragement
• Respecting the player-coach interactions during the camp

By striking the right balance, parents can help their children navigate the recruiting camp process effectively while allowing them to take ownership of their athletic journey.

Navigating the Post-Camp Recruitment Process

The work doesn’t end when the recruiting camp concludes. How should players approach the post-camp period to maintain momentum in their recruitment journey?

Follow-Up Communication

After the camp, players should take proactive steps to maintain contact with interested coaches. This may include:

• Sending thank-you emails to coaches who showed interest
• Providing updates on academic and athletic achievements
• Expressing continued interest in specific programs

Continuous Improvement

Players should use the feedback and experiences gained from the camp to refine their skills and address any weaknesses identified during the event. This commitment to improvement can demonstrate dedication and coachability to potential recruiters.

By understanding the nuances of lacrosse recruiting camps and approaching them strategically, players can significantly enhance their chances of success in the college recruitment process. Whether you’re a boy or girl player, the key lies in thorough preparation, active participation, and diligent follow-up. As the landscape of lacrosse recruiting continues to evolve, staying informed and adaptable will be crucial for aspiring collegiate athletes.

An Inside Look At Lacrosse Recruiting Camps

Editor’s Note: Please welcome Sean Furber to LaxAllStars.com! Sean runs Lightning Lacrosse, a proud LAS sponsor, and he’s here to fill you in on the differences between Boys and Girls recruiting camps. Sean has a lot to say about recruiting camps, so listen up. Learn from someone on the inside!
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Before we get started, I think it’s important that we define what a recruiting camp really is, or at least what it should be. The phrase, “accept no imitations” is a fair statement in the recruiting camp world, as we’ve all been witness to some that smell like a recruiting camp, but upon further investigation, have that fake plant look and feel.

It’s boys vs. girls time. Who you got?

How Can You Tell If A Lacrosse Camp Is Really A “Recruiting Camp”?

1. A recommendation from a high school or club coach is required to be admitted.

As recruiting camps, college lacrosse coaches attend with the intent to evaluate players/potential recruits. A recommendation requirement keeps the talent level high and serves a “filter”, so that the best talent is being showcased.

2. Many college lacrosse coaches from multiple divisions will be in attendance.

This sounds like an obvious aspect of the experience, but sometimes prospective campers are fooled by seeing just a few names on a list. Being guaranteed to play in front of an array of college coaches is very important.

Differences Between Boys and Girls Recruiting Camps

The most obvious difference between boys and girls recruiting camps has more to do with quantity than quality. As it stands now, boys lacrosse players have a far greater number of recruiting camp options than the girls.

For boys, there are a variety of camps in the Mid-atlantic, New England, The South, Midwest, and out West. In many cases, these camps have been operating for years. The camps in the Mid-atlantic and New England have become so popular that many camps are now offering specific grade recruiting camps (like Super Sophs) and further, some are now designated as top tier DI camps, or camps designed more for the DIII athlete.

Meanwhile, the sheer number of camp choices for girls is limited. This makes doing research a little less daunting for a girl player and her parents. Almost every girls camp I have come across is well organized, well attended, and well respected in the coaching community. One thing the girls recruiting camps do really well: collecting thorough player academic info (SAT, Grades, etc…) to accompany player on field achievements so that coaches get a well rounded profile of each athlete.

Another aspect of these girls camps that makes them effective is the inherent teaching component. Most college coaches who attend girls recruiting camps actually do some 1 on 1 coaching while they are in attendance. This helps the coach get a sense of a player’s true “coachability” (i. e. can they handle constructive criticism?). This is a big difference worth noting as many boys recruiting camps are much more focused on just seeing the player play. Boys recruiters trapse the sideline looking a jersey numbers and taking notes, keeping their distance from most players unless they are truly interested.

With boys recruiting camps being a bit more “hands off” you would think they would adopt the “arm band” rule often found at girls camps. This rule requires a committed player at a camp to wear an arm band so that college coaches know the player has made a verbal commitment to another school (whether they should commit that early is an entirely different article!).

When it comes to determining which camp(s) to attend, the best advice I can give to both boys and girls lacrosse players is to make sure to go to ones where the schools you’re interested in are guaranteed to be there. Also, the smaller, the better. A more intimate camp will lead to more exposure.

The Future of Girls Recruiting Camps

Girls, and parents of girls, should pay attention to the current boys recruiting camp trends as it will look very similar for them in a few years. On the girls side right now, there are a few different approaches currently being used:

1) Separation of Age

There are girls recruiting camps in the Mid-Atlantic that have separate sessions based on grades (Maximum Exposure). Maximum Exposure camps are run by the Marland and Loyola women’s programs, two of the premier programs in the country. They have offered these camps now for several summers, have solid representation from DI, DII, and DIII schools and prospective players, and have a great reputation.

2) Invitation Only

The Northstar Invitational, which is run by Womenslax.com (USC and Northwestern), invites the top players in the nation to come to Lake Placid in July to showcase their skills in front of the best NCAA Division I programs in the nation. It is following the Jake Reed model of inviting just the top tier high school players and DI coaches. Northwestern is the premier girls program in the country, and although USC’s program is still in it’s infancy, they have the infrastructure (coaches/weather/campus) to become very good very quickly. With these programs spearheading the invitational model, it should be successful for years to come.

3) College Coaches as Camp Coaches

At Lightning Lacrosse, we run Elite Recruiting Camps that cater to the growth of girls lacrosse in the NON-hotbed areas of the country. We offer 5 regional recruiting locations (West – Colorado, Southwest – Texas, Southeast – Florida, Midwest – Michigan, and Mid-Atlantic – Pennsylvania), and each of the locations have over 17 colleges/universities attending catering mostly to the middle tier DI, the competitive DIII/DII athlete, and select competitive club programs.

At our lacrosse camps, these college coaches are in charge of coaching the players at the camps, while also evaluating their talents. The camps feature a free recruiting seminar for parents and players to help educate everyone on the newest NCAA rules, tips in the recruiting process, and what coaches look for in an attractive recruit. The camps also feature speed/agility testing.

Conclusion

If the parents are looking at the men’s recruiting camps as a barometer for what to expect at girls, that might be a good idea, but girls should not assume they will experience the same camp organization and coaching structure. The interactive nature of college coaching at girls camps is a step up from what many boys recruiting camps offer.

The Best Approach For Boys and Girls

With so many lacrosse recruiting camps throughout the country, there are some fantastic options out there for both girls and boys players. All players can make their recruiting camp experience better with some solid outreach to college coaches who will be in attendance prior to the event. This helps the coaches learn about you ahead of time, and they’ll surely pay closer attention to you at camp.

As many coaches and industry leaders have stated, you don’t go to a lacrosse camp to get recruited, instead you use the camp as an opportunity to showcase your skills to coaches who already have a beat on you.
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About the author: Sean Furber is the owner of Lightning Lacrosse, a national leader in boys and girls skills and recruiting camps. Started in 2007, Lightning Lacrosse has partnered with coaches at some of the best college programs in the nation (Duke, Maryland, Johns Hopkins, Denver, Navy, Virginia, Georgetown, Loyola, Syracuse) to offer top tier boys and girls skills camps across the country. They also run Lightning Lacrosse Elite recruiting camps, 5 regional girls recruiting events catering to the emerging areas of the country.

Sean will be writing additional articles in the near future. Topics include new college girls lacrosse programs, the growth of girls lacrosse in the Midwest/Southwest/Southeast, and the recruiting challenges facing new small college programs.

Got a different perspective to share about lacrosse recruiting camps? Drop a comment below! We’ll make sure Sean sees it.

Top 5 Lacrosse Showcases – LRT Sports – College Athletic News and Exclusive Coach Ratings

Showcases and tournaments can be some of the best ways to get on a college coach’s radar. Below are some lacrosse showcases and tournaments that you can attend to help do this. It is also important to put together a highlight tape for coaches to view, once completed send to Hudl.

1 – Nike Blue Chip Lacrosse Camp

The Blue Chip Camp is the most highly selective, invite-only camp which showcases the skills of the premier high school lacrosse players in the nation. In addition to playing alongside the best high school lacrosse players from coast to coast, recruits can get direct exposure to coaches from the top NCAA Division I coaches and programs. Although scrimmages and games are a major highlight of the camp, players also receive one-on-one coaching and skill assessment.

2 – Under Armour All-America Underclass Tournament

This tournament is hosted annually by Under Armour it is the preeminent destination for high school lacrosse players to be noticed. NCAA Division I, II and III programs are invited to the tournament as well as the regional tryouts, which serve as an inside track to recruitment. In addition to the honor of being selected to a regional underclass team, selected players will be at the top of the list their senior year for selection to the Under Armour All-America Team.

3 – Showtime Lacrosse National Recruiting Spotlight

Similar to the Blue Chip Camp, Showtime is an incredibly unique, invite-only lacrosse camp open to both committed and uncommitted players from around the nation. Players will have the extraordinary opportunity to compete with other top national recruits and personal training from expert coaches from schools such as Duke, Johns Hopkins, and Syracuse. In 2016, Showtime proudly hosted coaches and recruiters representing all NCAA Division I program.

4 – Top 205

Although not as selective as Showtime or Blue Chip, Top 205 offers the opportunity for players to improve their skills with a broad range of players from across the nation. Top 205 is intended for players going into their senior year who may not have been as highly recruited as other ‘blue chip’ players, but who are still elite in their respective areas. While an invite is not necessary to attend Top 205, a coach recommendation is required to ensure only highly skilled players attend the camp.

5 – New England Top 150
While the other top camps and tournament on this list are geared more towards full exposure to a maximum number of NCAA Division I, II, and III programs, the New England Top 150 has attracted a multitude of talented players for the past 23 years seeking recognition from the top prestigious schools in the nation. The camp is regularly attended by Ivy League and other highly reputable university coaches and staff and combines scrimmages emphasized on team-play with drills and fundamentals coaching. With the proper combination of instruction, exposure, and opportunities to directly meet and interact with college coaches, the New England Top 150 is a great destination for any aspiring lacrosse recruit.

Prospect Camps | athenalacrosse

Below is a list of college prospect camps and showcases. We highly recommend that athletes attend camps of schools they are interested in as another way to get in front of their coaches.

How Lacrosse Camps Can Help Your Recruiting

See how lacrosse camps can improve your game and your scholarship chances,

In addition to helping you sharpen your skills, lacrosse camps have many other benefits beyond improving your game. While working to become a better player should always be your primary goal, lacrosse camps can also help in the recruiting process, too. Here’s how:

Peer Performance

Attending a lacrosse camp geared to your skill level means you’ll be learning, and playing, side-by-side with other potential recruits. Not only does that allow you to see how you measure up against other players, but it also allows you to learn from those other athletes. In addition, playing in a camp setting will likely push you out of your comfort zone. It will require you to work with different teammates in different settings and systems than you might be used to. Finally, the skills you learn and demonstrate at lacrosse camps against more skilled peers can help build your confidence and help you stand out to any potential college recruiters.

Showcase Your Skills

While lacrosse showcases may be a better opportunity to land on a college coach’s radar, a good showing at a lacrosse camp can raise your recruiting profile as well. If it’s being held on a college campus, odds are a coach or coaches will be involved. So, if you want more coaches to see what you have to offer, camps are often the way to go.

In addition, remember that most college lacrosse programs lack huge recruiting and travel budgets. So even if many college coaches aren’t in attendance, standing out in a camp can raise your profile among the coaches and recruiters that do see you. And that type of exposure is what can ultimately get you noticed by other college coaches.

Demonstrate Your Coachability

While you ideally want to demonstrate your skills at a camp to make an impression on recruiters, you can raise your recruiting profile by demonstrating your coachability. For many coaches, a player’s character and coachability matter just as much as one’s athletic ability. Remember that lacrosse camps are also opportunities to learn. Showing that you can learn from a coach, work with the team, and continue striving to improve can help you stand out.

Personal Interaction

Reaching out to college coaches is one thing, but lacrosse camps also provide the opportunity to introduce yourself and personally interact with a coach. And that is a much better way to raise your recruiting profile. That’s because interacting with a coach allows that coach to not only put a face to a name, but it also allows that coach to connect that name with your ability. Further, if you’ve established yourself with a coach via email or letter, attending a lacrosse camp allows you to invite that coach to see you at that camp, or lets you alert them you’ll be attending. If a coach or coaches are curious about what you can offer their program, a camp offers you the opportunity to get your foot further in the door with a coach or a program.

Get A Feel For A School

Attending a lacrosse camp at the school you want to attend gives you and your family the chance to visit the campus. This give you the chance to see what fits you best. You can check out that school’s athletic and training facilities, campus and class halls, and the admissions office for tuition costs. Even if it’s not a school you’re interested in, visiting a campus can help give you a feel of what you want in your college experience. And, along the way, you may even discover what you’re looking for at a school that wasn’t on your list.

Finally, don’t forget that lacrosse camps are also great opportunities to improve, regardless of your skill level or age. Start early, grow your game, and show coaches growth and development over time. And no matter where or when you attend a lacrosse camp, find the camp that’s the right fit for you. You could raise your game while also raising your recruiting profile.

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2019 college lacrosse camps for high school athletes

USA TODAY High School Sports has a weekly column on the college recruiting process. Here, you’ll find practical tips and real-world advice on becoming a better recruit to maximize your opportunities and play at the college level. Jason Smith is a former NCAA DIII athlete and college coach at all three division levels. Jason is just one of many former college and professional athletes, college coaches and parents who are part of the Next College Student Athlete team. Their knowledge, experience and dedication, along with NCSA’s history of digital innovation and long-standing relationship with the college coaching community, have made NCSA the largest and most successful athletic recruiting network in the country.

Which college lacrosse camps offer the best value? College lacrosse camps offer student-athletes a chance to increase their recruiting exposure and get evaluated by coaches, making them an important part of the recruiting process. College lacrosse camps are especially helpful for those who may not have a lot of access to recruiting exposure in their region, allowing athletes to hone their skills and potentially check out a college they’re interested in.

However, researching the right camps to attend and finding prices for each one can be a time-consuming process for families that don’t have a lot of time to spare. That’s why NCSA has compiled a definitive list of every men’s lacrosse camp and women’s lacrosse camp in the country. You will also find the date, age level and cost of each college lacrosse camp, potentially saving you hours of research time. Check them out here:

NCSA’s complete list of 2019 college men’s lacrosse camps and showcases

NCSA’s complete list of 2019 college women’s lacrosse camps and showcases

What does a lacrosse camp invitation mean?

Not every college lacrosse camp invite is the same. If you’ve received a camp invite from a coach you’ve been communicating with, that’s a great sign and likely means that you’re on that coach’s radar. However, if an invite you’ve received looks generic, you’re probably not on that coach’s radar yet. You’ll get the most out of camp if coaches know who you are, so make an effort to build a relationship with coaches ahead of time. If you can’t attend, you should still make sure to respond to all your camp invites. This way, you can still try to connect with coaches and even share your highlight video.

Read more: What does it mean when a college coach invites you to a camp?

Before you register for camp

A great college lacrosse camp experience is largely a result of good preparation. First, do your research on the school and program before you register for camp. Attending a camp is a great opportunity to improve your skills and get recruiting exposure, but the decision to do so should be based on your family’s budget.

If you have received a camp invite to a college on your list and your family can afford it, you should consider attending. Even if you’re not a serious recruit for that program, you can get valuable camp experience. If you’re working with a tight budget, focus on your target schools or look at who else will be in attendance at the camp in question. If coaches from other colleges will be present, especially ones from schools you are considering, it might be worth stretching your budget to attend. It’s valuable to get seen by multiple college coaches in one camp. However, if you can’t afford a camp, make sure to still respond to your invite.

Student-athletes need to be strategic in choosing the right college lacrosse camp to attend since just showing up won’t guarantee you’ll get noticed by college coaches. Make sure to connect with coaches before attending to get on their recruiting radar and improve your chances of getting evaluated.

Read more: Best D1, D2, D3 and NAIA college men’s lacrosse programs

What are the different types of lacrosse camps?

• Prospect camp: often invitation-only and restricted to club athletes. Brings top recruits in and has them stay overnight for three to four days, providing athletes with skills development, competition and evaluation. Offers an opportunity for schools and coaches to evaluate their top choices.
• Clinic: a shortened version of a camp, usually lasting one day.
• College camp: the camp may have many talented players attending, but it can’t be invite-only. If it’s hosted on an NCAA college campus, it must allow anyone to attend regardless of ability level.
• Showcase: a tournament usually organized for club teams. There can be a wide variation in skill levels across clubs, but this is where college coaches do most of their recruiting.

Read more: Best Division I, Division II, Division III and NAIA college women’s lacrosse programs

What to expect at lacrosse camps

Student-athletes should expect to perform a variety of drills focusing on offensive and defensive individual skills training. This can include goal scoring, team play, defense, positioning, ball control, and passing and receiving. Additional goalkeeping instruction can include communication, proper warmup, basics of stance, stopping screened shots, stick skills, basic clearing, and more. Also, one-on-one instruction with written evaluations can be offered at camps. Meanwhile, showcases offer attendees a chance to compete against other athletes in a competitive game setting. Wherever you choose to attend, you’ll want to do your research ahead of time. Depending on your personal lacrosse recruiting situation, you’ll want to consider how much a lacrosse camp focuses on fundamentals, individual evaluations, strategies or team play. If you’re not ready to compete against top athletes, you may want to focus on skills development. 

How to make the most of your college lacrosse camp experience

Make the most of your camp experience by following a few simple tips:

• Be prompt: College coaches notice student-athletes who arrive late. Double check registration and start times to ensure you’ll get there early.
• Bring all the essentials: You’ll want to be at your best when competing in front of college coaches. Make sure you have all the equipment you need to do just that: stick, goggles, helmet, cleats, mouthguard, water, towel, sunscreen, etc. You can check the camp’s website, too, as it typically outlines everything you should bring.
• Stay positive: College coaches look for recruits who are coachable, so they’ll evaluate your body language and attitude on and off the field. It’s important to stay positive, because it shows coaches that you’re mentally tough.
• Check out campus: Stick around after camp and visit the university to get a feel for the campus. If there’s another college nearby, make the most of your day and check out that one, too. Seeing a college campus in person can help you decide if it’s the right fit for you.

Make sure to follow up after the camp

Once you’ve left camp, your camp effort isn’t actually over. Maintaining communication with college coaches is extremely important, so after camp you’ll want to follow up with coaches and thank them for the opportunity. You can also ask them about which skills you need to improve. Afterward, whenever you have noteworthy updates to share, such as new video or verified stats, email them about your progress. Building relationships with college coaches is essential to staying on their radar and getting an offer.

Read more: How to email college coaches

Programs › Marlin LAX Camps

Our Virginia lacrosse camps are available year round. We run summer camps until fall ball starts and once it gets cold we head indoors for some intense stick work during our winter indoor leagues and box clinic.

Expect some great things for all skill levels and most importantly you can expect to have some fun. You’ll find out all the details of each camp below including age requirements and costs.

• Boys Session 1 – Summer Day Camp

  Each day begins at 9AM & concludes at 3PM. Campers are divided into age groups, & instruction is based on campers age & ability level – ALL ABILITY LEVELS FROM BEGINNING TO ADVANCED ARE WELCOME
  & ENCOURAGED. Each day includes both
  individual & team instruction, & games are played each afternoon. To beat the summertime heat we’ll also play indoor games each day! The “Field House” & “Sportsplex” are directly next door to each other so campers can be picked up & dropped off each day at the VB Sportsplex.

  Dates and Times

  June 28 – July 1 • 9AM-3PM.

  Equipment

  Equipment is available to borrow.

  Additional Staff:

  Virginia Wesleyan Assistant coaches & players, Certified Athletic Trainer, & Game Officials

  COVID-19

  All COVID-19 protocols & safety measures will be followed. Zero cases reported throughout our summer 2020 camps.

• Girls Session 1 – Summer Day Camp

  Each day begins at 9AM & concludes at 3PM. Campers are divided into age groups, & instruction is based on campers age & ability level – ALL ABILITY LEVELS FROM BEGINNING TO ADVANCED ARE WELCOME
  & ENCOURAGED. Each day includes both
  individual & team instruction, & games are played each afternoon. To beat the summertime heat we’ll also play indoor games each day!

  Photo by: psmithy.

  Dates and Times

  June 28 – July 1 • 9AM-3PM.

  Equipment

  Equipment is available to borrow.

  Additional Staff:

  Virginia Wesleyan Assistant coaches & players, Certified Athletic Trainer, & Game Officials

  COVID-19

  All COVID-19 protocols & safety measures will be followed. Zero cases reported throughout our summer 2020 camps.

• Boys Session 2 – Summer Day Camp

  Each day begins at 9AM & concludes at 3PM. Campers are divided into age groups, & instruction is based on campers age & ability level – ALL ABILITY LEVELS FROM BEGINNING TO ADVANCED ARE WELCOME
  & ENCOURAGED. Each day includes both
  individual & team instruction, & games are played each afternoon. To beat the summertime heat we’ll also play indoor games each day!

  Dates and Times

  July 26-29 • 9AM-3PM.

  Equipment

  Equipment is available to borrow.

  Additional Staff:

  Virginia Wesleyan Assistant coaches & players, Certified Athletic Trainer, & Game Officials

  COVID-19

  All COVID-19 protocols & safety measures will be followed. Zero cases reported throughout our summer 2020 camps.

• Girls Session 2 – Summer Day Camp

  Each day begins at 9AM & concludes at 3PM. Campers are divided into age groups, & instruction is based on campers age & ability level – ALL ABILITY LEVELS FROM BEGINNING TO ADVANCED ARE WELCOME
  & ENCOURAGED. Each day includes both
  individual & team instruction, & games are played each afternoon. To beat the summertime heat we’ll also play indoor games each day!

  Photo by: K.M. Klemencic.

  Dates and Times

  July 26 – 29 • 9AM-3PM.

  Equipment

  Equipment is available to borrow.

  Additional Staff:

  Virginia Wesleyan Assistant coaches & players, Certified Athletic Trainer, & Game Officials

  COVID-19

  All COVID-19 protocols & safety measures will be followed. Zero cases reported throughout our summer 2020 camps.

• Winter Lacrosse Prospect Day

  Virginia Wesleyan’s Men’s Lacrosse program has achieved many great accomplishments over the past few seasons & has consistently competed within the Old Dominion Athletic Conference & NCAA Division III as an elite program. Marlin Lacrosse players have been recognized with numerous awards, & have continued their lacrosse playing careers at the professional ranks.

  Our Marlin Lacrosse Prospect Day will be a full day simulating Marlin Lacrosse. From watching the current team practice to a simulated NCAA practice with Virginia Wesleyan University coaches to games where the Marlin coaches will be able to evaluate the players this promises to be a great chance to showcase your abilities against some other high-level talent! The Prospect Day is for High-School players only (grades 9-12) who are interested in being recruited (especially by Virginia Wesleyan!!!). In addition to the practice & games, the prospects will attend an informational session on VWU Admissions, have a campus tour, & sit down with the coaches to discuss the recruiting opportunities at Virginia Wesleyan University. Space is limited so enroll now to reserve your spot, & come attend a great day of lacrosse where you can compete with other elite recruits!

  Dates and Times

  SATURDAY 2/8/2020 * schedule subject to change*
  8 – 10AM: VWU team practice; come observe & see Marlin Lacrosse live & in action
  10AM: Check-in / Registration
  10:30AM – 12PM: Practice session simulating Marlin Lacrosse; run by VWU coaching staff
  12PM: Campus tours, VWU Admissions info sessions, & lunch
  2:30PM: Game sessions
  4PM: wrap-up, VWU Lacrosse recruiting seminar
  

  Additional Staff:

  Virginia Wesleyan Assistant coaches & players, & Certified Athletic Trainer

  Sign Up

  Each player must pre-register and pay a $105 fee to reserve their spot. All registrants will receive a confirmation email upon online registration.

     

• Winter Indoor Instructional League & Clinic

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San Francisco (county) is… What is San Francisco County?

San Francisco (Spanish San Francisco ) is a city and county in California, USA, named after the Catholic saint (in Spanish San ) Francis of Assisi ^[1] . With a population of 740,000 in 2005, it is the fourth most populous city in California and the second most populous in the United States. San Francisco is located at the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula. B to For most of its history, it was the most populated and important city in the San Francisco Bay Area.

In 1776, the Spaniards settled on the coast of the peninsula, building a fort at the Golden Gate and establishing a mission named after St. Francis. The start of the Gold Rush in 1848 marked a period of rapid growth in San Francisco. After a devastating earthquake and fire in 1906, the city was quickly and almost completely rebuilt.

San Francisco is a world tourist destination known for its cold summer fogs, steep hills, and a mix of Victorian and modern architecture.City attractions include the Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, the cable car system, Coit Tower and Chinatown.

History

San Francisco’s history has been greatly influenced by its unique geographic location, making it an important center of maritime trade and a very convenient defensive redoubt. Since corporations began to develop in the United States, the city quickly became one of the main centers of economic development and cultural diversity.

Pre-colonial history

From about 10,000 to 20,000 years before the arrival of Europeans, the San Francisco Peninsula was inhabited by Indians. When the Europeans arrived in this territory, they found the Oloni tribe (translated from the Indian – “Western people”), who lived here from 8 thousand years BC until the beginning of the 19th century. Their camp was on the coast of Big Sur.

Early colonies, arrival of Europeans

Mission of Saint Francis of Assisi

The Spanish exploration team, commanded by Gaspar de Portula, arrived on November 2, 1769, the first documented visit to the San Francisco Bay, the entire coastal area was presented as part of New Spain land.6 years later, the Spaniards founded the Mission of Saint Francis of Assisi (also known as Mission Dolores), which was under the cover of a small military fort, on the site of which is now Presidio Park. from Russian merchants and sailors who lived here.

After Mexico declared independence from Spain in 1821, San Francisco, like the rest of California, became Mexican property.In 1835, the Englishman William Richardson built the first major European house, not far from the mission, in what is now Portsmouth Square. Together with the ruler of the colony, Francis De’Jaro, he created the first plan of the city and renamed the Mission of St. Francis of Assisi, calling it Yerba Buena (Spanish Yerba Buena , literally Good Grass ). In 1838, he applied for a large portion of the land in Marin County, in 1841 Richardson received it and built the Sausalito Ranch there.Richardson’s Cove is named after him.

1888 Map

On July 7, 1846, during the Mexican-American War, Fleet Commander John D. Slot put forward US rights to California, 2 days later he and Captain John B. Montgomery arrived at Yerbu Buena. On July 31, 1846, the population of Yerbe Buena was doubled by the arrival of 240 Mormons who immigrated from the east coast. They arrived on the ship Brooklyn, commanded by Sam Branan. A year later, Yerba Buena was renamed San Francisco.The city and all of California became officially American thanks to the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty, which ended the Mexican-American War. But San Francisco, as a 19th century settlement, had a significant drawback: the city was located on the very edge of the peninsula, so there was a lack of drinking water and construction timber. This natural problem forced the constant supply of drinking water, fuel and food. The first of a series of environmental change measures in San Francisco was the draining of marshes to expand the area for construction.The modern city center is built over the old harbor of Yerba Buena, dried up by the order of Governor Stephen Watts Kearney in 1847.

Gold Rush

The California gold rush, which began in 1848, caused a huge increase in the population in the city. From January 1848 to December 1849, San Francisco’s population increased from 1,000 to 25,000. The explosive growth continued for 50 years, with new Comstock silver deposits in Nevada spurring a new wave of immigrants.The city’s development plan was not ready for such a sharp increase in residents, so the city had big problems with transport in the narrow streets with which it struggles to this day. San Francisco has become the largest city west of the Mississippi River, since 1920 the largest city is Los Angeles.

San Francisco 1855

During the years of the gold rush, a lot of Chinese workers came to the city to work in gold mines, and in the future, to work on the transcontinental railroad.Chinatown was and remains one of the largest in the country. A fifth of San Francisco’s residents are Chinese, and it is one of the largest Chinese diasporas in the world. The gold rush promised good mining for many, so rich and famous bankers, architects, magnates and mine owners such as Charles Cocker, Mark Hopkins, Colins P. Huntington and Lenan Stanford began to appear in the city. They quickly began to build up their mansions in the Nob Hill area, now many of these structures have become famous hotels in San Francisco (Mark Hopkins Hotel and Huntington Hotel).Many city dwellers demanded more jobs from the authorities, so many new companies emerged during the Great Immigration period, which later became well-known – clothing company – Levi Strauss & Co, chocolate company – Ghirardelli and Wells Fargo bank.

As in many mountain cities, the social climate in early San Francisco was unstable. This situation caused a great resonance in the US Senate, and the Compromise Acts of 1850 sparked feuds on the basis of the problem of “hard labor”.In 1851, and then in 1856, the “Vigilance Committee” was created, which fought against crime, government corruption and violence against immigrants, but perhaps this committee created more lawlessness than it prevented. This popular movement lynched 12 people, kidnapped hundreds of Irish people, government officials and forced the city’s elected officials to resign. Twice the “Vigilance Committee” was stopped by the use of force, after which it was decided that the city was “cleaned out”.This committee later focused on immigrants from China, causing much unrest in the Chinatown area. These riots led to the creation of a law to weaken Chinese immigration to the United States by reducing the allowed number of immigrants in the city. The “Chinese Immigration Act” was passed in 1882, but canceled only in 1943.

Market Street

The City of San Francisco was the county seat of San Francisco from 1849 to 1856. But due to the fact that the population of the city was greatly out of proportion to the population of the entire county, the California state government decided to split the county.The border ran through the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, just north of Mount San Bruno. Anything south of the line became the new San Mateo County, centered in Redwood City, and everything to the north became the new unified city-county of San Francisco.

In the fall of 1855, a ship arrived in San Francisco, carrying refugees from the far east, from areas prone to a cholera epidemic. Just as during the gold rush, population growth significantly outpaced infrastructure development, including sanitation, so a serious cholera epidemic became the number one problem.The Sisters of Mercy helped to solve the problem, they worked in the first hospital in the San Francisco County, but already in 1857 they opened a new free hospital, which functions to this day. It is located on Stanian Street.

“West Paris”

In the 1890s, San Francisco suffered from corruption and the party mafia, the city was ripe for reform and change. Adolphe Sutro, a member of the Farmers’ Populist Party, became mayor in 1894. As such, apart from building the Sutro Bass pool complex, he has failed all his attempts to improve the city.

The next mayor, James D. Phaelin, elected in 1896, was more successful. He introduced a new system that made it possible to increase the city’s funds by investing them in securities. This helped him build a new sewer system, 17 new schools, 2 parks, a hospital and a main library. After Phelain left the mayor’s office in 1901, he became interested in rebuilding the city into a large and modern “western Paris”. When the San Francisco Art Association asked him to draw a plan for decorating the city, he hired famed architect Daniel Burnham.Bernhman and Felin’s plan was incredible, proposing a fifty-year attempt at rebuilding the city, widening the diagonal of the boulevards and creating open spaces and parks. Parts of the plan eventually came to fruition, including the opera houses in the north of City Hall, the Metro lines below Market Street, and the Embarcadero Boulevard surrounding the city.

In 1900, a ship appeared in San Francisco with rats infected with the bubonic plague. Mistakenly assuming that the corpses buried in the ground are sources of infection, the city authorities forbade burying the bodies inside the city limits.The cemeteries moved to an undeveloped area by that time, south of the city, where the city of Colma is now located. 50 blocks of Chinatown were under quarantine while authorities debated how to get out of the situation. The outbreak of plague stopped in 1905. However, the problem with the location of the cemeteries and the lack of land remained. In 1912, all the cemeteries were moved to Kolma, where the dead now outnumber the living, more than a thousand dead per living. But they decided to leave the mausoleum of San Francisco, as a historical monument to the era of Mission Dolores.

Earthquake and fire in 1906

Fire after the 1906 earthquake

On April 18, 1906, a devastating earthquake occurred as a result of the 1,300 km San Andreas Fault, from San Juan Batista to Eureka, centered near San Francisco. According to the data recorded by the US Geological Survey, the earthquake was magnitude 7.8 on the Richter scale. The entire city was flooded, then fires began, which supposedly destroyed 80% of the city, including almost the entire city center.Many residents were trapped between the flood and a fire approaching their areas, it was decided to carry out an evacuation across the bay, which saved many lives. Refugee camps were located in Golden Gate Park, Washen Beach and in other unbuilt parts of the city. Even 2 years after the earthquake, many refugee camps were still functioning. At that time, the “death” bells rang 478 times, but as of 2005, more than 3,000 people were officially killed. With a population of 410,000, up to 300,000 people were left homeless.

Reconstruction of the city

Palace of Fine Arts, Panama-Pacific Exposition

Almost immediately after the tremors and devastating fire, plans began to be drawn up for a quick reconstruction of the city. One of the most outstanding and incredible plans was proposed for consideration, designed by the famous city planner Daniel Burnman. His bold plan included the construction of Ottoman-style avenues and boulevards, as well as a major transport artery across the city.The project included plans to build a massive civilian complex with a classical structure, which was to become the largest urban park in the world. It would stretch from the Twin Peaks Hills to Lake Merced. But this plan was not adopted, and it was postponed until better times, many still criticize it for its impracticality in spending city reserves and unrealistic in the requirements for buildings. Private owners and the industrial company Real Estate were against this idea, as in order to implement this plan, the city needed to buy out a large amount of their land.When the original street layouts were restored, many elements from Bernhman’s plan saw the green light, such as a neo-classical civil complex, wide streets, a major transport artery, the Market Street subway, a fishing dock, and the Telegraph Hill Monument, Coit Tower.

In 1915, San Francisco hosted the Panama-Pacific exhibition, it was an official celebration of the opening of the Panama Canal, by which time the city was completely rebuilt after the earthquake.After the exhibition ended, all of its grandiose buildings were destroyed, except for the Palace of Arts, which still lives today, but in a slightly altered form.

Bay Bridge (San Francisco – Oakland) was opened in 1936, and in 1937, the Golden Gate Bridge was officially opened. During World War II, San Francisco was the main supply point for troops.

Bridge “Golden Gate”

The building of the opera house “In Memory of War”, which was opened in 1932, was one of the most important places in the history of World War II.In 1945, a conference of the United Nations was held here, at which the UN Charter was signed. In addition, 6 years later, here, a peace treaty was signed with Japan.

The period after the 2nd World War

After World War II, many of the American military, who were in love with the city, settled in it, which contributed to the creation of the Sunset Quarter and the Visiteishin Valley. During this period, the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) began to aggressively implement the Bay Area Expressway program.However, Kaltrans unexpectedly faced a serious problem in San Francisco, where the very high population density meant that any highway construction would leave many residents homeless. Kaltrans tried to minimize the area of ​​road construction by introducing two-level roads, but the development of technology at that time did not allow the construction of such complex structures and therefore the project was curtailed, as it was unsafe. In 1959, the city council voted to ban the construction of any roads in the city, an event that became known as the “Road Revolution”.Despite this, minor modifications with roads were allowed. Since then, the anti-traffic police have been monitoring the observance of the ban. In 1989, the Loma Prietta earthquake destroyed the Embarcadero Highway and part of the Central Highway. After several referendums, residents of the city decided not to rebuild any of the structures. The areas that covered these roads have been reconstructed, with greater success being the redevelopment of the Embarcadero, which has been rebuilt into a historic coastal area.

In 1950, the San Francisco City Reconstruction Agency was headed by Harvard alumnus Justin Herman.He immediately began an aggressive policy to renovate the city’s natural reserves. He also proposed a plan for dividing San Francisco into large lots and building them up with modern buildings. Critics accused Herman of racism, perceiving his changes in the city’s architecture as attempts to isolate and then evict African-Americans. According to his plans, the Embarcadero Center, Japanese Quarter, Giri Street and Yerba Buena Gardens were built.

Manhattanization. Homeless problem

Night city view

During the reign of Mayor Diana Feinstein (1978-1988), San Francisco experienced a real “reconstruction boom” called Manhattanization.A lot of skyscrapers have sprung up in the financial district, and the boom also included the introduction of condominiums over several districts of the city. There was an opposition movement in the city, composed of people who believed that skyscrapers would destroy the city’s unique characteristics. Like the “road revolution” 10 years earlier, a “high-altitude revolution” began in the city, which forced San Francisco to impose altitude restrictions. These restrictions have been respected for many years, but nowadays, when the housing problem is particularly difficult, plans are being considered to change the level of elevation, which will allow the construction of new structures such as Rincon Hill in the south of the Market area.This second wave of skyscraper construction, like the first, was met with discontent among the population.

During the 1980s, homeless people began to appear in many cities in the United States, and soon this problem became urgent in San Francisco. Mayor Art Egnos, the first and far from the last, tried to solve this problem. Egnos passed a law allowing homeless people to camp at the Civic Center, the camp was named “Camp Egnos”. The next mayor, Jordan, launched the Matrix program a year later, its goals were – by using force to evict all the homeless from the city.The program paid for itself completely, he was able to evict almost all the homeless. His successor, Wiley Brown, completely ignored the problem, thereby completely canceling the merits of his predecessor. Homeless people again flooded the streets of the city. Today, Mayor Gavin Newsom is fighting the homeless through the ambitious Care Not Money program, which provides a variety of rehab and employment programs for the homeless.

1989 Earthquake

On October 17, 1989, there was an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 point on the Richter scale. The epicenter was in the Santa Cruz Mountains, about 70 miles from San Francisco, with tremors in the city just minutes before the start of World Series 3. The earthquake severely destroyed numerous roads, including the Embarcadero and Central Highways. The damage to these roads was so severe that it was decided to completely destroy them. In addition to the roads, the tremors caused severe damage in Marin County. In the United States, this earthquake became known as the “World Series earthquake.”

90s, dotcom

During the development of the Internet and dot-com companies, highly paid Internet businessmen, programmers and other industry workers flocked to the city, creating a high demand for housing, which caused a significant rise in prices.High rents have forced many families to leave the city for good. The collapse of the computer industry in 2001 greatly affected the employment of the population and the economic condition of the city. To this day, the proximity to Silicon Valley and the large number of “computer” companies make high technology the main industry of the city. San Francisco has the lowest percentage of children of the total population, 14.5% lower than other major US cities.

Geography and Climate

San Francisco.Satellite image

San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco is located on the west coast of the United States, at the tip of the San Francisco Peninsula. The city’s borders are strongly stretched along the coasts of the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of San Francisco. The city includes several islands: Alcatraz, Treasure Island and Yerba Buena. The city also includes the uninhabited Faralon Islands, located at a distance of 43 kilometers in the Pacific Ocean. It is often said that San Francisco is a square with a side of 7 miles (~ 11 kilometers).

San Francisco is famous for its hills. A hill in the city is an elevation of more than 30 meters. There are 42 hills within the city limits, some areas of the city are named after the hills on which they are located (Nob Hill, Pacific Heights, Russian Hill, Potreto Hill and Telegraph Hill).

Not far from the geographic center of the city, a little to the south, there are a number of hills with the lowest population density; here, mainly, the entertainment and information infrastructure of the city prevails.On the Sutro hill there are towers of television and radio transmitters. Nearby are the Twin Peaks Hills, some of the tallest hills in the city and one of the most popular tourist destinations. The highest hill in San Francisco is Mount Davidson, 282 meters high; in 1934 a high cross was built here (its height is 31.4 m).

San Francisco is located near two tectonic faults that cause frequent earthquakes. Small earthquakes in the San Francisco Bay Area occur with periodic consistency.The threat of severe earthquakes is placing high standards on the strength of new buildings and forcing the rebuilding of early buildings and bridges.

San Francisco’s coastline limits the growth of the city, so some areas, such as Marine, Hunter Point and much of the Embarcadero area, have been built up with coastal backfill. The artificial island of Treasure Island was built from material obtained from the construction of a bridge across the bay. These areas are highly unstable in the event of earthquakes, as the 1989 earthquake highlighted, causing massive destruction in Marin County.

Climate

A saying mistakenly attributed to Mark Twain is, “The coldest winter I have ever experienced is the summer of San Francisco.” San Francisco, influenced by the California Mediterranean climate, is characterized by mild, wet winters and warm, dry summers. San Francisco is surrounded on 3 sides by water, so its climate is strongly influenced by the cold currents of the Pacific Ocean, which produce a mild climate with little seasonal temperature fluctuations.The city’s average summer temperature is 21 ° C, which is 9 ° C lower than Livermore, the closest city within the continent. The record for the highest temperature in San Francisco is 39 ° C on July 14, 2000. For comparison: the warmest month is September – 17.2 ° C, which is colder than June in Moscow, although the latitude of the city south of Baku is at the level of Ashgabat. However, the average daily temperatures are above 16 ° C from the beginning of May to the end of October. The daytime temperature in winter is about 15 ° C. Thermometer readings in the city almost never fall below 0, the lowest temperature was recorded on December 11, 1932, when it fell to -3 ° C.The season from May to September is completely dry, the rainy season starts in November and lasts until March. Snow is a very rare occurrence in San Francisco, since 1852, only 10 cases of snow have been recorded. The heaviest snowfall in the city was on February 5, 1887, when the snow level in the city center reached 3.7 inches. The last snowfall was on February 5, 1976.

Fog Looming on Chrissy Field Park

The combination of cold ocean water and high air temperatures of the California mainland leads to the creation of a unique phenomenon – the San Franciscan fog, which in summer can envelop the city (especially its western part, in the eastern regions the fog is less dense) all day long.Fogs are active in the city in late summer and from September to October. Fogs, California’s hot climate and ocean influences make San Francisco its own microclimate. High hills in the geographic center of the city are responsible for a 20% discrepancy in annual rainfall in different areas. They also protect the eastern counties from the fogs and cold conditions that prevail in Sunset County. For those on the east side of the city, San Francisco is sunnier and drier.

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Urban landscape

Chinatown

Quarters

The Historic Center of San Francisco is the northeastern “square” bordered by Market Street in the south.It is now the heart of the Financial District, close to Union Square and the hotel and shopping district. In these areas, there are cable tram tracks that descend from the top of Nob Hill to Fisherman Pier. Also in the historical “square” are Rushen Hill with the famous winding street – Lombard Street, with the urban version of Little Italy – North Beach and Telegraph Hill.

Mishin County is predominantly working class, with a large population of Mexican and South American immigrants.

During World War II, the Japanese Quarter was on the brink of destruction as the government decided to evict all Japanese Americans, but almost at the same time, the area was filled with thousands of African Americans. The Alamo Square quarter is famous for its row of houses called “Painted Ladies”, where the mansions of the business elite are located. To the north is the usual residential area of ​​Marina.

Richmond, a vast region in the north of Golden Gate Park that extends to the shores of the Pacific Ocean, is today often referred to as New Chinatown.In addition to the Chinese, immigrants from Russia and other parts of Asia live in Richnomd. In the south of the Golden Gate Park is the Sunset area, which is dominated by the Asian diaspora. Richmond and Sunset are the largest middle class neighborhoods, collectively known as The Avenue. Bay View Hunters, located in the southeastern part of the city, is the poorest and most dangerous quarter of the city thanks to its high crime rate. The other southern quarter of the city is ethnically different from Bay View Hunters, inhabited by students and the working class.

Japanese Tea Garden

South of Market is an old industrial quarter of San Francisco that has undergone a complete renovation during the development of dot-com companies, the quarter has witnessed the construction of many high-rise buildings. Following the success of the South of Market, many areas of Mission Bay have begun a complete overhaul of their infrastructure.

Beaches and Parks

Ocean Beach stretches along the entire coast of the Pacific Ocean, but it is not suitable for swimming, due to the cold water and strong currents.The entire territory east of the Golden Gate Bridge is occupied by Baker Beach, the beach is famous for its colonies of the endangered plant Hesperolinon congestum. The largest and most famous park in the city is the Golden Gate Park, which stretches from the city center to the Pacific Ocean. Once the entire territory of the park was covered only by grass and sand dunes, but now the park consists of thousands of artificially planted plants and trees. The park is rich in a large view of various gardens, the most famous of which are: the flower conservatory, the Japanese tea garden and the Stribing Arbotherium botanical garden.Bueno Vista Park is the oldest park in San Francisco, it was founded back in 1867. In the center of the park is the freshwater lake Merced.

Culture

San Francisco is characterized as a city with a high standard of living. During the Internet revolution, the city became one of the richest cities in the United States, thanks to the attraction of highly skilled workers. Many poor areas have experienced 2nd births. The city center has experienced a kind of “renaissance”, spurred by the redevelopment of the Embarcadero and South Beach and Mission Bay areas.Due to numerous reconstructions and restructuring, housing prices in the city have grown dramatically; they still remain one of the highest in the country.

A large diaspora from Asia and South America makes San Francisco an international city. 39% of its residents are foreigners, there are several quarters where only immigrants from abroad live and work. Such a large number of foreigners greatly influences the culture of the city. Since 1970, it was decided to hold an annual Chinese New Year Parade in Chinatown, since a large number of Chinese live in the city and it only increases every year.

Many foreign actors, writers and other entertainment workers who arrived in the 1950s established the modern coffeehouse culture, and they also pushed the city towards the social upsurge of the 1960s. San Francisco became one of the centers of liberalism, as Democrats, Greens and progressive parties dominated urban politics. Residents of the city, since 1988, in the US presidential elections have never given more than 20% of the votes for a Republican candidate.

Museums

Lijin-of-Honor Palace

San Francisco has a large number of museums, the most famous of which is the Museum of Modern Art, which contains exhibits of the modern and 20th century.The museum moved to its new building on the Sau of Market in 1995 and attracts about 600,000 visitors a year. The Lijin of Honor Palace mainly showcases European work. The Golden Gate Park is famous for its Museum of Fine Arts – M. H. de Young. It was founded in 1894, but was badly damaged after the Loma Prieta earthquake, in 2004 it was closed for reconstruction, and was reopened on October 15, 2005. Like the Asian Museum of Art, M.H. de Young exhibits non-European works.The Asian Art Museum has at its disposal one of the world’s largest collections of Asian artifacts and works. From 1958 to 2004, all exhibits were housed in the wing of the M.H. de Young Museum, but when it was closed for renovation, the Asian Art Museum moved to the San Francisco Library Building.

The Palais des Beaux-Arts, originally built for the Panama Pacific exhibition, now welcomes tourists as a popular science museum – the Exploratorium.

Near Lake Merced is the San Francisco Zoo, which cares for about 250 animals, 39 of which are considered to be on the verge of extinction.The city has many museums with non-traditional themes: the International Museum of Women, the Museum of the African Diaspora, the Contemporary Jewish Museum, the Museum of Folk Professions, the Museum of Caricatures and the Mexican Museum. San Francisco is famous for its eccentric museums: Antique Vibrator Museum, Mechanics Museum, Ophthalmology Museum, Believe It or Not Ripley Museum, Stamp Gallery, Museum of Tattoos (Old Tattoo Machines and Tools), UFO Museum, Bigfoot and Loch Ness Museum monsters and the Wax Museum at the Fisherman shipyard.

Performing Arts

The building of the opera house “Memory of War”

Symphonies, operas and ballet are quite frequent occurrences in San Francisco, they all take place in the building of the War Memorial Opera House, in one of the largest theaters in the country. Urban ballet and opera are the oldest performing arts in the United States. The city is also home to the American Conservatory Theater (known as the A.C.T.), which became, immediately after arriving in San Francisco in 1967, the most premier theater show in the Bay Area.In addition, a new conservatory and theater center has appeared in the city, known for staging performances not only for the ordinary population, but also for people with an unusual sexual culture. Theater in the Bay Area is the premier theater promotion campaign. It is a non-profit organization with 365 theaters in the San Francisco Bay Area. Theater in the Bay Area is the editor-in-chief of Calbourt magazine.

In addition, the world’s 1st homosexual choir is based and performs in San Francisco with 200 members and is called the San Francisco Gay Male Choir.In addition to the choir, the city also has the San Francisco Free Gay and Lesbian Ensemble, the first open musical organization of homosexual people.

San Francisco excels at improv theater, and has a very different style from other cities in the country. Compared to Chicago, where an improvisational performance lasts 30-45 minutes per evening, in San Francisco it would take 2 hours. In San Francisco, it is assumed that a person who can perform something according to a script will also be able to play well on the stage of improvisation.The greatest success in the art of improvisation has been achieved by groups such as improvisation BETS, Campaign of Unwritten Theater, Three for All, Truly Fictional Magazine, Leela Theater, Chris Hopkins and the San Francisco Improvisation Alliance.

Popular Music

During the 1960s, San Francisco witnessed the formation of new rock directions, beginning with The Sound of San Francisco. The two most influential groups from San Francisco in the 60s, Grateful Dead and Jefferson Airplane , began their careers in 1965.San Francisco was home to the famous punk rock band Dead Kennedys . During the 80s and early 90s, the city witnessed numerous punk rock, electronic, industrial and rave movements that influenced San Francisco’s musical culture. In the late 90s, when “gentrification” took place in the city, many musicians had to leave, not much impoverishing the city’s creativity. San Francisco, mainly in Fillmore and Hunter Point, is home to a large number of rap artists, the most famous of them are: Messy Marv , RBL Posse , Rappin ‘4-Tay , San Quinn , JT the Bigga Figga and Paris .The city gained a lot of confidence in the electronic direction of music, which was influenced by the House music of the west coast. Some of the popular DJs and electronic music producers in San Francisco are Miguel Migs , Mark Farina and DJ Garth . Om Records , one of the most respected labels in the US, is also based in San Francisco.

The most famous songs about San Francisco are I Left My Heart in San-Francisco , Tony Bennett and Scott McKinsey’s song San Francisco .

Festivals and Fairs

There are many different and unique street festivals, parties and parades in San Francisco. The Folsom Street Fair takes place in September, the Chinese New Year parade in February, the Carnival (Christian holiday season) during the spring, Fleet Week in October, and the Loveparade rave festival in late summer. San Francisco also hosts a variety of mass sports events such as the Bay to Breakers Race or the San Francisco Marathon.

Many neighborhoods in the city have their own annual festivals, especially live music performances. The biggest of them are: Castro Street Fair, Union Street Art Festival, North Beach Festival and Heist Ashbury Fair. Opera San Francisco every year in the open-air Golden Gate Park, organizes a festival for free. The San Francisco Symphony, like the Opera, has several performances in July and is also an integral part of the Sterm Grove Festival.On July 4, US Independence Day, there is an annual fireworks display over Fisherman Harbor, and another fireworks show takes place in May at KFOG: Kaboom !.

Sports

AT&T park

San Francisco Forty Niners Football Club, serving the NFL’s largest professional club in the city. Its gaming history began in 1946, and in 1971 the club moved to Monster Park (the modern arena of the club), located at Candlestic Point. The club’s success peaked in the 80s and 90s, when a team led by stars Joe Montana, Steve Young, Ronnie Lott and Jerry Rice won the Super Bowl five times.

San Francisco Giants, members of Major League Baseball, were originally based in New York but were forced to relocate to San Francisco before the 1958 season. Sadly, stars like Willie Mayes, Willie McCoway and Barry Bonds failed to win the World Series after the club moved to San Francisco. In 1989, Game 3 of the Giants in the World Series was halted by the Loma Prieta earthquake. The Giants play at AT&T Park, which opened in 2000 as part of the South Beach and Mission Bay redevelopment program.

Universities of San Francisco are actively involved in the sporting life of the city. Dons, an athletic team at the University of San Francisco, competes in the 1st Division of the National Athletic Association of Colleges (NAAC). Bill Russell was the leader of the Dons men’s basketball team when they won the NAAC championship in 1955 and 1956. The Gators team, representing San Francisco State University, competes in the 2nd Division.

The city has a fairly strong lacrosse team, the Dragons, which play in the major league of lacrosse.The club performs at Kezar Stadium, located in the southeastern corner of Golden Gate Park. In addition to the Dragons, the California Victoria team, playing in the first division of the soccer league, plays at Kezar Stadium. There is another semi-professional soccer team in the city, serving in the amateur division.

San Francisco has abundant resources and facilities for hosting sporting events. Therefore, since 1912, the city has annually held a walking competition – the Bay Breakers, although it is more famous for the colorful costumes of the participants and the festive spirit of the public.More serious competition, the annual San Francisco Marathon attracts over 7,000 participants. The city has about 320 km of bike paths, and the Embarcadero and Marin Green neighborhoods attract skateboarders and roller skaters. In the park Golden Gate and Dolores there are all conditions for tennis fans. Since sailing is popular in San Francisco, a yacht club was built in the Marin area.

Media

The San Francisco Chronicle, for which renowned Pulitzer Prize winner Herb Kane worked, is considered one of the most widely read newspapers in northern California.The once famous San Francisco Examiner, the brainchild of William Randolph Hirst’s empire and home to Ambrose Bierce, has become a small tabloid over the years. Sing Tao Daily has become the largest Chinese language newspaper printed in the San Francisco Bay Area. An alternative press is published weekly in the city, these are the Bay Guardian and SF Wickley. The most famous glossy magazine in the city is the San Francisco Magazine. San Francisco Daily Journal, one of the oldest and largest daily planners.

San Francisco’s broadcasting zone is ranked 5th in the United States, and radio broadcasting 4th. All of the country’s major broadcasters have built branches serving the Bay Area, most of them in San Francisco. There are several local TV and radio stations in the city, CNN and the BBC have regional offices in San Francisco.

Television and radio stations are located in the Potreto Hill area, both of which represent a public law broadcasting campaign called KQED. The KQED-FM affiliate is considered the most popular radio station.Campaigns such as CNET and Salon.com have pioneered the use of the Internet in San Francisco.

City Economy

The backbone of San Francisco’s economy is tourism. With its portrayal of the city in films, music and popular culture, San Francisco is recognized throughout the world. This is the city where Tony Bennett left his heart, where Franklin Stroud, known as the “bird catcher”, spent many years in prison, and Rice-a-Roni became the favorite food of the population. San Francisco is the 5th most visited by foreign tourists of any city in the United States, and Pier 39, located in Fisherman Wharf, is the 3rd most popular in the country.More than 15 million tourists visited the city in 2005, leaving about $ 7.5 billion in the city’s treasury. A large infrastructure of restaurants and hotels is concentrated in the Moscone Center area. San Francisco is one of the ten venues in North America for various conventions and conferences.

Downtown San Francisco

The gold rush pushed San Francisco to the development of the banking system, now the city is the main financial center on the west coast.Montgomery Street and the Financial District, known as the “Walt Street of the West,” is home to the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco and the Pacific Exchange. Bank of America, a pioneer in providing services to the middle class, was founded in San Francisco in 1928. Many large financial institutions, multinational banks and insurance companies are located or have regional offices in the city. The center is home to about 30 international financial institutions, 6 companies in the Fortune 500 and a large number of infrastructures aimed at providing professional services to the population (law firms, PR companies, architectural campaigns, etc.).San Francisco is one of the 10 Best World Cities.

The city’s economy grew rapidly after the emergence of Silicon Valley in the south, requiring the involvement of high-class specialists. The valley is also home to a biotechnology and biomedical research center. Mission Bay hosts the second UCSF campus, which trains a highly professional workforce and serves as the headquarters for the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine, which funds the state-wide stem cell research program.

Small companies with fewer than 10 employees make up 85% of all businesses in the city. The number of employees in campaigns with more than 1,000 employees has been cut in half since 1977. It is very rare to find huge supermarkets called “Big Boxes” in the city, this is due to the fact that the construction of Big Boxes negatively affects the small business in San Francisco, from which most of the income comes to the city treasury. The Small Business Commission backed a campaign to preserve the share of small businesses, forcing the city council to impose restrictions on areas in which supermarkets can be built, a strategy supported by city residents who voted to enter into force of the restrictions.

City Administration

Since 1856, San Francisco has been a city-county; there is only one such consolidation in California. In addition to being the head of the executive branch, the mayor also heads the county administration. The mayor’s jurisdiction extends not only within the county, an example is the San Francisco Airport, which is located in San Mateo County, but belongs to the San Francisco authorities. Under the Racker’s Act, signed in 1913, San Francisco was awarded perpetual lease: the Hatch-Hetchy Valley and Yosemite National Park watershed.

Town Hall

The San Francisco government consists of 2 equal branches. The first branch is the executive, headed by the mayor and other elected officials. The second branch is legislative, it consists of 11 members that make up the city council, headed by the president (in 2006, Aaron Peskin). The president is responsible for passing laws and passing the budget, although city residents have the opportunity to directly influence the legislature by voting.City councilors are elected as representatives of the different districts of the city. If the mayor dies or resigns, his powers will be transferred to the president of the council, such a case occurred in 1978, when George Mosconi was killed and his powers passed to Diana Feinstein. The city’s 2006 budget was over $ 5 billion.

The federal government uses San Francisco to host various agencies such as the US Court of Appeals, the Federal Reserve Bank, and the Mint.Before disarmament in 1990, there were 3 military bases in the city: Presidio, Treasure Island and Hunters Point. The only inheritance from them was the fleet holiday. San Francisco is home to the California Supreme Court and a number of other state institutions. There are 30 diplomatic missions from various countries of the world in San Francisco, including the Consulate General of the Russian Federation.

Demographics

As of 2005, the population of the city center was 739,426.About 16,000 people live on one square mile, San Francisco is the second most populous city in the United States. San Francisco is home to about 0.7 million people, this is the largest number in the entire Bay Area, the city is ranked 5th in the United States for this indicator, according to the 2000 census.

Whites make up about 44% of the total population of San Francisco, Asians about 31%, Hispanics of any race – 14%, less than 8% of the total population are African Americans.

Few San Francisco residents have lived in the city their entire lives. Only 35% of residents were born in California, 26% in the United States, and 39% outside the state.

San Francisco has the highest percentage of single-sex households among US cities. According to the census, 2.7% of the total population are same-sex couples, however, according to surveys, the total number of homosexuals is close to 10% or 80,000 people ^{[2] 90,070.}

In San Francisco in 2005, the average household earned an average of $ 57,496, the 5th largest US city.Following the national trend to move from more expensive cities in pursuit of higher incomes, many middle-class residents have left San Francisco, affecting the percentage of children. There are 14.5% fewer children in the city compared to other large cities in the country. In San Francisco, 7.8% are poor families, less than the US average.

Homelessness has been a “chronic disease” of San Francisco since the 1980s. The city has more homeless people per capita than any other city in the United States.A large number of homeless people have contributed to the increase in criminal activity. For example, in 2003, San Francisco had 5,725 violent crimes and 38,163 property crimes, more than the national average. Among the 50 largest cities by population, San Francisco ranks 32nd for violent crime and 38th for property crime.

Religion in San Francisco County

Russian San Francisco

In San Francisco and the suburbs, there is a significant (c.20 thousand people) Russian-speaking community, many live in the Richmond area. This area is famous for the abundance of Russian restaurants and shops. The city is home to a Russian cultural center, founded in 1939. The Consulate General of the Russian Federation traces its history back to pre-revolutionary Russia, and since 1973 has been operating in the prestigious area of ​​Pacific Heights. [2]

Education

KUSF

San Francisco State University is part of the California State University System.It is located near Lake Merced. The university annually graduates 30,000 students and accepts newcomers, teachers, many with advanced degrees, teach more than a hundred disciplines. San Francisco City College, located in Inglisade County, is considered one of the largest colleges in the country. It teaches about 100,000 students and offers an ongoing program of study. The Jesuit University of San Francisco was founded in 1855, and today it is located in the Lone Mountain area. The university focuses on the free-thinking arts and is one of the oldest universities to be founded west of the Mississippi River.

The University of California at San Francisco is one of the 10 campuses of the University of California, and the 2nd employer in the city. The university is dedicated to biomedical research and only graduates students with a medical degree, it is ranked in the top 5 medical schools in the United States. The university has a medical center KUSF, which is one of the top 10 hospitals in the state. In 2003, a new 43-acre KUSF campus opened, dedicated to research in the human mind, biotechnology and the study of human behavior.The Civic Center area is home to Hastings College of Law, founded in 1878, the oldest college of law in California and graduates more judges than any other institution.

Many specialists in the visual arts studied at the San Francisco Institute of the Arts or at the largest in the United States, the private Academy of Arts. San Francisco is home to the only conservatory on the west coast, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, which teaches orchestral instruments.The California Culinary Academy, as part of the Le Cordon Bleu program, offers applicants to study the art of cooking and baking, as well as restaurant management.

Primary and Secondary Schools

San Francisco residents have a large selection of public schools, but in most cases they prefer to send their children to Lowell High School, the oldest school west of the Mississippi River, and a small Art School. Compared to 10% in the country, in San Francisco, just under 30% of schoolchildren study in one of 100 private or parish schools.Of these 100 schools, 40 fall under the control of the Roman Catholic Church of San Francisco.

Among the many private schools, there are 2 schools: St. Ignatius Preparatory College and Sacred Heart School. Both schools are the oldest and most implacable rivals. Every year, schools organize a Bruce Mahoney competition in honor of the memory of 2 schoolchildren who were killed during World War II.

Infrastructure

Roads and motorways

Bay Bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland

Because of the unique geography that often impeded road construction, and due to the results of the “road revolution” in the late 50s, San Francisco is one of the few US cities to choose a European arterial-style road layout over a large highway network.The residents of the city continue to follow this course, choosing, after the earthquake of Loma Prieta, the complete destruction of the Embarcadero motorway and part of the central motorway, turning them into boulevards.

Several major highways run through the city, connecting the north of the west coast to the south, or the west coast to the center of the mainland. I-80 to New York begins at the approach to the Bay Bridge connecting San Francisco and Oakland, the only direct road access to the east coast of the Bay.Federal Highway 101 connects San Francisco with San Jose (heading south) and Marin Okrug (heading north, across the Golden Gate Bridge). The CA-1 road also crosses the Golden Gate Bridge. The I-280 motorway, starting in the city, also connects it to San Jose. CA-35, which runs along the ridge of the Santa Cruz Mountains, enters the city along Skyline Boulevard in southern San Francisco. The busiest streets in the city are considered to be Geary Boulevard, Lincoln Way, Fall Street, Market Street and Portola Drive.

Public transport

Cable tram

The San Francisco public transportation system is the most advanced system on the west coast of the United States. About 35% of the city’s population uses public transport every day. The city’s transportation system includes buses, trolleybuses, surface and underground light railways Muni Metro . All this is the so-called system MUNI , which also includes the famous historical cable trams (see.San Francisco Cable Tram).

In addition to intracity transport, San Francisco has a developed suburban system. There is a kind of subway in the city, the work of which is provided by the BART agency. BART is a regional rapid transit system that connects San Francisco to the east coast through the Transbay Tunnel, and also has jurisdiction over San Mateo, San Francisco National Airport and Millbrae. The Caltrane rail system links San Francisco to San Jose.

Transport complex Transbay Terminal serves the stations of a wide range of bus systems such as AC Transit , samTrans and Golden Gate Transit . The San Francisco – Emirville bus route is served by system

Airport

San Francisco International Airport is located 21 km south of the city, in San Mateo County, under the jurisdiction of the City of San Francisco County. It is the hub for United Airlines , the largest renter, and Virgin America .San Francisco Airport is located in the artificially covered area of ​​the San Francisco Bay. The International Airport Terminal is the largest in North America.During economic growth in the late 1990s, when traffic became very dense and caused longer delays, it was decided to build an additional airstrip, which required additional drainage of the bay. In 2005, the airport ranked 14th in the United States and 23rd in the world in terms of the number of passengers served, receiving about 32.8 million people annually.Residents and visitors to the city can also use Auckland International Airport (32 km from the city) and San Jose International Airport (70 km from the city).

Ports

The Port of San Francisco was previously the largest and busiest port on the west coast of the United States. Now this title belongs to the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. Its feature was numerous piers located perpendicular to the coast. They had cranes for unloading moored ships and developed transport routes for transporting goods to warehouses.The port received cargo from ports from all over the world and was the main center of the west coast for the timber trade. The West Coast Dockworkers’ strike in 1934 was a major event in the history of the labor movement, leading to the suspension of the port and clashes with the National Guard forces.

The development of container shipping has eliminated the need for pier-based ports and has moved most of the commercial traffic to Auckland. Many berths remained abandoned for many years after the destruction of the Embascadero highway until the completion of the reconstruction of the port area.The center of the port is the Ferry building, which still deals with suburban transport. The building has been restored and converted into a market square. Not used for mainstream shipping, the piers are currently used mainly for office buildings, shops, museums, and the mooring of tourist ships, yachts and private ships.

City nicknames

• The City by the Bay
• The City
• Frisco (eng. Frisco ) – called visitors, residents of San Francisco do not call the city that.

Twin Cities

• Abidjan (fr. Abidjan ), Côte d’Ivoire
• Assisi, Italy
• Caracas (Spanish Caracas ), Venezuela
• Cork (eng. Cork ), Ireland
• Manila (eng. Manila ), Philippines
• Tyumen (Template: Lang-rus), Russia
• Osaka (jap.大阪 市), Japan
• Paris (fr. Paris ), France
• Thessaloniki (Greek Θεσσαλονίκη, English Thessaloniki ), Greece
• Seoul (Korean 서울 특별시, 서울 特別 市), South Korea
• Sydney Sydney , Australia
• Taipei (Chinese Trad. 臺北, Simplified 台北, Pinyin Táiběi ), Taiwan
• Haifa (Hebrew חֵיפָה), Israel
• Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnamese Thành Phố Hồ Chí Minh), Vietnam
• Zurich (German Zürich ), Switzerland
• Shanghai (Ch.上海, pinyin Shànghǎi ), China

Movies

Computer games

• San Francisco featured in game Vette . The game is designed for computers 286/386.
• San Francisco is implicitly featured in GTA: San Andreas, where it is named San Fierro.
• San Francisco is one of the cities in Fallout 2.
• San Francisco is also one of the cities featured in Sega’s Metropolis Street Racer.
• San Francisco is the setting for the first Crazy Taxi game released by Sega, and interestingly, Sega’s headquarters in America is located there.
• San Francisco also featured in Midtown Madness 2.

• San Francisco is also in the game Driver 2

Notes

See also

References

Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.

90,000 Why Art Matters – Greater Columbus Art Council

Art has a profound economic impact on the city.

• Districts of non-profit organizations of culture and art:
  • Generate $ 412 million annually for the local economy ¹
  • Staff 14,980 XNUMX people ¹
  • Create 17% more jobs and increase event spending 32% excluding ticket prices over similar sized communities ¹
  • Attract about 6 million people annually to events ¹
  • Create attendance, in 1.6 times the attendance of all home sports. ⁷
• Central Ohio Creative Economy Sector (for nonprofit arts, design, performance, media, and marketing):
  • Generate $ 9.1 billion in economic benefits annually. ⁹
  • Employ more than 60,000 people. ⁹
  • Supports over $ 3 billion in wages and income for owners. ⁹

Art attracts and retains new talent and business.

• We must attract and retain young professionals to support our region’s workforce and attract new businesses to central Ohio.
  • Due to lower fertility 10 years ago in central Ohio, there will be 35,49 fewer children between the ages of 10 and XNUMX in 16,000 years if we do not reverse this trend. ²
• These young workers (generation Y) choose where they want to live first and where they want to work second. ²
  • Quality of life and job availability are decisive factors when choosing a location. ²
  • Recruiters believe the vibrancy of the local cultural and artistic community is attracting new talent outside of Columbus. ²

Art is important for residents and visitors of the city.

• In Franklin County, 76% of residents support government funding for the arts. ⁸
• 82% of Franklin County residents believe that public funding for the arts should be at the county level. ⁸
• 95% of Colombians believe that art significantly improves the quality of life in the city. ³

The Greater Columbus Art Council is vital to the success of the region’s art and cultural industries.

• The Arts Council provides the City of Columbus with a fair distribution system for arts and culture funding.
• The Arts Council supports creative artists and art organizations of all sizes – large and small – which are a valuable asset in building a healthy cultural community.
• Through Operational and Project Support Grants funded by the City of Columbus, the Arts Council supported 84 arts and culture organizations in 2016. ⁵
• In 2015, for every dollar the city invested in arts and culture, $ 1 was returned to the local economy from other sources, including the revenues of art organizations. ⁶
• Organizations funded by the Arts Council annually reach over 508,000 schoolchildren with their educational programs. ⁶
• Events such as the Columbus Arts Festival, which attracts over 450,000 residents and visitors annually, are free and affordable ways for people to experience art.

List of sources:

1. Arts and economic prosperity 5 ; Americans for the Arts; June 2017
2. Recruiting and Retaining Young Workers in Columbus Columbus Chamber; 2011 update on 2007 study by Chamber and Next Generation Consulting
3. Columbus Creative Economics ; Greater Columbus Art Council and AMS Planning and Research; 2007
4. Creative Columbus: Painting the Creative Economy in Central Ohio ; Columbus College of Art and Design and Research Community Partners; July 2009
5. 2016 Greater Columbus Arts Council Annual Report ; Greater Columbus Arts Council; February 2017
6. Internal study of the Greater Columbus Arts Council based on audits of grant recipient organizations
7.Attendance since 2015, the last completed arts and sports season. Sports attendance was 3,288,739 5,212,745 91 from the public home games of the following teams: Columbus Blue Jackets, Columbus Clippers, Columbus Crew SC, Ohio Machine, plus men’s and women’s football, basketball, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer and women’s hockey on the grass in Ohio. University. The arts attendance was 5,217, compiled from physical attendance at a central Ohio arts and culture organization featured in the Americans for the Arts for the Arts & Economic Prosperity study to be published in June.
8. Saperstein & Associates telephone survey of registered voters in Franklin County, 2016.
9. Ohio’s Creative Economy: The Economic Impact of the Arts and Creative Industries, 2018. Bowling Green University Regional Development Center.

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In the experiment, the body of a recently deceased cow was left in a field and observed for 48 hours.	During the experiment, the body of a recently deceased cow was left in the field and observed for 48 hours.
The provision is to train the personnel in the Electronic Support and Communications Section in recent advances in technologies and processes in their fields.	Provision is made to train the staff of the Electronic Support and Communications Section on the latest technical and technological advances in their fields.
Three recent studies have examined the environmental aspects of using tire granulates as filler for synthetic games fields.	Three recent studies investigated the environmental aspects of using tire granulates as aggregates for synthetic playgrounds.
More recent residential and commercial buildings and family rice fields occupy lower terrain throughout the capital.	More recent residential and commercial buildings and family rice paddies occupy lower areas throughout the capital.
In recent decades Iran has shown an increasing interest in various entrepreneurship fields, in higher educational settings, policy making and business.	In recent decades, Iran has shown increasing interest in various areas of entrepreneurship, higher education, politics and business.
In recent decades Iran has shown an increasing interest in various entrepreneurship fields, in higher educational settings, policy making and business.	In recent decades, Iran has shown increasing interest in various areas of entrepreneurship, higher education, politics and business.
The technique has been used increasingly in recent years in the Appalachian coal fields of West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee in the United States.	In recent years, this method has been increasingly used in the Appalachian coal fields in West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, and Tennessee in the United States.
More recently the silicone ring tourniquet has been used in the fields of emergency medicine and vascular procedures.	In recent years, the silicone ring tourniquet has been used in the field of emergency medicine and vascular procedures.
Biomedical engineering has recently emerged as its own study, as compared to many other engineering fields.	Biomedical engineering has recently emerged as an independent study, compared to many other engineering fields.
Recently, an area responsive to wide-angle flow fields has been identified in the human and is thought to be a homologue of macaque area V6.	A region responsive to wide-angle flux fields has recently been identified in humans and is believed to be a homologue to the V6 region of the macaque.
Recently, evidence accumulated that indicates homology between the human and monkey auditory fields.	Recently, data have accumulated indicating the homology of the auditory fields of humans and monkeys.
Recently Iran has focused its energy sector on the exploration of the South Pars offshore natural gas fields in the Persian Gulf.	Iran has recently focused its energy sector on the exploration of South Pars offshore natural gas in the Persian Gulf.
The recent discovery of oil and gas fields in the area is providing new economic opportunities.	The recent discovery of oil and gas fields in the area opens up new economic opportunities.
Contextual Modernism in the recent past has found its usage in other related fields of studies, specially in Architecture.	Both the parliamentary session and the convocation in which this law was proposed later ended, thus making the proposal dead. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked * Comment * Name * Email * Website Related Stories Brine lacrosse helmet size chart. Ultimate Guide to Lacrosse Equipment: Sizing, Safety, and Selection Tips 13 min read Lacrosse Brine lacrosse helmet size chart. Ultimate Guide to Lacrosse Equipment: Sizing, Safety, and Selection Tips alexxlab 1 year ago College Lacrosse Teams by State: Comprehensive Guide to Men’s NCAA Programs 17 min read Lacrosse College Lacrosse Teams by State: Comprehensive Guide to Men’s NCAA Programs alexxlab 1 year ago Top high school lacrosse players 2021. Top 25 High School Boys’ Lacrosse Players to Watch in 2023: Elite Talent Across the Nation 31 min read Lacrosse Top high school lacrosse players 2021. Top 25 High School Boys’ Lacrosse Players to Watch in 2023: Elite Talent Across the Nation alexxlab 1 year ago Usa lacrosse roster. USA Lacrosse Announces 2023 World Championship Roster: Virginia Stars Bertrand and Conrad Selected 23 min read Lacrosse Usa lacrosse roster. USA Lacrosse Announces 2023 World Championship Roster: Virginia Stars Bertrand and Conrad Selected alexxlab 1 year ago College Lacrosse Teams by State: Comprehensive Guide to Men’s NCAA Programs 17 min read Lacrosse College Lacrosse Teams by State: Comprehensive Guide to Men’s NCAA Programs alexxlab 1 year ago Usa lacrosse roster. USA Lacrosse Announces Final Rosters for Men’s National and U21 Teams 25 min read Lacrosse Usa lacrosse roster. USA Lacrosse Announces Final Rosters for Men’s National and U21 Teams alexxlab 1 year ago You may have missed Nike 2.0 shirt. Nike Dri-FIT: The Ultimate Performance Gear for College Sports Enthusiasts 17 min read About all Nike 2.0 shirt. Nike Dri-FIT: The Ultimate Performance Gear for College Sports Enthusiasts alexxlab 1 year ago Anthony o shea. Anthony O’Shea: From Charlestown Bank Robber to Prison Reformer – A Tale of Regret and Redemption 19 min read About all Anthony o shea. Anthony O’Shea: From Charlestown Bank Robber to Prison Reformer – A Tale of Regret and Redemption alexxlab 1 year ago Diabetes camp rochester ny. Camp Aspire: Empowering Youth with Diabetes in Rochester, NY 9 min read About all Diabetes camp rochester ny. Camp Aspire: Empowering Youth with Diabetes in Rochester, NY alexxlab 1 year ago Brine lacrosse helmet size chart. Ultimate Guide to Lacrosse Equipment: Sizing, Safety, and Selection Tips 13 min read Lacrosse Brine lacrosse helmet size chart. Ultimate Guide to Lacrosse Equipment: Sizing, Safety, and Selection Tips alexxlab 1 year ago