From: chris tam
To: City Clerk
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Greenway Golf / All Good Living Foundation Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 4:52:41 PM
Hello City Clerk Lara Weisiger,
Please share this with City Council for today's closed session agenda item to discuss Greenway Golf.
Dear Mayor Ashcraft and Members of City Council,
My name is Chris Tam. I'm the founder of All Good Living and All Good Living Foundation.
I want to share that I think that Greenway is doing amazing work in our community that a lot of people don’t know about.
We've been working together to give students in Alameda access to play Golf since last Summer and they are currently providing Golf clinics for kids we serve every other Saturday.
They're committed to letting people use their space for all kinds of community events and even hosted our first fundraiser last month.
They're committed to equity and inclusion and are a shining example of what businesses in Alameda should be about..community.
Thank you for your time!
Thanks, Chris.
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Chris Tam
All Good Living Foundation
2332 ALAMEDA AVE
ALAMEDA, CA 94501
cell: 510.915.0740
office: 510.522.6288
fax: 510.263.6518
From: Wolf, Nicholas
To: City Clerk
Subject: [EXTERNAL] For Public Comment at Today’s Council Meeting Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 4:41:15 PM
Dear Lara, I am sending you an email below for the public comment section in City Council’s Closed Session. Please pass on to Council Members. Thanks, Nick.
Dear City Council,
My name is Nick Wolf, and I am the Head Coach for the Men’s and Ladies Golf team at Alameda High School. I want to let you all know about how much Greenway is doing for Alameda Schools and Juniors in Alameda. Corica Park is an extremely welcoming facility for Juniors. If you visit Corica Park in the afternoon, you will see 50-75 kids all getting ready to play free golf and enjoy the course. Our Alameda High School parents are so happy and grateful to Greenway for all that they do for the kids.
Thanks to Greenway’s support I have started a Saturday golf and mentorship program at Corica Park that welcomes youth from Alameda that have never come to the course or played golf. With the help of a few high school and collegiate golfers, I am teaching golf to these Alameda kids and they are loving it. An Alameda mother of two last Saturday told us that her two kids had barely left their home in the past few months after their father passed away and that the two hours at Corica was the first time she had seen them smile since the tragedy. They felt so comfortable and welcome that they want to come back This is the kind of impact the Patels, are making in our community, and it is truly amazing, and I am so happy to be part of it.
Nick Wolf
Amelia Earhart Physical Education
Alameda High School Golf
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From: MARK SWARTZ
To: City Clerk; Marilyn Ezzy Ashcraft; Malia Vella; Tony Daysog; John Knox White Subject: [EXTERNAL] Corica Park Golf
Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 4:41:12 PM
Dear City Counsel Members.
I am a long time Alameda resident and a regular user of the golf course. I want to offer my support for the experience I have received at the course since the management of Greenway took over responsibility for the course operation. All things considered, my input is that Greenway is a plus for the course and the city. thank you,
Mark Swartz
From: Chris Iglesias
To: City Clerk
Subject: [EXTERNAL] For Public Comment at Today’s Council Meeting, May 4, 2022 Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2022 4:38:05 PM
Subject: For Public Comment at Today’s Council Meeting
Dear Lara, I am sending you an email below for the public comment section in City Council’s Closed Session. Please pass on to Council Members. Thanks, Chris.
Dear Members of City Council,
My name is Chris Iglesias and I am the CEO of the Unity Council in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood. I am writing to tell you that I am so excited about all of the tremendous work that is happening at Corica Park in Alameda. Greenway is developing wonderful golf courses and creating a real community asset under Umesh’s leadership.
There has been a lot of negativity around Greenway and I have read some of the comments and op-ed pieces that have been circulating online. I have known Umesh a few years now and I am a golfer at Corica Park. I can tell you the vast majority of golfers are very happy with Greenway and the negative comments are coming from a small minority that does not want the positive change that Umesh brings.
The Unity Council staff has used the small course and meeting rooms for offsite retreats and we are grateful for Greenway donating the space to us. Unity Council kids will enjoy the free summer camps this year for a whole week, and this speaks to the impact Greenway and Corica Park is having in the larger East Bay beyond Alameda.
I urge the Council to not be misled by a few noisy disgruntled residents and instead pay heed to the much larger and quieter Alameda community, golfers and non-golfers alike, that are benefiting at your golf course.
Best always,
Chris
Chris Iglesias
Chief Executive Officer
[email protected]
510-535-6900 Office
510-599-6433 Cell
The Unity Council
1900 Fruitvale Avenue Suite 2A
Oakland, CA 94601
www.unitycouncil.org