As someone who helps keep our parks clean, there was no celebration at the end of the Garlic Mustard Sweep as promised at Cherokee Park, only comments from an Olmsted Conservancy employee to an elderly woman who had volunteered that wanted to go sit under the Teepee and rest, "Just lean against the fountain, we don't want to go over there or be seen anywhere near it."

I certainly wish the Olmsted Conversancy would treat the Hogan's Fountain Pavilion with the respect that they do for the rest of Cherokee Park. It's very evident that the community wants the Teepee repaired and preserved as voiced in the newspapers, television and various websites.

It's a shame that politics and elitism are playing such a role with the Olmsted folks when it comes to the Hogan's Fountain Pavilion. Now they are renaming the parks the Frederick Law Olmsted Parks. How ironic, according to Tom Owen in the U of L Owl Newsletter, Mr. Olmsted very well might have picked out the names for the parks.  Learn more about how to save this important piece of  the http://www.savehogansfountain.com/">Frederick Law Olmsted Parks in Louisville" at this link.

This organization has completed some wonderful work like these volunteer projects, but needs to consider public sentiment as they set their goals. An example is their plan to remove the beloved teepee in Cherokee Park, a plan that is opposed by park users, historians and preservationists. To learn more about plans to stop the Olmstead bulldozers, visit this page about efforts to oppose the Olmsted Parks Conservancy.