Dedication of Outdoor Exercise Station
After much planning and soliciting donors, the Southgate Park and Tree Board dedicated the new outdoor exercise equipment located near the Southgate Community Center. The dedication took place on December 3, 2011 with chair Joyce F. Hamberg presiding. Rev. Clarence J Heitzman gave an invocation followed by remarks from Mayor Jim Hamberg. Gigi Kopas of David Williams Associates then gave us a demonstration of the equipment.
The Tree Board thanks all those who helped make this a success.
The Southgate Park and Tree Board is a committee of men and women appointed by the Mayor. The committee’s primary duties are to educate the public on the value of trees and gardening, administer to the flower gardens around the Southgate Community Center, award Green Thumb awards to those residents who perform an outstanding job in landscaping, coordinate the summer concerts, and award the best Holiday decorations in December. We work with the KY Division of Forestry and the National Arbor Day Foundation to educate residents on the importance of properly maintaining the urban forest.
Pictured below is our Chairman
Dr. Joyce F. Hamberg
Joyce serves as an inspiration to the Park and Tree Board with her hard work and innovative ideas. She is not afraid to get her hands dirty.
Joyce has 31 years of experience in Kentucky public education. Twenty-five of these years were in school administration. She received her doctorate in School Administration from Indiana University and served as Assistant Superintendent with the Kenton County Schools until her retirement in 2001. She has taught at the Master’s Degree Level both at Northern KY University and Thomas More College. Currently she is Associate Professor of Education at Thomas More College where she directs the Master of Arts in Teaching Program and also teaches Master’s Level classes. She is active on several local committees including the BEST Committee with the Northern KY Chamber of Commerce.
She is married to Southgate Mayor Jim Hamberg and has two children and four grandchildren (3 granddaughters and one grandson.)
She is proud to live in Southgate and enjoys her work with the Park and Tree Board. She is well respected by the Board members and the Board has accomplished a lot through her leadership.
City Councilman
Chris Robisch
Chris serves as our liaison with City Council. He has helped the Park and Tree Board tremendously through his excellent people skills.
Luke Saunier from the KY Division of Forestry demonstrates beetles attacking a tree to students from Southgate Public and St. Therese Grade Schools at the April 15, 2011 Arbor Day Celebration held at the Southgate Community Center.