The Tiburon Peninsula Foundation
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from the plaque at the Sam Shapero Bridge as you walk from
Harveys Garden to McKegney Green in Blackie’s Pasture
In 1969, a visionary named Sam Shapero (who served as Tiburon’s
Town Treasurer), decided that Blackie’s Pasture needed to be
preserved and protected.
Sam did two things. He bought one third of the land and donated
it to a foundation he created–The Tiburon Peninsula Foundation. This
foundation then raised the money to buy another third. The foundation
gifted its two thirds to the Town of Tiburon on the condition
that the Town wrestle the remaining third from Caltrans.
The Town managed to do just that and from this start came not
only Blackie’s Pasture, but McKegney Green and the South of the
Knoll Park.
We are forever grateful to Sam Shapero.
Our Mission Statement
The Tiburon Peninsula Foundation exists to
promote, facilitate, and enhance the quality of life and sense
of community on the Tiburon Peninsula; to initiate and support
an approach to community that stimulates volunteerism, transcends
our normal boundaries, brings people together for the common
good, and connects us to our past.
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