Tony Budrovich, a Torrance resident, recently began his new role as the Los Angeles Parks Foundation’s executive director.
Los Angeles Parks Foundation, a nonprofit created in 2008 to enhance and preserve the 450 parks in the city, has selected a Torrance resident as its new leader.
“I received a number of opportunities out of state, but I wasn’t finding a mission that excited me until this job came around,” Budrovich said in a recent interview. “When I got the call from the board, it was with great satisfaction. I am looking forward to sticking with this topic that I think is so helpful to the residents of Los Angeles.”
As California gets warmer and drier, many parks have soccer fields with grass that isn’t fully grown, or baseball fields with rutted baselines, Budrovich said. Another idea, Budrovish said, is to potentially add artificial turf so people can use a soccer field every day, not just when the weather is great.”