07/30/2026
Meet District 13 Park Board member Sally Pretorius!
Sally Pretorius, an attorney, volunteer, wife, mother of a six-year-old and District 13 Park Board Member, says, "I think a lot of people don’t realize that the City does a ton of community building. The best way to keep [parks and recreation centers] going is to have people going to them.”
“I know when I grew up, my mom made me do Folklorico dancing, because it’s big in our family, and the best place that I found it was Bachman Lake, like they had it at the community center,” says Pretorius, one of the newest members of the Park and Recreation Board.
She explains that Friends of the different parks are important. “What [Friends of park organizations] do is they create a unified voice for the community, and it gives an easy way to advocate for what they want, so they can partner with different people that maybe aren’t available to the City or if a local business would rather partner with a friends group. Joining a friends group feels so much better than saying ‘I’m going to call up my board chair.’ It’s just an easy way to keep your hands in the community, I think.”
https://prestonhollow.advocatemag.com/2026/07/01/meet-sally-pretorius/
📷️: Jehadu Abshiro
