In the spring of 2002 the Parks and Recreation Department of the City of Troy came to residents of the Frear Park neighborhoods asking us to consider forming a group to work with the city to improve Frear Park. An interim board of directors was established to explore what the organization’s potential role may be and how it might go about fulfilling it. The board began meeting regularly, established a mission statement to define core values, and Frear Park Conservancy was born. In January of 2003 it was incorporated as a nonprofit organization.