Sa pangunguna ni Kapatid na Warren Flores, ministrong destinado sa Lokal ng San Pablo City, ay nilagyan ng pananda ang bawat punong kanilang itinanim sa kaburulan ng Barangay Atisan, San Pablo City, kaalinsabay ng paggunita ng lokal ng kanilang ika-79 taon ng pagkakatatag, upang magsilbing gabay sa mga monitor na sa panapanahon ay dadalaw sa lawak ng kanilang pinagtaniman para ang mga punong itinanim ay mapangalagaan, sang-ayon kay City Environment and Natural Resources Officer Ramon R. de Roma. Ang mabubuhay na mga puno ay aalamin pagkalipas ng tatlong taon kaalinsabay ng pag-alaala sa sentenyal ng Iglesia Ni Cristo sa Taong 2014. (Bong B. Guarino)
What is now known as Doña Leonila (Mini-Forest) Park overlooking the Sampaloc Lake is actually a portion of the site for the City Hall Complex purchased in 1937 by the Municipal Government of San Pablo headed by President Inocencio Barleta, which was partly developed after the termination of World War II under the administration of appointed City Mayor, Dr. Fernando A. Bautista. During the incumbency of elected Mayor Lauro D. Dizon Sr., with the help of the Rotary Club of San Pablo, and under the supervision of Dr. Juan B. Hernandez, then club secretary of the local Rotary Club and Chairman of the City Beautification Committee, constructed some park structures at the park, with the fountain featuring the country lass with agriculture harvest as centerpiece. Probably, Hernandez and then City Engineer Perfecto Reyes were inspired by the figures affixed on the façade of the City Hall Building which symbolizes progress. Sometimes on April of 1961 when then President Carlos Garcia made a
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