Brooklyn volunteers to be honored at park conference
Take a look around you at New York City’s green-spaces and you’ll see some amazing things. Built-in Ping-Pong tables, free yoga classes, concerts, walking tours, dog runs, kayak launches, running tracks, Learning Gardens, bird watching and of course park benches and beautiful scenery. Perhaps the only thing more surprising than the vast diversity of offerings found in our parks and waterways, is that many of them are influenced by everyday citizens who are organizing together to make real change to their neighborhoods and the city as a whole.
On Nov. 16, Partnerships for Parks will host its second annual citywide conference held by and for community groups and park supporters. The event will bring together hundreds of attendees who will learn about how NYC’s community park groups improve quality of life and strengthen our neighborhoods. Current park group leaders will get a chance to network, meet experts, and learn tips they can use immediately to support their efforts, while newcomers will learn about what resources Partnerships for Parks has to offer to help them get involved with their community parks. Workshops will be offered throughout the day. Topics will range from marketing and social media, to legal basics of forming park groups, and include experts from a variety of fields.