When our community comes together - anything is possible. We were able to create the 78th Street Play Street (and the now permanent plaza there) and we were able to orchestrate the Parks Dept purchase of the Garden School lot because our community got educated, got organized, and got involved.
Our community needs to come together again. Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is under siege with three corporate development proposals that, if approved, will harm the park and potentially destroy its usefulness to the community as a public green space. The proposals to build a shopping mall, a soccer stadium, and an expanded USTA site will reduce this already vulnerable park to being merely a corporate sports complex that is increasingly dominated by automobiles and trucks.
But we can make a difference. Just like we did with the PlayStreet and the Garden School field.
We need you to come out on Monday, April 22nd at 7:30pm to the Queens Museum of Art for a community workshop on Flushing Meadows-Corona Park. This is your opportunity to share your vision for this park. This is your chance to make sure that elected officials understand that we want to improve the park, not destroy it.
This workshop is interactive by design. It will feature a personalized, small group setting to allow for individuals to share their ideas and explore potential improvements.
Please make every effort to attend this important community event. The future of our park depends on it.
Our Park. Our Future.
A Community Workshop on Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
Share Your Vision for Our Park
Monday, April 22nd 7:30pm
Queens Museum of Art
Free and Open to All
Language Translation Provided
Sponsored by the Fairness Coalition of Queens
We hope to see you there.
