Participatory Design Workshop & NYC Parks to start designing

Some of our group met with the borough commissioner from NYC Parks and Recreation and a few of their designers (among others) last week. The response to our initial input gathered from you back in May 2010 was positive; so was the response to our current level of funding.

Design Workshop:

To

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Snow Days, 2011

A neglected park can really be transformed by a fine coat of white snow–or in our case a thick, heavy coat! As it gets warmer, some pictures to remember how fun and beautiful our park can be with a lot of snow to soften (figuratively and literally) it’s edges.

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A spring ping pong teaser

In the coming weeks we’ll post more information about the next opportunity to help inform a renovation for Gulick Park.

Meanwhile, as we wait for the snow to melt we can dream of more outdoor ping pong and how much smarter it will make us.

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Tree and Electronics Recyling

The Friends of Gulick Park want to wish everyone a happy new year!

We also want to let you know about some recycling opportunities in the next few weeks.

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It was your park day! Thank you.

Thank you to all who came out last Saturday and helped make Gulick Park a vibrant green space for our community! Between 150 and 200 neighbors came to participate. We went through all 50 pumpkins in the first hour–and promise to have more next year! We planted hundreds of bulbs and a half dozen new

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