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May 18, 2013, Saturday: Kingston Ave's Weekend Walk — Brooklynian

May 18, 2013, Saturday: Kingston Ave's Weekend Walk

whynot_31
whynot_31
edited November -1 in Crown Heights/Prospect Lefferts Gardens

Would you like to be a part of planning and organizing the first "Weekend Walk" along Kingston Avenue?

Theme: "5 hours, 3 blocks, 1 community."

The Center for Court Innovation (under its local affiliate the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center) is going to need help filling up these three blocks with fun and exciting activities and workshops.

http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/weekendwalks/html/home/home.shtml

The New York City Department of Transportation is partnering with community groups to present Weekend Walks at 19 sites in all five boroughs from May through October. Local merchants' associations, community groups, and business improvement districts host Weekend Walks as a fun way to highlight local businesses and cultural institutions. The Walks are temporary pedestrian streets that create great opportunities for New Yorkers to meet, see their neighborhoods in a new way, and relax on summer

weekends.

They have applied for and been granted a permit for Saturday, May 18, 2013.

https://www.facebook.com/crownheightsmediationcenter?ref=stream

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  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    Snazzy flyer: check

    Appeal for assistance: check

    The Crown Heights Community Mediation Center, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, and the Kingston Avenue Merchants Association are thrilled to announce the first ever “The Kingston Avenue Festival.” In partnership with the NYC Department of Transportation, the Kingston Avenue Festival will feature a number of activities including music, arts and crafts, workshops, and youth programming all along Kingston Avenue.

    The Kingston Avenue Festival, scheduled for Saturday, May 18, 2013 is the very first of its kind. It will turn Kingston Avenue from Pacific Street through Park Place into a pedestrian walkway filled with fun. This is an innovative way to highlight local businesses and community institutions. Our success depends on your support and participation which can then lead to future annual bigger multi-block festivals along Kingston Avenue for multiple weekends.

    You can become a part of this historical event:

    ?If you are a community organization that offers services to the community, or can provide a workshop, activity, or provide entertainment for the day of the event here’s your chance.

    ?If you are a business or financial institution, you can participate in The Kingston Avenue Festival by coming out and sharing information about your services.

    We are also offering the following opportunities to donate:

    ? Neighborhood friend: $50

    * Kingston Avenue Festival T-shirt

    * Your name and /or logo, on social media

    ? Supporter: $250

    *Your name, logo, or website link on the event program (logo must be submitted by May 1, 2013

    *Verbal recognition at the event

    ? Partner: $500

    •Your name, logo, and website link displayed on social media

    •Name on signage at the event and verbal recognition

    •Pictures of you or your organization displayed at the event (picture & logos must be submitted by May 1, 2013)

    Thank you for participating in The Kingston Avenue Festival. With your help we will continue to bring the Neighbor back into the Hood.

    For more information, contact Lashe at the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center at

    (718) 773-6886, or at [email protected].

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    Buy in from local businesses: check

    MODEL OPEN CALL!! Seeking 10 fashion savvy girls of all shapes sizes and colors!

    Sue Rock Originals will be having a fashion show at the KINGSTON AVENUE FESTIVAL, Saturday, May 18th, 2013.

    Get great images to add to your portfolio, a first look at Sue Rock's spring line, 25% discount on select items and free lunch compliments of Sue Rock Originals!

    http://www.suerock.blogspot.com/

  • pragmaticguy
    pragmaticguy

    I find it funny that they don't include the blocks up to Lincoln Place as between Park Pl and Lincoln there are many businesses including the Crown Heights Mediation Center.

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    They seemed to have been faced with a choice between serving the growing business community near EP, OR the residents of Albany Houses.

    They chose Albany Houses

  • pragmaticguy
    pragmaticguy

    Right, because those three extra blocks would have made a huge difference. Either way, whether official or not, the street should be closed from EP to Atlantic for those few hours and let the residents decide where they would want to walk.

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    Facebook event page with almost 100 RSVPs from neighborhood do gooders: Check

    https://www.facebook.com/#!/events/338330336295673/?fref=tck

    Color version of the above poster: check


  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    Now Seeking:

    Volunteer face painters and kid-loving crafters.

    Help run a giant Crown Heights block party on May 18th!

    TO GET INVOLVED, please call the Mediation Center at 718-773-6886.

    TO ATTEND, just show up and bring all your friends and family!

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    The Festival promises to be a day of excitement featuring live music, dance, and arts activities, life sized chess set, skateboarding, resource tables, a pie-eating contest, the Brower Park dog parade, an anti-violence art display, facepainting, and MUCH MORE! It will be a great event for children, teens and adults. There will be something for everyone! The Festival is a partnership of the Crown Heights Community Mediation Center, the Kingston Avenue Merchants Association, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, and the Department of Transportation.

    http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=957c85ecaf84e9ce109e750c3&id=c7b5b425d9&e=1728093c8b

    I have a suspicion that the brown dog that I use as my avatar will be in that dog parade!

  • pragmaticguy
    pragmaticguy

    Last Thursday some gals asked to put up their poster advertising the walk in my window and I'm on St. Johns and Troy. According to them, since it was the first year that this was being done the DOT only allowed them to close the street between St. Marks and Pacific. If it goes well, they'll be able to shut it off from EP next year.

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    Staff and volunteers are out again today:


  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    The event is getting a little press:

    http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130517/crown-heights/crown-heights-tackles-street-violence-with-kingston-avenue-festival

    Word is not only getting out re: when and where this festival is being held, but WHY this festival is being held.

  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    After some back and forth, the agenda for the stage has been set:


  • whynot_31
    whynot_31

    The pie eating contest:

    The obligatory kids on stage photo:

    The teens who spent a lot of time and effort organizing it:


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