ACTIVE DESIGN WORKSHOP
TO RE-ENVISION OUR NEIGHBORHOODS
When: September 25, 2012
Time: 9:00 am - 12:00pm
Where: Bedford Stuyvesant
Restoration Corporation
1368 Fulton Street
Multi-Purpose Room (Lobby)
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Please R.S.V.P. to Verna D. Ademu-John
vdademuj@restorationplaza.org or (718) 636-6932
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Exciting news, our Active Design Workshop is scheduled for Tuesday, September 25th, 2012 at 9am in the Multipurpose Room-Lobby, at Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Plaza, 1368 Fulton Street, Brooklyn, NY 11216. This workshop will be an devoted to a small group hands-on design exercise. Participants will have the opportunity to map their suggestions for improving physical activity and health in a specific location. We have identified a site for this exercise (map below).
This 3-hour workshop represents the potential to improve your surrounding community. You will meet members of like-minded organizations, and collaborate on a community-driven design exercise. You will interface with City staff who can provide support on Active Design issues, and you will receive take-home tools and resources to aid with implementation of Active Design strategies.
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Come share your ideas about how to create safe and pleasant spaces for all Brooklyn residents to be healthy and active. Also:
• Learn how design can influence community health, and hear success stories from community-based Active Design projects
• Participate in a fun, hands-on design activity to re-envision a local space for healthy and active living
• Network with other organizations interested in making
neighborhood improvements
• Connect with staff from the NYC Health Department and other City Agencies
• Receive take home tools and resources to implement Active Design strategies in your neighborhood
Hope to see you!
Organized by Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation - Brooklyn Lead Organization, Brooklyn Community Transformation Grant, in partnership with Partnership for a Healthier NYC and the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
