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FLTS proud to be part of Verde Coalition
The Verde Coalition is a diverse coalition of environmental, community and labor organizations working to create new parks and open spaces to serve our Los Angeles’ low income neighborhoods that have the most residents and fewest parks.
Verde Coalition Members: Coalition LA, Acla, Audubon Center at Debs Park, Collective SPACE, Environmental Defense, From Lot to Spot, SEIU Local 721, Los Angeles Conservation Corps, Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, Los Angeles Community Garden Council, North East Trees, People for Parks, Progressive Christians Uniting, TreePeople, Steve Cancian, Jessica Hall, Alex Kenefick, David Marquez, Gary Phillips, Misty Sanford, Carrie Sutkin
FLTS brought Parking Day LA to Hawthorne!
What: Parking Day LA (http://parkingdayla.com/)
When: September 19, 2008, 9am – 3pm
Who: From Lot to Spot and Environmental Charter High School students, FLTS’s Spaces of Blight Project created an interactive, mobile mini-park
Where: Shopping Center on the corner of Rosecrans Ave and Isis Ave, City of Hawthorne, see map attached.
** Our mini-park was mobile to change location if needed – fortunately we received overwhelming support from the local businesses **
Why: To advocate the creation of more parkspace instead of concentrating on urban development that reinforces dependency on the vehicle. Citizens, community groups, artists and activist throughout the county created mini-parks in parking spaces throughout the County of Los Angeles. A map of the Parking Day LA spaces is available at http://parkingdayla.com/.
Our hopes with this County-wide event was in promoting critical awareness for creating walkable, livable communities that include more parks and opportunities for pedestrians to enjoy their communities again. We must question the “basic” assumptions about how we use our urban space. The time is now to create change in our built environment.
We need to move away from the “metal metropolis” mentality and shift to the “sustainable city” model. And creating more parkspace is a start.
Thank you to all who joined us in the advocacy and just plain 'ol fun!
Music Featured:
Feed the Tree
by Belly
For more information on PARKING DAY LA and to view other projects visit http://www.parkingdayla.com/