APA - June

Astoria Park Alliance 

meeting revised Monday, June 2nd

at 6:30 PM at Steinway Reformed Church on Ditmars Blvd & 41st Street.

All are welcome!!!

To ensure the conservation and sustainability of 
Astoria Park for all New Yorkers by empowering public partnerships.

Welcome, introductions, and Thank You for coming.

Minutes

6:30PM

Introductions- Words of Inspiration

Report from Financial Committee

Discussion

Upcoming events

June 7, Garbage Can Paint Party
Volunteer Day
#KeepAstoriaClean

June 21, It's My Park Day
Volunteer Day

Nichole Henderson, Partnerships for Parks
Updates

Report on Fitness on Terrace Roof

Bulletin Board Report

Policy Discussion: re: Elections
APA officer selections June 2014

New Business

Fitness Classes / May - Aug
www.facebook.com/events
Zumba @  Sat June 7th
Yoga @ 4th Sat, June 28th
www.facebook.com/events

Proposed Astoria Park tree care [NYRP]

7:30pm - working meeting

Astoria Park Shore Fest
Aug 03
Aug 10
Aug 17

• Set working meeting agenda for next meeting (5) - Tuesday July

Goodbyes!

Reports and Announcements:

(@ 5 min each)

June 30 Central Astoria fireworks and music

July 05 early bird park cleanup

June 16 special film screening - the BULLY Project

Urban Park Rangers June 08 Walking Tour

June 10 CB1 Special Public Meeting - Astoria Cove development

OutdoorFestNYC

#KeepAstoriaClean
NYC Sanitation and Astoria Park

NYC budget and Parks
Tying the #ParkEquity Knot
gothamgazette.com /index.php// 
5052-richer-poorer-park-equity-new-york-city

May 21 Vision Zero
Traffic Safety Workshop

facebook.com /pages/ Astoria-Park-Alliance


astoriaparkalliance.blogspot.com /p/2014  
2014 APA calendar

• Weeding Weds at butterfly garden
• May 30 /June  Outdoor Fest 

• DOT - Weekend Walks [Astoria Park Shore Fest] Aug Sundays 2014

• New York City Parks Commissioner - Mitchell Silver

• ...
• Marketing and branding 

• 
  

D11 and D8 at the Astoria Park Alliance Volunteer Day. Great job everyone! :D #keyclub #nydkc11 #nydkc8 pic.twitter.com/xNlTr1nY3G
— NYDKC Division 11 (@NYDKCDivision11) May 25, 2014

#thisisnewyorkcity: The Hell Gate Bridge as seen from #Astoria Park, #Queens #NYC #gopark #itsinqueens pic.twitter.com/FciJoHPpIc
— nycgo (@nycgo) June 1, 2014

Instagram of the day: Astoria Park http://t.co/kxafOEmZIW by @takinyerphoto pic.twitter.com/WlfHlaMy30
— WNYC (@WNYC) May 2, 2014

Announcements 

APA equipment storage needs

Meeting discussion - Board of Advisors

Discussion:

working meeting
Volunteer and fitness events

Astoria Park Shore Fest
Aug 2014

Goodbyes!


astoriaparkalliance.blogspot.com /p/2014  
2014 APA calendar

• Meeting Reports:
• Going Green in Queens [2014 Sept. conf.]
•  ...

Playground-utilization-study- NY4P.org

We wanted to know whether actually prescribing a park during a doctor's visit would change behavior.

Now Doctors Are Prescribing Walks In The Park To Get Us Off Our Butts http://t.co/iGr9pi5Tre
— Mitchell Silver (@mitchell_silver) May 25, 2014

Astoria park NYC NY. pic.twitter.com/k2ElmSDJ3F
— The NYC Dog Walker™ (@thenycdogwalker) May 27, 2014

• Old business / New business

• Safety in the park - Call 311 for any problems or issues

New! 5 Q invu by @aldeadc w/ @mitchell_silver, urban planner, now @NYCparks chief re #agefriendly communities @aarpny http://t.co/SSX0rY4sc2
— AARP Livable (@LivableCmnty) May 16, 2014

www.aarp.org /livable-communities/info-2014/ interview-mitch-silver

First, parks and density go together. If you’re in a dense environment, you need access to places where you can meditate, where you can engage in recreation and where you can socialize. Parks are public places that serve multiple purposes;...

2014 APA officers

2014  Fitness Classes and programming


facebook.com/pages/Astoria-Park-Alliance

@APAlliance

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