[BWNA] City Repair

[Dennis Lisk]

Ankist -- sounds great!

I was thinking about the picnic shelter at Wilshire Park and one idea that came 
to mind was some kind of community chess and/or checkers game area.  I envision 
a large chess board painted on the pavement under the covered section of the 
shelter with people playing chess with large, statuesque chess pieces.  The one 
obvious problem with this is how to store and secure the chess pieces when 
they're not in use.  Alternately, instead of a large chess board, there could 
be several tables with chess boards imprinted on to the top surface of the 
tables.  People could then bring their own chess pieces to play with.  It would 
be great if the tables were constructed of stone or some other very sturdy, 
permanent material.

One suggestion in going forward with any changes to the picnic shelter -- and 
perhaps you've done this already.  It would probably be a good idea to contact 
Peggy Glasscock at the City Parks Bureau -- apparently, she is the community 
contact person for Wilshire Park.  It might be a good idea to bounce ideas off 
her and/or get her buy-in.  Her phone number is 503-823-3642.  Also, since we're now co-chairing the BWNA Wilshire Park subcommittee, maybe it would be a good idea for the two of us to arrange a time to meet with her to tell her about some of our ideas and learn more from her about Wilshire Park's operations, budget, and future plans the City has for the park.

Okay, back to work here.  Talk to you later...

Dennis

On Tue, 28 Nov 2006, Ankist wrote:

> Beaumont-Wilshire,
> 
> We are slowly but surely gathering support for 3 placemaking projects in 
> Beaumont Wilshire.  They are:
> 
> 1.  A Learning Garden at Beaumont Middle School
> 
> 2.  A Transformation of the Picnic Shelter at Wilshire Park
> 
> 3.  Our Neighborhood's first intersection repair at 37th and Shaver
> 
> You can learn more about these types of projects at cityrepair.org
> 
> These projects will be submitted for consideration to city repair by the end 
> of January.  If you are interested in these projects in any way, please do 
> not hesitate to contact me.  In addition to general support, we are looking 
> for natural builders, designers, artists and coordinators.
> 
> This is a great opportunity to give, connect and produce.  I look forward to 
> hearing from you.
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> Ankist Zadeyan
> 757-6360
> 
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