Save Green Street Park: Public Spaces, Hot 'Hoods, and a Warm Welcome

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Public Spaces, Hot 'Hoods, and a Warm Welcome

Welcome to the Green Street Park blog, a Friends of Green Street Park initiative in support of efforts to protect a critically-endangered community park in Wilkinsburg. This blog will serve as an online space for communication surrounding the Green Street Park preservation initiative.

Stay tuned and, in the interim, check out THIS PIECE about Pittsburgh's best, future neighborhoods. Remember that parks are important assets in these hot Pittsburgh 'hoods with "great bones and bigger opportunities", too! Let's keep our green spaces green, Wilkinsburg.

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LEARN about Green Street Park on our Blog: www.greenstreetpark.blogspot.com
VISIT Green Street Park at the intersection of Green St. and Mifflin Ave. in Wilkinsburg.
SIGN our Petition.
E-MAIL: savegreenstreetpark@gmail.com.

“...the care of the earth is our most ancient and most worthy and, after all, our most pleasing responsibility. To cherish what remains of it, and to foster its renewal, is our only legitimate hope.”

―Wendell Berry, The Art of the Commonplace: The Agrarian Essays

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About Green Street Park

Green Street Park is nestled at the corner of Green St. and Mifflin Ave. in Wilkinsburg. In 1982, the Borough of Wilkinsburg was awarded a grant from the National Park Service Land and Water Conservation Fund (LCWF) Federal Program to improve and maintain the park. LWCF investments are designed to “secure public access, improve recreational opportunities, and preserve ecosystem benefits for local communities.” The 1982 LWCF Green Street Park grant thereby endorsed the park as a designated and protected public space.

Friends of Green Street Park maintains that the Borough of Wilkinsburg and Wilkinsburg School District did not possess the right to sell the property to Akator Construction in July of 2015, and do not have the right to rezone the property for development. The sale and transfer of the park are illegal and in direct violation of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act (LWCFA) and the Donated and Dedicated Property Act (DDPA). Learn more about the law surroundimg Green Street Park.

We have asked the Borough Council to vote against the development of Green Street Park and Wilkinsburg School District to void the sale of the park to help restore its intended purpose. We intend to hold the Borough and School District accountable for their obligations under the DDPA and LWCFA.

Friends of Green Street Park is working to protect an endangered public asset, but also eager to support the development of a just, healthy, and livable Wilkinsburg community.

Please join Friends of Green Street Park and let us know how we can support your voice as part of our efforts to protect our park. Community participation in this process is vital to its success and the future of our public spaces!

FOLLOW us on Twitter: @GreenSteetPark
LIKE us on Facebook: Save Green Street Park
LEARN about Green Street Park on our Blog: www.greenstreetpark.blogspot.com
VISIT Green Street Park at the intersection of Green St. and Mifflin Ave. in Wilkinsburg.
SIGN our Petition.
E-MAIL: savegreenstreetpark@gmail.com