November 8th, 2006

At this meeting the Committee discussed two existing programs in New York City that match chosen schools with playground designers and financial sponsors for the renovation process:

• City Spaces - of the Trust for Public Land (TLP) . This program emphasizes student participation in the design process.
• Out2Play - Brooklyn borough president, Marty Markowitz has already sent a letter of support for PS 9 to this program.

The committee would like to see the design of the playground built from the grassroots in order to meet the needs of the entire PS 9 community, especially its students. Two committee members volunteered to develop and distribute a survey form to begin to cull ideas and peak community interest.

Architect Illya Azaroff volunteered to lead the committee in fleshing out what the playground’s initial design vision might be, which would be useful for fundraising purposes. It was also suggested that Mr. Azaroff might offer the project as part of a classroom curriculum at Pratt’s design school.

• Meetings will take place on the first Wednesday of every month at 6:30pm.
• NEXT MEETING: 6:30PM on Wednesday, December 6.