We wanted to give you an update on our work creating DC's first elevated park over the Anacostia River. We've had a REALLY busy and productive month! To date we have secured $528,000 in cash and in-kind support and now have funds available to launch a nation-wide design competition. All very exciting! We continue to actively raise funds as part of our $1 million pre-capital campaign goal which includes implementing an economic development analysis, a health impact assessment and on-going programming. If you are interested in supporting the 11th Street Bridge Park, please visit our website and click on the secure "DONATE" button on the right hand side of the page. http://www.thearcdc.org/partners-programs/partners/11th-street-bridge-park
Thanks in advance for your support! What we've been up to this fall:
USING TECHNOLOGY TO REALIZE BRIDGE PARK GOALS Thanks to everyone who came out last night to help brainstorm ways to deeply embed technology into the 11th Street Bridge Park designs. Attendees came up with amazing and creative ideas including: virtual kayak classes, interactive light art displays, crowd-sourced performances and embedded sensors measuring visitors' exercise. We captured all these great ideas and will post them on our website soon. A big thank you to PEPCO Regional President Donna Cooper who hosted the event at PEPCO's Edison Place Gallery.
WALK WITH A DOC / 11th STREET BRIDGE PARK TOUR - NOVEMBER 13 In an effort to engage members of the local health community with our project, we are partnering with Dr. Ted Eytan, Director of Kaiser Permanente's Center for Total Health for a site tour the morning of Wednesday, November 13. We'll discuss ways to ensure this new civic space can benefit visitors' health by providing a safe place for active recreation and showcase urban food production. We have a few spots left - you can RSVP here if you'd like to join us: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/8678287993
COMMUNITY DESIGN MEETINGS - DECEMBER 7!!! Our next BIG public meeting is a pair of community design meetings generously supported by the Urban Land Institute Washington, Urban Land Institute Foundation and the computer design firm Autodesk. On Saturday, December 7 you have two chances to help shape the 11th Street Bridge Park! We will hold a morning session at Matthews Memorial Baptist Church from 8 am - noon. Can't make the morning session? Join us for an afternoon session from 2 - 6 pm at 200 I St. SE by the Navy Yard metro station. At these meetings we'll give an update about the project, work in smaller groups to help prioritize programming suggestions for the Bridge Park, and wrap up by using Autodesk's cutting-edge software to rapidly prototype programming concepts. This community-generated feedback will be incorporated into our nation-wide design competition (we're starting to work with a consultant to kick off this effort.) To RSVP for the morning session, go here: https://dcbridgepark1.eventbrite.com And to RSVP for the afternoon session, go here: https://dcbridgepark2.eventbrite.com Help spread the word! I'm attaching a flyer about the community design meetings to this e-mail.
COMMUNITY FILMS! Over the summer, talented film makers from Capitol Hill's Pendragwn Productions interviewed local church leaders, government officals, ANC Commissioners, artists and nearby residents capturing why they are supporting the 11th Street Bridge Park. We screened the films last night for the first time and received great feedback! We'll be posting the films on our website soon for all to see. A HUGE thank you to film makers Kenyon, Madison, and Ben for their hard work. And a special thank you to Pendragwn Productions owner Michael Skinner for this generous donation of time, energy & passion.
As always, we welcome your thoughts, ideas and suggestions. Feel free to e-mail, tweet or call. In our next e-mail we'll have an update on the nation-wide design competition to be launched very soon.
All the best,
Scott Kratz
11th Street Bridge Park
SKratz@thearcdc.org
scottkratzindc@gmail.com
202.669.0951
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