INTO BELOVED URBAN SPACE AND CHERISHED COMMUNITY GARDEN
THAT SERVE MULTIPLE GENERATIONS
The Long Island Board of REALTORS® funded a parklet in Long Island City Queens.
“This was
done during COVID, to provide more outdoor space for distancing in a bustling
Queens community,” said Marlo Paventi, the senior director of public policy
& government affairs for LIBOR.
“It is boxed
in and protected from cars by larger planter boxes that have bench seating
built into them. There also are circular benches built in the middle and
connected together.”
A NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION of REALTORS® Placemaking Grant funded the project that immediately
became part of the growing neighborhood’s fabric.
“We hired a
consultant, got permits, worked with New York City Parks and hired a firm to
build it,” Paventi said.
“Several of
our REALTORS® volunteered in July to repaint, plant flowers and spruce up the
2021 project.”
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