What a fantastic event! With the help of the Lake Worth Community Redevelopment Agency and the Lake Worth Tree Board, the parking lot south of the Post Office downtown was transformed for an afternoon into a beautiful park. Parking spaces were adopted by residents, neighborhood associations and businesses into mini urban oases. There was live music throughout the afternoon. Just a real good way for the community to come together, chat and learn about the strength of nature in an urban setting.
This was part of a worldwide event organized by the Trust for Public Land. Click here for more information on National Park(ing) Day 2008. I have also uploaded some of the still pictures from the event to the Park(ing) Day website on Flickr. There you can see what other communities around the country and the world did to transform parking lots/spaces for a day. You'll see that Lake Worth represents very well. Nice to see the City actively participate in this way! I'm working on a YouTube video now that will probably be ready by the end of the day. I'll post it here and in the Park(ing) Day location on the YouTube site.
(Click title above for instant trip to Park(ing) Day slideshow group on Flickr - watch the whole show if you can.)
Great enthusiasm shown by all the participants. I was honored to be one of three judges for the event. Donna Ross, Victoria Skinner and I went around to all the spaces and decided on the following award winners:
- Funniest Park - Cory Metzler
- Best Use of Native Plants - Native Plant Society
- Best Use of Xeriscape - 1000 Friends of Florida
- Most Creative Park - Parrot Cove
- Best Art Park - Mango Grove
- Most Educational - Yummy Yards
- Best Urban Plan Park - Downtown Jewel
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