(Event ID: 774)
Pocket Park Contest - Design the space you would like to hang out in in downtown Parkersburg
Downtown Parkersburg Market Street, from 8th to 2nd
Have you seen those communities that introduce art into their surroundings by focusing on a theme, such as cows or pigs. or quilt squares for example? It allows citizens to participate in designing community art. That is what we are doing with the pocket park contest. Instead of cows or pigs or quilt squares, we are asking citizens to design small parks. We are PARKersburg, afterall. Park!
Competitive
Fully ADA compliant
Ready to sign up!
City of Parkersburg Attn: Rickie Yeager -- Park Day Planning Administrator City of Parkersburg One Government Square Parkersburg, West Virginia 26102
P: 304.424.8558 F: 304.424.8464 E: rmyeager@parkersburg-wv.com
Duration: 3.0 hours
Contest participants are responsible for constructing their Pocket Park on September 8, 2012 between the hours of 8:00 a.m. & 9:00 a.m. and are responsible for complete removal of their Pocket Park and the contents on September 8, 2012 between the hours of 2:00 PM and 3:00 PM. Participants who do not return their parking spot to its original condition may be charged a fee for removal and clean-up.
Voting for the best park will be open from 10 a.m until 1 p.m.
On Market Street from 8th to 2nd
$5 to reserve a parking spot for a park
All are welcome!
Park Day 2012 organizers are holding a pocket park contest which invites individuals and groups to occupy parking spaces on Market Street and literally set up mini-parks in them.
PARK DAY 2012 POCKET PARK DISPLAY CONTEST RULES ELIGIBILITY:
Contest participants will be required to construct their Pocket Park within the dimensions of their assigned 8’ width x 20’ length parking spot.
Pocket Parks must contain (but are not limited to):
- secure bicycle parking (with a lockable surface for each bike) for at least one bike,
- weather resistant signage to a downtown destination of choice. Sign must include approximate distance and time to destination from the Farmer’s Market on 3rd and Market.
- landscaping of some type.
Cash prize for park voted best by the public.
Bring your own
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Kimberly Coram
Email:
Related Providers
- Parkersburg Bike Advisory Board
The intent of the creation of the Parkersburg Bicycle Advisory Board is to advise the City Council, the Mayor and all Departments and Offices of the City on matters related bicycling and the impart City actions may have upon bicycling.
- Parkersburg Park Day
We are planning an old-fashion block party. Picture an area in downtown Parkersburg that is temporarily closed to motorized vehicles and designated so community members can safely bike, walk, run, dance and play. That is what Park Day is all about. Enter the Pocket Park contest where you design the pocket park you would like Parkersburg to create. Have an activity to share? Let us know!
