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I guess I was a day early on the Park(ing) day post.

Erick Fredericks from Neighborhoods.org sent me this email today..

Park(ing) Day Kickoff

Do you feel that too much of our urban land is dedicated to automobile uses? Do you think we need more park space in Sacramento? Want to help reverse these trends for a day and have fun doing it? Come join us at the kickoff meeting for Sacramento PARK(ing) Day 2008 next Monday!

Conceived by REBAR, a San Francisco-based art collective, PARK(ing) Day is a one-day, global event where artists, activists, and citizens collaborate to temporarily transform parking spots into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public parks. For more information, visit http://www.parkingday.org/

This year, PARK(ing) Day is on Friday, September 19–meaning we have less than 2 months to plan for our park(s). Please join us at the kickoff meeting on Monday, August 11th at 6:30pm at 1215 22nd Street in Midtown Sacramento.

Last year, we created two very successful parks with hundreds of visitors and bunch of media coverage. We also had an amazing group of people that helped organize the parks. Two of the lead organizers have left Sacramento to attend school in another city. And one of our organizers, Jason Presley, passed away earlier this year. Jason was such an inspiration to everyone he came across, and he deeply cared about an eco-friendly urban environment (or eco-urban as he called it).

In memory and honor of Jason, we plan to call our parks “Presley Parks.” We know that if Jason was here this year, he would be able to pull together everyone and create an amazing park. Since he won’t be with us, we desperately need your help. Even if you’re not able to make this first meeting, please let me know if you are interested in participating. You can also join our Google Group for planning and meeting updates: http://groups.google.com/group/sacparkingday

You can view some of the photos from one of last year’s Sacramento parks: http://www.flickr.com/photos/neighborhoods/sets/72157603024716370/

Please pass this along to anyone that you think will be interested in participating.

Thanks,
Eric

Eric Fredericks
Founder, neighborhoods.org
(916) 669-0676 (m)
eric@neighborhoods.org