Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    OPEN SPACE ALLIANCE (DBA NORTH BROOKLYN PARKS ALLIANCE) ADVANCED ITS EFFORTS TO CREATE AN EQUITABLE, ACCESSIBLE, AND VIBRANT PARKS SYSTEM IN NORTH BROOKLYN.THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AFFECTED EVERY ASPECT OF OUR PROGRAMMING IN 2020, WHICH TRANSITIONED ALMOST ENTIRELY ONLINE AS WE LAUNCHED NEW DIGITAL INITIATIVES, INCLUDING A WEEKLY INSTAGRAM SERIES - #ASKAGARDENER - THAT TRAVELLED AROUND PARKS AND OPEN SPACES TO OFFER VIRTUAL TOURS AND WORKSHOPS WITH OUR HORTICULTURAL TEAM. WE ALSO LAUNCHED A MONTHLY VIRTUAL PANEL SERIES THAT CONVENED SUBJECT EXPERTS ON PARKS POLICY AND PLANNING TO HAVE IN-DEPTH DIALOGUE ON OPEN SPACE CHALLENGES FACING OUR COMMUNITY.IN SUMMER 2020, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NEW YORK STATE, OSA COMPLETED CONSTRUCTION OF UNDER THE K BRIDGE PARK, WHICH OPENED PARTIALLY TO THE PUBLIC THAT FALL (AND FULLY IN SPRING 2021), TRANSFORMING SEVEN ACRES OF ABANDONED OPEN SPACE INTO PUBLIC PARKLAND.OSA ALSO COORDINATED VOLUNTEER CLEAN-UPS WITH LOCAL STEWARDSHIP GROUPS, ACTING AS A SERVICE ORGANIZATION, OFFERING FISCAL SPONSORSHIP; TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE; AND DIGITAL SUPPORT TO THESE SMALLER PARK GROUPS.
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $598.3K

  • Community Park Programming

    IN 2023, THE NORTH BROOKLYN PARKS ALLIANCE EXPANDED ITS MAINTENANCE AND HORTICULTURAL SERVICES AND PROGRAMMING AT UNDER THE K BRIDGE PARK FOR ITS FIRST FULL YEAR OF BEING OPEN AS A PUBLIC PARK. PUBLIC PROGRAMMING RANGED FROM ONGOING VOLUNTEER STEWARDSHIP OPPORTUNITIES, TO THE SECOND ANNUAL "REGGAE UNDER THE BRIDGE" SERIES, TO A "SUMMER OF LOVE" MUSIC FESTIVAL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HOUSE OF YES.THROUGHOUT BROOKLYN'S COMMUNITY BOARD 1, THE ORGANIZATION COORDINATED VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS, SUPPORTED NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS GROUPS -- LIKE LOCAL DOG RUNS (PROVIDING PARK IMPROVEMENTS TO COOPER, MCGOLRICK, MCCARREN, AND STERNBERG RUNS), COMMUNITY GARDENS THROUGH AN OPEN GARDEN DAY COLLABORATION, AND FRIENDS GROUPS THROUGH FISCAL SPONSORSHIP AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE -- AND WORKED WITH OPEN STREETS AND PUBLIC PLAZA PARTNERS ON NEW PUBLIC SPACES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $831.7K