Williamsburg Walks needs volunteers for its last event of the year

Volunteers needed for June 11th; this year's last Williamsburg Walks event.

The LAST event in the second annual Williamsburg Walks series is fast approaching! This Saturday, June 11th, is the last in a 6-week series of Bedford Ave. street closures known as Williamsburg Walks.

Williamsburg Walks is part of a growing city-wide movement of neighborhood street closures that are reinventing neighborhood public streets as pedestrian-friendly, community-oriented shared spaces. The series spanned a total of six Saturdays, beginning on June 6th, and is proving to be a great place for neighbors to mingle, picnic, and learn more about their neighborhood. This year, NAG and the L Magazine have teamed up to organize and sponsor the event.

This weekend's Williamsburg Walks is gearing up the be the biggest and best in the series! The event is dependent on a rotation of volunteers who are essential in making it a success. For this final event, we'll need as many volunteers as possible in order to put on an event worthy of our neighborhood. That's why we need YOU! Grab your friends or family and help out this Saturday! Water, snacks, and a free volunteer t-shirt will be provided to each volunteer. Volunteers can sign up for the Set-up shift from 11am-2pm, the Event shift from 2pm-6pm, or the Break-down shift from 7pm-9pm. For details or to sign up, please contact the Williamsburg Walks volunteer coordinator, Rima Shamieh, at karimeh.shamieh@gmail.com.

Even if you don;t volunteer, stop by Bedford Ave. this Saturday to celebrate with us!

Williamsburg Walks on June 20th - CANCELED

Feel free to be singing in the rain, but there won't be any walking in the rain. Due to the particularly bad weather forecast for tomorrow, we are forced to cancel the Williamsburg Walks.

Williamsburg Walks 2009 Information Meeting

GIVE YOUR OPINION & GET INVOLVED

Join NAG and the L Magazine at

WILLIAMSBURG WALKS 2009 INFORMATION MEETING
Monday, April 27, 7:00pm
Swinging Sixties Senior Center
211 Ainslie Street @ Manhattan Ave (Map)

L Magazine and Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) are partnering this year to organize the 2009 Williamsburg Walks. Last year's event was in many regards a success thanks to the support of the driving forces of the community.

The 2009 Williamsburg Walks is going to build on last year's success and celebrate the community on a sunny pedestrian Bedford Avenue. The event will be taking place every Saturday in June and July - starting June 6th - from noon to 9 pm.

This year, we are hoping to make the event even more enjoyable for the residents, merchants, and visitors of North Brooklyn. We realize from the feedback collected in 2008 that there is room for improvement. This is why we invite you to join us so you can give your opinion and share your concerns.

Williamsburg Walks are also a great opportunity to actively support the community. Come and learn about the many volunteer opportunities.

Questions?
Contact the NAG office at 718-384-2248 or williamsburgwalks@gmail.com

Make Lentol Garden Your Park

Last Williamsburg Walks (For Now)

Passing along a note from our friends at billburg.com who were major organizers of Williamsburg Walks. The event has been particularly successful at building community and getting neighbors to meet each other in a calm, traffic-free environment. We look forward to Williamsburg Walks returning in some form that works for businesses (both on and off Bedford) and residents alike.

Dear all--

This weekend brings us to the last Williamsburg Walks in our 4 week experiment. Last week started rainy and dreary, but after the sun came out so did everyone else!

Public Forum

After this Saturday, the next step will be the public forum! We are still finalizing location and dates, but will send an announcement once final. If we have confirmed everything by Saturday, the information will be available at the info tent.

The best way to show your support of the event is to attend the public forum and to send a detailed email to williamsburgwalks@billburg.com of your praise and constructive criticism. Your feedback will be included in the End Report that will have recommendations for future similar pedestrian events. As always, you can also route feedback to us via emailing williamsburgwalks@billburg.com.

Saturday Volunteers

The volunteer outpouring has been amazing thus far! We've run out of shirts, but will still have water, coffee & bagels for volunteers.

If anyone would like to volunteer for this Saturday, we'll need the most help at set up and tear down times. Set up begins at 11am, tear down at 7pm. The early morning tasks will include putting up the barricades, setting up the tables & chairs and putting together the information tent. Find event coordinator Connie Colvin once in the area. This week the info tent will be set up on Bedford between North 7th and 8th.

For those arriving during the day, stop at the info tent to "check-in". We'll have volunteer duties for you ranging from drawing hopscotch on the street in chalk to moving tables to the shade to getting email addresses to update everyone of the public forum.

As important as volunteers, we are looking for people to enjoy the street space during Williamsburg Walks this upcoming Saturday. Williamsburg Walks is really what you make of it.

Thank you!

We would like to thank our sponsors, volunteers & everyone who has supported this event. We could not have done it without you.

See you Saturday!
Jason & Connie