DANGER: This garden is under threat from city council member Margaret Chin. A developer contract has been awarded to Pennrose. We need your help NOW.
FLASH FUND - Enter by February 28 | Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden is working tirelessly to preserve one of the last green, open spaces in Little Italy and SoHo. But they need your help. Now you can get rewarded for helping out by donating to this campaign.
Donate to Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden, a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit, through this Spotfund story and get a chance to win a $200 gift certificate to award-winning Chef's Club restaurant in NYC and an Atelier perfume package. The more you donate and share this campaign, the greater the chance to win. Help preserve the beauty of Elizabeth Street Garden by donating to this Spotfund story.
In Little Italy, where green space is hard to find, residents are fighting to save a cherished garden on city-owned land from development.
Elizabeth Street Garden, a green pocket between Elizabeth and Mott streets in Little Italy, is a through lot that residents have developed into a tranquil space for relaxation and community programming.
The former public school site had been promised first for a new public school in the 1970s and then an open space in the 1980s. In 1991, a neighborhood resident leased the debris-strewn lot from the city, planted trees and installed the first of many sculptures that populate the garden’s lawns. More recently, the local community and almost every elected official has asked that the space be permanently saved as a NYC Park.
Now, the city is seeking to develop the garden into ground-floor retail and affordable senior housing, even though an alternative nearby site would provide 5x as much housing.
Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden is working to preserve the garden as a unique public green, open space and NYC Park. You can save the Elizabeth Street Garden by donating today.
Winner will receive a $200 gift certificate to Chef's Club restaurant and an Atelier Perfume package. Winner will be announced here on March 7th.
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How to enter: Visit spotfund.com and enter via any entry method. Receive one entry into the drawing for every dollar you donate to the Spotfund story on spotfund.com or *Spotfund the iOS app through September 30th.
Who can enter: Legal U.S. residents age 13 and up. Entry is subject to all applicable laws. Employees, Officers, and Directors of Spotfund or Friends of Elizabeth Street Garden are not eligible to win.
Mail-in Entries: Postal entries must be postmarked by September 20th and received by February 24th to enter.
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