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Dupont Circle Neighborhood NEWS
 

Date:  September 20, 2013
From: Alert DC

TODAY:
DDOT to Participate in Park(ing) Day 2013

Parking Spaces Throughout District to be Temporarily Reclaimed for People
WHAT/WHO:    For the first time ever, today the District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is participating in Parking) Day ­ an annual worldwide event where artists, designers and citizens transform metered parking spots into temporary public parks.  Introduced in San Francisco in 2005, Parking) Day coincides with the first day of Car Free Days, 2013, and DDOT is using the event as an opportunity to highlight the District's sustainability efforts. 
  
The public and members of the press are encouraged to visit and enjoy the multiple parklets throughout the District, as organizations and businesses temporarily turn ordinary parking spaces into mini-parks.   
 
Parklet Sponsors: 
 
Baked & Wired                                                   
BicycleSPACE                                                    
Capital Bikeshare                                              
Casey Trees                                                         
Cycle Life USA                                                   
DC Dept. of Parks & Recreation                  
DC Greenworks                                                 
DC Office of Planning                                    
Fleurir                                                                  
Gensler                                                                 
Georgetown BID                                              
History Matters                                                 
Landscape Architecture Foundation         
Malmaison                                                         
National Wildlife Federation                        
NoMa BID                                                           
OCULUS                                                               
Robert Bell Architects                                    
Smart Growth America                                   
WABA                                                                  
Zipcar    
  
WHEN:  Friday, September 20, 2013 
9:00 a.m. ­ 3:00 p.m. (Participants will begin setting up at 9 a.m..) 
 
WHERE:  Parklet locations are listed here:   http://www.godcgo.com/home/events/vw/3/itemid/524/d/20130920.aspx