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Council member praises Trust for Public Land's work on school playgrounds
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Council Member Shekar Krishnan expresses strong appreciation for the Trust for Public Land's work, particularly highlighting their impact on a playground at IS 145 in Jackson Heights. He describes how the organization transformed a space with little to no green area into a vibrant, well-utilized community asset.
- Krishnan emphasizes the playground's full utilization by students, families, and the community.
- He notes the positive reception from the school principal and the community.
- The council member sees this as an example of how the Schoolyard to Playground initiative, led by TPL, can benefit playgrounds across the city.
Shekar Krishnan
1:25:50
Thank you for your testimony.
1:25:51
I just want to say I cannot say enough good things about Trust for Public Land.
1:25:55
It's a really phenomenal organization and purpose.
1:25:58
And as I said, I've seen it personally.
1:26:00
IS one forty five in Jackson Heights, we have the least amount of green space in the city.
1:26:05
That playground had very little to no green space, and the way you all have transformed it is incredible with green space, environmental resilient architecture there too, beautiful basketball hoops and a track.
1:26:19
And I can tell you every day of the year, that playground is fully utilized.
1:26:25
The school loves it.
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The principal loves it.
1:26:27
Our community, every day after school on the weekends, it is fully packed with students and families.
1:26:33
And it's just such an incredible example of the work you all do, but how a program like the school the Art of Playground initiative with TPL really leading that work, we can do so much more for playgrounds across our city.
1:26:48
So thank you all for your work.
Sophia Stelboum
1:26:49
Absolutely.