MKThink to Hold First Community Workshop for People’s Park

A workshop held on Sunday will feature discussions of the people, programs, places and design concepts that will make the park safer, welcoming and more widely used by community members.

“So far we have only had smaller group meetings and interviews,” said Irene Hegarty, director of community relations for UC Berkeley. “This is an effort to bring the community together to understand what they want. We will definitely have more workshops later if there is a demand for it.”

Although some park users remain skeptical about the workshops, they are willing to attend them.

“While paid architect consultants to the university can hardly be considered unbiased nor in the spirit of People’s Park, I believe it will be good for those of us who use and appreciate People’s Park to participate in these sessions,” said Berkeley naturalist Terri Compost in a e-mail to the Planet.

Compost will be organizing a grassroots visioning day along with community members during the beginning of September.