YOU'RE INVITED

TO THE "YOLANDA GARCÍA MEMORIAL PARK" DEDICATION
Tuesday, June 18, 2019 ~ 10am.

Detail from a 1994 planning map showing proposed park location. The location as a state-of-the-art park in 2019.

We Stay / Nos Quedamos, Inc., in partnership with the NYC Parks Department, request the honor  of your presence during the formal dedication of the newly constructed, state-of-the-art YOLANDA GARCÍA MEMORIAL PARK. Join us during this historic moment as we honor and celebrate the lifework and memory of YOLANDA GARCÍA, a staunch advocate of low-income and affordable housing development, an ardent proponent of community green space, and an iconic community role model. Yolanda García was Nos Quedamos' founder and first Executive Director. She spearheaded the historic and innovative "Melrose Urban Renewal Plan" that established a precedent for community-driven development. Before her untimely death in 2005, Yolanda helped create over one million square feet of attainable residential and commercial space—an accomplishment that shines as a beacon of responsible development organized and fronted by community residents, business leaders and home-owners, and activists working together with a common purpose. This model continues to be studied by fair housing scholars, urban planners, and anti-gentrification advocates from around the world, and that's something we can all be extremely proud of! The park's development and dedication also represents a major milestone in the investment in the quality-of-life and infrastructure in Melrose by municipal government, and is a living example and case-study of community-led environmental resiliency and sustainability in the South Bronx.

THIS IS A COMMUNITY-WIDE VICTORY. LET'S CELEBRATE TOGETHER! Melrose Avenue between East 159th &160th Streets, South Bronx. RSVP: avincenty@nosquedamos.org