Invitees: Kate D. Levin, the Bloomberg Philanthropies Arts program; Ydanis Rodriguez, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner; Leslie Davol, co-founder and Executive director of Street Lab; Ken Podziba, CEO of Bike New York; Tressi Colon, President of Marcus Meets Malcolm, a partner of DOT’s Open Streets Program; Sara Hobel, Executive Director of The Horticultural Society of New York; NYC Department of Transportation Open Plaza and Open Streets Program, David Ezer, Director of Events, Waterfront Alliance; Donovan Richards Jr., Queens Borough President; Moe Yousuf, President and CEO, and Craig Schwitter, Board Chair, LMCC; Laura Hansen, founder and former Managing Director of the Neighborhood Plaza Program at The Horticultural Society; Adrian Benepe, President and CEO, Brooklyn Botanic Garden; Jamie Bennett, Lord Cultural Resources; Josh Moskowitz, Board Member, Center for an Urban Future; Director of Financial Access and Impact Partnerships, Citi; Jonathan Bowles, Executive Director, Center for an Urban Future; Commissioner Sue Donoghue, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation; David Cerron, Assistant Commissioner for Business Development, NYC Department of Parks & Recreation; Arthi Krishnamoorthy, Senior Principal, TenBerke; Board Member, Queens Museum; Eric Landau, President, Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation; Clare Newman, President and CEO, Trust for Governors Island; John Surico, Senior Fellow for Climate & Opportunity, Center for an Urban Future; Alan van Capelle, Executive Director, Friends of the High Line; Eli Dvorkin, Editorial and Policy Director, Center for an Urban Future; Council Member Shekar Krishnan, Chair, Committee on Parks & Recreation; Craig Peterson, Program Officer and Amy Freitag, President, New York Community Trust; Program Officers, Doris Duke Foundation, Mellon, Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors, and Ford Foundation; Down to Earth Festival artists, funders, and partners.
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