http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/ We, the undersigned, support improvements to Sara D Roosevelt Park and hope to continue to see it as a venue for many different types of recreation. Currently, there is a proposal and petition to convert the playspace located on Broome Street between Chrystie and Forsyth Streets into a dog run. While we would welcome a dog run to the area, this location is currently used by a number of different groups on a regular basis and its loss would strip many neighborhood users of a safe, protected place to recreate. The undersigned are current users of this space and those who support its current uses. We include youth groups, neighborhood children and their parents, and those who use the court for organized games. Many of us depend upon that court as it is one of the only places in the city that suit our needs because of its unique, guarded construction. Neighborhood kids use it for baseball and kickball games, residents use it for Tai Chi and martial arts practice, and there is a regular group of roller hockey and bike polo users who employ the space most weekends and have hosted international tournaments in this space, obtaining all proper permits. Each of these groups values the unique enclosure that this court offers and, in some cases, the enclosure is a necessary element to the games being played. In addition, these users routinely clean up the court and surrounding area and leave it in cleaner shape that when we found it. Many maintenance requests have been fulfilled for that space only because of the persistence of those who currently use it. Again, we support changes in the park and even a dog run, but to locate it here would weigh the needs of a single group as heavier than those of its current users. It is for these reasons that we implore you to save this valuable multiuse space. Wed, 31 Oct 2007 06:1:43 CDT en-us 3 http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig4433195 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig4432944 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Bikes dont poop. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig4349717 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3773208 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3768018 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST If this takes place where will we take our children to recreate them? http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3766606 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3764998 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3764930 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I remember this park as a little kid. I always look at this park as a main aspect of my life, so I do not what this park to dissappear. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3764902 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST This is the last area in the park that is multi-use. My children use it all the time. Maybe a dog run could go into part of the area in front of the BRC http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3764758 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST birds, bikes, baseball, tai chi are much better for our neighborhood http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3764755 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3764745 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST i have a dog, and a young child. the space is much better for kids and it is used constantly for groups of all ages looking for the rare open space. thank you http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3764720 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3764624 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3764597 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST This park needs to be maintained for athletic space for people! It is used regularly by local people for Tai Chi, baseball, and other activities http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3764105 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3764081 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST NYC bike Polo http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3763997 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST save the park. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3763884 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST Keep This space multi-use please! :D http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/SaveSaraDRooseveltPark/#sig3763625 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I hope, we win!!!