LIA launches crowdfunding campaign to redesign Amici Park

By Christopher Gomez | Little Italy News

The Little Italy community has been hard at work to find a solution for the multi-use space known as Amici Park, where students of Washington Elementary School play and residents and their canine companions run.

After three years of work, the Little Italy Association, a nonprofit corporation, entered into a 66-year lease to manage all the peripheral areas of the school. The Little Italy Association has been authorized to design, fund and build improvements at Amici Park, balancing the neighborhood needs of a school playground and a dog park area.

Back in the fall of 2015, we opened a no-leash dog run area, where Little Italy residents could take their pets to play in a safe and secure environment.

Now, we want to improve the dog park even more, making it a first-class dog park, — equal to the level of other amenities found in our community — and we need the community’s help to raise money to improve and enhance the dog area at Amici Park.

On Thursday, March 31, we launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign to focus specifically on upgrades to the dog park.

The crowdfunding campaign will help us raise funds to support dog park fences and gates, surface landscaping, benches and water fountains, as well as ongoing park maintenance and improvements.

Best of all, donors will have the chance to immortalize their furry friends at the dog park. These perks include pet portraits on fences, engraved pet names on gates, and plaques on benches and water fountains. Donors can also receive T-shirts, dog tags and an invitation to a fun Yappy Hour celebration.

The fundraising goal is $42,000, but the Little Italy Association hopes to exceed that so we can introduce additional dog-friendly features in the future.

Donations can be made at Indiegogo.com/littleitalydogparkatamicipark. The campaign will last until May 2.

We hope to see you around the neighborhood and at Amici Park with your four legged family members!

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—Christopher Gomez ha sido gerente de distrito de Little Italy desde 2000. Comuníquese con él en [email protected].