Grow
With Gompers!
A joint initiative of the North Mayfair Improvement
Association and the Gompers Park Advisory Council. Our mission: Redesign and rebuild the aging playground at Gompers Park,. Our vision: A dynamic, new place for children to play and our diverse community to connect.
Grow with Gompers is a committee of dedicated community members who
havecome together as a joint initiative of the North Mayfair
Improvement
Association and the Gompers Park Advisory Counci. Our vision for
the playground goes beyond new swings and slides. By replacing
and redesigning the aging, out-dated, playground, we hope to create a
dynamic new place for childrent to safely place and our diverse
community to connect. Grow with Gompers is part of NMIA, a 501c3
non profit organization, working for over 80 years to improve our park
and neighborhood.
We benefit from partnership with the Chicago Park District
And the full support of
Chicago families and businesses
Alderman Margaret Laurino, 39th Ward
State Representative John D’Amico, 15th District ($150K of state funding for the
playground!)
Congressman Mike Quigley, 5th District
Grow with Gompers: ASAP With
their support, we organize many creative fund raising events
and programs for the entire community,
including GOMPTOBERFEST, Romp@Gomps, Spring Spa-tacular,
Community
Yoga Classes, the upcoming Circus in the Parks, and more to....
Build awareness of our
need for a new
playground.
Extend
and
increase stewardship
of this
valuable space.
Advocate
for thoughtful renovations and gain
sources of funding.
Work together through partnerships
with our neighbors, community businesses, legislators, and the Chicago
Park District.
Why build a new playground? The existing
playground is...
Over
17 years old, with some
equipment dating much
older
Deteriorating
Unsafe
Out-dated
Plagued
by
worn out, disintegrating materials,
unstable structures, rusty metal, and head entrapment hazards.
All
issues
are documented in a study by the Injury Free Coalition for Kids at
Children’s Memorial
Hospital.
Under-utilized
due to its limited
selection of equipment,
play areas that present many dangers for young ones
and fail to challenge older children
and a disfunctional layout that
leave a large amount of the playground unused.
Data
from park events, programs, and more shows Gompers Park is a favorite
destination for Chicagoans, who enjoy its wide range of facilities,
programs, and natural areas all year round.
This
unique, urban resource offers a pool, tennis, lagoon,
riverfront, trails, sledding, camps, classes for all ages, picnic
grounds, fishing, bird watching, baseball diamonds, football fields,
and
more.
Come visit and
find out your favorite part of Gompers Park!!
What could a
new playground do?
Attract
and
engage
all the
families served by Gompers Park.
Create
connections across generations and diverse
cultures.
Weclome
disabled and senior citizens by providing easily accessible rubberized
ground cover,
comfortable shaded seating, and game tables for intergeneration
activities.
Encourage imaginative, interactive play
with fun developmentally appropriate play areas designed to
interest and be safe for children
of different ages.
BUILD A SAFER AND STRONGER COMMUNITY!
Protect children from busy Foster Ave
with innovative design elements, structures, and strategies.
How
can
you help Grow with Gompers?
The Chicago Park
District has started the process of designing and planning to build the
new playground. In order to begin construction,
our committee must reach substantial fundraising goals and work hard to
make
sure our park is a priority.With
the
help of all our partners, including you, we can make it happen!
In addition
to being a great park, Gompers is a valuable resource that attracts new
residents to our neighborhood, customers to local businesses, and
improves our
overall standard of living here in North Mayfair and the city beyond!
Contact
us at info@gompersparkplayground.org to share your
ideas, offer your time or talent, and subscribe to our secure
e-newsletter.
Click here
to sign our online petition, print a brochure, or fill out a survey.
Contribute to Grow
with Gompers via PayPal.or
through mail directly to:
Grow
with Gompers /
North Mayfair Improvement Association
P.O Box 30119
Chicago, IL 60630
Please
write checks to NMIA and note the donation is for Grow with Gompers.
NMIA is a 501c3
non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible
to the extent provided by law.
Click on the links below for info on fantastic fall events coming up at Gompers Park.
Circus In
The Parks! - Saturday, Sept. 11 Shows at 2pm and 5pm - Sunday, Sept.12 Shows at 1pm and 4pm
GOMTOBERFEST SATURDAY OCTOBER 2, 2010 6:30-11:00pm 21 + Party in the Park