April 29 Enews - Keeping the Park and Trail Safe plus other updates

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News from Stewart Park and the CWT

Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Dear Park and Trail friends,  We hope this late April day finds you well. At Friends of Stewart Park, we've been reading up on the physical and mental benefits of getting outside during this challenging time. We're encouraging people to take the  Parks and Trails New York Pledge. Responsible park and trail use is the key to keeping our public spaces open during the pandemic. Please do your part be following these guidelines:   ☑ Avoid crowded areas: if a park or trail is crowded, be ready to change plans. Also, steer clear of places people tend to congregate: parking lots, playgrounds, picnic areas, overlooks. ☑ Practice social distancing: stay 6 feet away from individuals outside of immediate household members ☑ Stay local: recreate close to home and keep visits short ☑ Wear a Mask:  It's recommended that everyone using parks and trails wear masks. Read more about the importance of masks on the trail here. Masks may be covering our faces much of the time these days, but Friends of Stewart Park staff have been "seen" much more than usual this last week. Executive Director Rick Manning was interviewed for WBNG 12's "Around the Tiers" with Logan Pollock. Meanwhile, our communications coordinator Janelle Alvstad-Mattson made a rare on-camera appearance representing FSP for Tompkins Earth Day 2020. You can see both videos below. Read on for exciting playground updates and other news from FSP and our local friends and partners. Take care.  (FSP Board President Diana Rieseman sporting her new Wharton Studio Museum mask) Rick Manning's Around the Tiers Interview Click to watch Rick Manning's interview on WBNG 12 News about the Inclusive Playground and all the ways FSP is revitalizing Stewart Park Friends of Stewart Park Update for Earth Day 2020 Friends of Stewart Park joined Get Your GreenBack Tompkins to celebrate the 50th anniversary of of Earth Day this year. Here’s the video we contributed to the event, with updates about park and trail use and what FSP doing to revitalize Stewart Park. Playground Work Underway We're so excited to share that construction on Phase II of the inclusive playground has been progressing nicely. The new Carousel Cover is taking shape, and construction on the School-Age Structure began this week. Municipal projects are considered essential work during this time, which means that the playground will be ready for the day everyone will be able to safely play together again! We very much look forward to that time! Virtual Fund Run for a Good Cause Want to get out and run for a good cause? The Finger Lakes Runners Club is hosting a virtual run to benefit the Finger Lakes Running Company—Ithaca’s only specialty running shop. The COVID-19 pandemic is hitting small businesses especially hard, and many will struggle to stay afloat without community support. FSP Executive Director Rick Manning dedicated his run to Waterfront Trail supporter and FLRC owner Ian Golden, and FSP supporters and Purity Ice Cream Owners Bruce and Heather Lane.  Who will you dedicate your run to? Click here for more info.  MORE PARK  NEWS SAFETY FSP Evidence Shows Benefits of Outdoors Outweighs Risks A recent article in New York Magazine points to several studies suggesting that the transmission risks for someone following social-distancing guidelines in a public park are very, very small.  As the weather gets warmer we hope to see more and more people using the parks and trails. Remember social distancing guidelines and masks to keep yourself and others safe!  GRANT NEWS FSP Wins Southern Tier Tuesdays Grant The votes have been counted and Friends of Stewart Park has been awarded the $2,000 Southern Tier Tuesdays grant! We are so grateful to all of you who voted, and to Adam Weitsman and Upstate Shredding for this grant. The grant will go towards the new Accessible Playground.   WHARTON STUDIO MUSEUM New from Cornell University Press: Silent Serial Sensations: The Wharton Brothers and the Magic of Early Cinema by Barbara Tepa Lupack, the first book-length study of Ithaca's own motion picture studio in Stewart Park! Wharton Studio Museum is super-excited about the book which brings the pioneering filmmaking Wharton brothers -- Theodore and Leopold -- to life and puts Ithaca and the region on the map as an important center of early American moviemaking. Historian and author Ms. Lupack has worked with WSM on a number of screenings and lectures during Silent Movie Month over the years, and was instrumental in helping WSM develop the Finger Lakes Film Trail in partnership with the George Eastman Museum in Rochester and the Case Research Lab and Cayuga Museum in Auburn.  Silent Serial Sensations: The Wharton Brothers and the Magic of Early Cinema can be ordered through Buffalo Street Books or wherever books are sold. Order your copy today! Proposed Wharton Studio Museum & Park Center. All season bathroom entrances are behind the terracotta wall. The Museum and Park Center with cafe will be in the northeast corner of the building, facing Cayuga Lake and the Picnic Pavilion. BATHROOMS Public bathrooms in the Stewart Park now been closed to help slow the spread of COVID-19 Coronavirus. These seasonal bathrooms will be opened once it is deemed safe to do so.  In related news, Friends of Stewart Park and Wharton Studio Museum are excited to announce plans are underway to create accessible all-season bathrooms. Located where the existing seasonal bathrooms are in the Wharton Building, these new bathrooms will be the first all-season public bathrooms in Stewart Park and along the Cayuga Waterfront Trail.  Construction of the new bathrooms is the first step in developing this historic building into the Wharton Studio Museum & Park Center.  Want to help with the cleanup up? Volunteer another way? Join a committee?  Email Rick! rick@friendsofstewartpark.org Your tax deductible donation to FSP helps revitalize Stewart Park now and in the future! CLICK  TO  MAKE  A  GIFT Copyright © 2019 Friends of Stewart Park, All rights reserved. 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