Adam Hart, mapmaker, poses with the new kiosk. Photo by Jim Metzger.
Campaigning, Educating, Planting
Protect Our Woods is an ad hoc citizens' group formed to help the Hillside Woods Restoration Project.
For more info about POW, email protectourwoods@gmail.com or visit POW on Facebook. POW worked closely with Hastings Parks & Rec Dept, Parks & Rec Commission and Conservation Commission to erect the kiosk and create content and branding for the restoration project.
Parks and Rec Staff pose in front of the newly installed kiosk
Kiosk Installation
POW sourced, and our Parks & Rec staff erected, this informational kiosk, located at the Chemka Pool entrance to Hillside Woods, in the summer of 2020. On the front is Adam Hart's new map of Hillside Woods, and on reverse is a cabinet with news and information about Hillside's habitat and the Hillside Woods Restoration Project.
It is our hope that the kiosk will serve as a bridge between the project steering committee and the public, fostering understanding and engagement. Providing a kiosk was one of the recommendations of the Hillside Woods & Park Tree Inventory & Urban Forest Management Plan the Village commissioned in 2018.
We are grateful to an anonymous resident for donating the funding for this project.
Cat McGrath installs informational content on kiosk's reverse side. Photos by Jim Metzger.
Thanks to the work of student activist Erik Ghalib and to funding from Bloomberg Philanthropies' Youth Climate Action Fund and the High School One Acts, we have sited two informational mini-kiosks at ancillary park entrances—one at Edgewood and Taft, and one at the entrance ot the wood from Hillside School's parking lot, with an additional one to be installed at the Judson Avenue entrance.
Eventually, we'd like to see a kiosk at 3 additional entrances, marked by the stars in the map at right: at South Drive, Overlook Road and Cliff Street.
To donate, contact protectourwoods@gmail.com
Adam's new trail map! Click to view a hi-res copy