Park(ing) Day 2015

The atti­tude around Park(ing) Day has changed dra­mat­i­cal­ly since I first got involved a few years ago. Where I was strug­gling with by-laws to work around not get­ting per­mis­sion to set up my space, WCC has now brought it into Parks Week and the Welling­ton Sculp­ture Trust does the logis­ti­cal man­age­ment. On March 11, a total […]

Park(ing) for People

Park(ing) Day is com­ing around again and this time there’s some offi­cial sup­port. Welling­ton Sculp­ture Trust is call­ing for expres­sions of inter­est to join them on the day. The clos­ing date is August 12th (sor­ry for the late post­ing on this), so get those idea machines cook­ing. There are a total of 20 loca­tions that will be […]

Parking Day update

After get­ting in touch with appro­pri­ate peo­ple from Welling­ton City Coun­cil to dis­cuss plans and get per­mis­sion, it has become obvi­ous that par­tic­i­pat­ing in Park(ing) Day is going to be dif­fi­cult. Bylaws gov­ern the use of vehi­cles in park­ing spaces with­in Welling­ton. How­ev­er, I can­not find the spe­cif­ic bylaw implied by the offi­cer I con­tact­ed: You […]