Miami, FL – August 26, 2015 – As Miami grows, advocates are pushing to protect and expand valuable green and public gathering space. That was the rallying call at the Make Parks a Priority event last week. Hosted at C1 Bank in Wynwood and sponsored by Grey Goose and Cusquena Cerveza, The Miami Foundation gathered more than 150 engaged residents to encourage all county commissioners to approve Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s proposed $13.5 million 2016 parks budget increase. The rally also celebrated the eighteen winners of the 2015 Public Space Challenge.

Stacey Glassman & Rebecca Mandelman

Tony Cho, Rebecca Mandelman, & Steven Marcus

Stacey Glassman, Tony Cho, Rebecca Mandelman, & Steven Marcus

Lola Bellaflores, Roberto Rovira, Tony Cho, & Stacey Glassman

Jessica Levy, Alixa Castellanos, Stacey Glassman, & Clement Fatovic

Gabriela Guzman, Chi Chi Truong, Justin Wales, Rebecca Mandelman, Ana Colls, & Lalchandani Simon

Lalchandani Simon, Clayton Solomon, & Ana Colls

Ron Romer & Jessica Kizorek

Clement Fatovic, Rebecca Mandelman, Markus Thiel, & Peter Garcia

Dejha Carrington, Stacey Glassman, & Rebecca Mandelman

Wayne Stephens & Dejha Carrington

Dejha Carrington & Theresa Heron

Grace Turiano & Kelly Penton

Leo Valencia, Adele Bagley, Matt Haggman, & Rebecca Mandelman

Tony Cho

Matthew Beatty

Javier Soto

Javier Soto & Xavier Suarez

Miguel Prypchan & Francisco Herretes

Matt Mawhinney, Christine Zavesky, & Milda Bublys

Matt Mawhinney, Francisco Herretes, Tanya Nieto-Winzey, Miguel Prypchan, Tony Cho, Stacey Glassman, Rudolf Uhlemann, Roberto Rovira, Dejha Carrington, Ron Romer, & Public Space Challenge Winners

Stuart Kennedy

Rebecca Mandelman

Tanya Nieto-Winzey & Karla Acosta

Chi Chi Truong, Ryan Shedd, & Rudolf Uhlemann