Mission & Vision

MISSION: 

Friends of Mosholu Parkland's mission is to engage the Bedford Park and Norwood communities to garden, grow and develop fostering practices of environmental sustainability, human, social and economic.

VISION:

Our vision is to lead the transformation toward a sustainably circular well-being urban environmental community for people and nature to improve liveability, promote innovation and reduce environmental impacts while maximizing economic and social co-benefits.

We strive to provide leadership that engages the Mosholu community to improve the green spaces along Mosholu Parkway for now and future generations. The Friends of Mosholu Parkland envisions a park, recreation center, and traffic system that:

• Develops a center of community life, bringing together the neighborhoods of Bedford and Norwood on Mosholu with public gardens and enhanced green spaces.
• Helps to restore a sense of community, well-being, and public safety.
• Preserves recreational opportunities, natural areas, and designated public spaces.
• Preserves a system of walkways, greenways, and trails that links residential homes to the park malls and enclaves.
• Encourages use by all ages.
• Supports designated areas with economic development opportunities in both the Norwood and Bedford Park communities.
• Provides enhanced scenic views for motorists, bicyclists, pedestrians, and park users.
• Encourage environmental and personal sustainability practices using community engagement through art, education, skill training, growing food and fun gardening.