Entertainment as Communication
Overall there is a huge divide between the haves and have-nots at the park. They avoid each other like the plague. The homeless tend to stay in their own areas while other citizens walk around them or past them.
On another note there is a general lack of entertainment in the park. Though it is beautiful landscaping and art placed in the very center of the city there aren’t any street musicians, children playing, or other signs of people actually using the space. Its like a very well tended garden that only occasionally gets visited by the non-homeless.
My idea is to try and bring the homeless and other citizens together through gaming. Specifically through the shuffleboard court, I want to organize at least one to two games to be able to go on concurrently. Also possibly other games as well as getting shuffleboard pieces might be problematic (even if I make the sticks)
Problems:
· Getting people to get involved, possibly a prize for the homeless people that play (or individual money for getting involved). Does this taint the project by paying the people to play?
· Getting regular citizens to play. How, what incentive?
· Middle school dance syndrome. Involved but separate.
Solutions:
· Put forth a proposal to Wizard’s chest.
o Other games, checkers chess?
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