Queens Museum of Art

The Queens Museum of Art will develop Corona, Queens: A Dignified Neighborhood for Immigrants, a project aimed at creating new opportunities through an arts and cultural lens for civic engagement by equipping emerging immigrant neighborhood leaders with necessary tools for community engagement. The project positions Corona as a model neighborhood where residents' concerns are addressed through education, dialog, and institutional support. The museum will provide non-English speaking community members with tools to create a beautiful neighborhood, and the advocacy skills to enable them to create a better city environment. Activities include facilitating improvements to Flushing Meadows Corona Park; building local leadership in the community through the museum's arts and education center; and continuing civic engagement in Corona through participation in active design improvements and through New York city's participatory budgeting process.