colleagues, you know that joany mitchell song they took paradise-paved par dice and put up a parking lot? i can report in district 7 we have done the opposite and are today i have the great pleasure of honoring the friends of lakeside village. this all started many years ago with a experiment from community members in lakeside in former supervisor yee's office to activate parking lots own said by the mta, but under-utilized and often full of garbage and graffiti. we fast forward to 2019, inspired by the international child friendly city initiative to make urban spaces more kid friendly and concerns about the safety of this parking lot that was always full of garbage, the neighbors worked with supervisor yee's office to channel their energy and come up with a concept that was more positive. what these volunteers amazing volunteers have done is take this parking lot and now it is a beautiful community space that act as a park. it has tables and chairs and a stage. it has a fairy garden, it has a wonderful community garden with edible plants. it has sun umbrellas, it has programming tha