Free Tree Giveaway, Brooklyn waterfront planning & Red Hook clean-up

Red Hook Economic Development (RHED) would like to encourage individuals, families and community groups to take advantage of a free tree giveaway program. The donated trees, including flowering trees and larger shade trees, are available for planting on private property (ex. front/back yards, community gardens, etc).  The trees must be planted in the ground, rather than in a planter or a container, and unfortunately are not eligible for empty street tree pits.

 

The tree giveaway is on Sat/Sun April 17 & 18 from 10am - 3pm at Putnam Ave. & Fulton St. If there is sufficient demand RHED will explore renting a truck to pick up and deliver (though the individual property owner would also likely have to attend to verify where the tree would be planted). Keep in mind that home and property owners are limited to two trees each, the trees are distributed on a first-come first-served basis, and that trees weigh approximately 30 pounds and stand 7 – 8 feet tall (http://www.milliontreesnyc.org/html/programs/pdr_tree_giveaway.shtml ).

 

 

NYC's Dept of Transportation will be holding a series of community planning workshops for the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. The workshop for the Red Hook waterfront will be held on Tuesday April 13th from 6:30 -8:30pm at the Red Hook Recreation Center (155 Bay Street). The workshops will inform DOT’s master plan for constructing the greenway, so please mark your calendars and tell your neighbors.  RSVP to brooklynwaterfrontgreenway@dot.nyc.gov.

RHED’s Streetscape & Maintenance Committee is also organizing a Spring community cleanup day. We will be working with Partnership for Parks and other community partners to beautify Red Hook’s street tree pits, sidewalks and other public spaces. 

The next meeting of the Committee is this Wednesday April 7th at 5:30pm at RHED’s office space (402 Van Brunt St ) to plan for the clean-up weekend.  Please let us know if you can make it.

We are also hear that Red Hook's own Fort Defiance won the "Best Home Away From Home" award at yesterday's Time Out New York Eat Out 2010 ceremony. Congratulations to St. John and his fine staff.
http://newyork.timeout.com/static_content/downloads/758/eatoutawards2010.pdf