CAG Meeting tonight.

There will be a Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group (CAG) meeting that is open to the public tonight starting at 6pm.  Senior level official from the NYSDEC will be there to discuss canal clean-up.  You'll have an opportunity to get some questions answered as CAG will be collecting questions and asking them as time permits.  For more info on what to expect read the excerpt below from a CAG email about the meeting.  


December 4 from 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. at PS 32, 317 Hoyt Street, Brooklyn.

Your presence at this meeting will help demonstrate the community’s strong support for a comprehensive clean-up of the canal.  The CAG will be asking NYSDEC officials pointed questions about the state’s role in the enforcement of Clean Water Act requirements to eliminate sewage overflows, whether and how the state is coordinating with EPA’s Superfund cleanup process, and other issues of vital importance to a proper clean-up of the canal and protection of public health.

NYSDEC is the only agency that has the right to review and provide comments to EPA on EPA’s Superfund clean-up plan prior to its release, which is expected by the end of 2012.  The CAG encourages a strong public turnout at this meeting to show NYSDEC the community’s concern that the clean-up be done right. 

Gowanus Meeting with EPA.

Tonight Gowanus residents can meet with the EPA about hurricane aftermath topics, including water samples and any other questions residents and business owners may have.  NYSDEC, FEMA, and OSHA will also be represented at the meeting.   More info is below.


Monday November 26, 2012 at 6:30 pm
P.S. 32 – 317 Hoyt Street near Union Street

Home and Business Rebuild Meeting Tonight!

There will be a meeting tonight at 6:30pm at our Red Hook space on Van Brunt Street.  Architect Jim Garrison will be sharing resources on rebuilding efforts tonight with local home and business owners. Of course we'll be there.  He will help explain some of the more arcane FEMA guidelines, and advise regarding updated mechanical systems that are less expensive and less flood-prone.  This will be an essential info session for people who are looking into grants and loans to get their buildings back running again. So, come on down to 351 Van Brunt tonight.

Columbia Connector Meeting Tonight

Do you want to be involved in your community? Yes? Then come out tonight for an important meeting concerning the Columbia Street Connector project. Join your neighbors at 6:30 tonight at The Red Hook Initiative, 767 Hicks Street. Here's some more information we got from an email about what to expect at the meeting.

Monday evening’s presentation will include a design vision for the Columbia Street Connector, the stretch of Columbia Street between Lorraine Street and the Erie Basin Pier, including the Greenstreet at Halleck, in Red Hook. Options will be presented for greening the corridor, calming traffic, connecting residents to the waterfront, and connecting the Red Hook neighborhood to the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway route.This stretch of Columbia Street has low traffic and wide sidewalks. The land uses in the northern three blocks are mostly industrial and commercial and the pedestrian experience there and on the Esplanade could be improved significantly with vegetation and other treatments.

Because this is an important junction with the greenway, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative and Regional Plan Association seek the Red Hook community’s input on what improvements would be desirable to make this an attractive route and destination for Red Hook residents. In April 2011, Red Hook community members met to develop a plan to improve this part of the neighborhood. At the March 19, 2012 report-back meeting we will update you on the progress of the plan and how we can work with you to get it implemented.

Save Mary A. Whalen Meeting Tonight!

There will be a public meeting tonight at 6:30 pm in an effort to save the oil tanker, Mary A. Whalen. They'd like you to please come by and give your ideas, endorsements, and support to help them save NYC's favorite oil tanker. More info below. If you miss the meeting they will also be accross the street at Montero's Bar until around 10:30. You can also forward a flyer about the meeting, download it here.

Mon 2/27/12 6:30-8:30pm

LICH (Long Island College Hospital)
Conference Rooms A & B

339 Hicks Street, Brooklyn NY 11201

Corner of Atlantic Avenue & Hicks Street, Brooklyn

Enter from Hicks Street (some raised steps)

Meeting about car safety.

Walking by the corner of Kane and Henry Streets you can't help but notice a striking scene. A car that's been hit pretty hard from behind (windows broken, huge dents and glass all over the street) with a big sign on it. Well of course we had to check it out. Was it a sign from the person who hit this car? Or maybe from the car owner looking for the person responsible. Well, it was neither. It was a note announcing a community meeting, time and date pending, to discuss car safety. A very good idea that came out of an unfortunate accident. Check out the note below but in case you can't see the contact info to find out about it, here it is. maureen.hogan@elliman.com or jblock@elliman.com

OccupyRedHook

Community meeting tonight at 7pm at the RHI Center, 767 Hicks and 9th St. To discuss organizing for Green Space for Learning and Industry. For more inof contact RHI at 718-858-6782.