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Demand Our Waterfront Parks! Rally and Hearing June 14th @ City Hall

Please Join Council Member Stephen Levin for a Rally to DEMAND the Waterfront Parks that this community was promised. When: Thursday June 14th Rally at Noon: City Hall Steps Hearing at 1pm: 250 Broadway, 16th Floor As part of the 2005 Greenpoint/ Williamsburg Waterfront Rezoning, Mayor Bloomberg promised the community over 30 acres of waterfront parkland, including Bushwick [...]
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Where’s Our Park Makes Noise at City Council Hearing on Parks Funding

The Where’s Our Park movement asked tough questions about promises made and yet to materialize at a City Council Hearing on Parks Capital Spending. Read all about it in this article in the Greenpoint Gazette.
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More bait and switch on our waterfront?

Read about what’s going on with the Domino Development in this article from L magazine… looks like they are defaulting on their loan and looking to unload the 11 acre site despite all the concessions made by the community.
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City Council Public Hearing on Parks This Thursday 3/22

Our promised parkland on the North Brooklyn waterfront has never been in more danger. In January, the mayor unveiled his budget plan for coming fiscal year. Unlike last year – when deep cuts were administered across the board – this year’s budget was remarkably robust. In fact, Mayor Bloomberg proposed $700 million [...]
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GOT IDEAS ON HOW TO MAKE GREENPOINT GREENER?

Remember that oil spill? And the settlement we won last year from ExxonMobil for $19.5 MILLION? NOW HELP GREENPOINT DECIDE HOW TO SPEND IT! March 21st at the Warsaw – 261 Driggs Avenue – 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm One GREAT IDEA – buy the land around Bushwick Inlet (currently owned by Motiva). (for further info contact Laura [...]
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Announcing 50 Kent Design Competition for Summer 2012

Open Space Alliance Presents is sponsoring a design competition for the new Summer Concert Series space and Pop-Up Park at 50 Kent (future home of additional acreage for Bushwick Inlet Park). Check it out on the OSA website @ www.osanb.org/50kent/index.html
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NBART adds Bushwick Inlet Park parcel listening station to its No Bills: Stories of North Brooklyn

NbART, North Brooklyn’s public art organization hopes to draw attention to our park effort by installing a No Bills: Stories of North Brooklyn listening station at 50 Kent this fall (50 Kent is one of the parcels of land that will hopefully one day make up our park). But nbART needs your help. Their Kickstarter [...]
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Bushwick Inlet Park in the News

Both L magazine and Brooklyn 11211 have great write ups about the slow development of Bushwick Inlet Park – now 6 years after the initial promise made to the communities of Williamsburg and Greenpoint. Check them out at the following links – http://www.thelmagazine.com/TheMeasure/archives/2011/05/27/long-promised-bushwick-inlet-park-still-years-away-from-completion http://brooklyn11211.com/2011/05/bip-update/
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