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Imagine Flatbush 2030 Winning Logo, Credit: Imani Aegedoy, 11-9-2007
Last night I attended the first of a series of four workshops for Imagine Flatbush 2030.
Brooklyn Junction and
Sustainable Flatbush were also in attendance. Sponsored by the
Municipal Arts Society (MAS) and
Flatbush Development Corporation (FDC), IF2030 is a community-based process to develop goals and indicators to inform any future planning for the area:
The Mayor’s PlaNYC2030 is a citywide sustainability agenda that lays the groundwork for achieving and maintaining affordable housing, open space, good transportation, clean air, water, and land and reliable energy. It affords an enormous opportunity to rethink the development of the city. As part of Jane Jacobs and the Future of New York, MAS will work with the residents, business owners, and civic leaders of Flatbush, Brooklyn, with the partnership of the Flatbush Development Corporation, to assist in creating neighborhood sustainability goals and tools to measure progress toward consensus-based goals.
- Imagine Your Neighborhood 2030: a Community Visioning Project
The
project study area [PDF] comprises the northern half of Brooklyn's Community District 14, north of the old LIRR right-of-way which runs between Avenues H and I.
There will be three more meetings, one each in December, January and February. The final report will be published in March 2008. The next meeting will be Wednesday, December 12, likely to be hosted at Brooklyn College. If you live or work within the study area and would like to get involved, contact Sideya Sherman of MAS [ssherman at mas dot org] or Aga Trojniak of FDC [trojniak at fdconline dot org].
Flatbush is one of the most culturally and ethnically diverse neighborhoods in the city, growing at a rate of eight percent annually, and mirroring the needs and attributes of a growing population within a district that is both architecturally and historically distinct. Yet the lack of affordable housing undermines the ability of the neighborhood to stay diverse, the resident to open space ratio is among the highest in the city, and heavy vehicular traffic compromise the quality of life.
This area is one of great diversity: ethnic, cultural, religious, and other. It is also an area of great disparity in economics, services, and environmental amenities.
"Welcome" in eleven languages on street sign for Newkirk Family Health Center, 1401 Newkirk Avenue
Kings Theater, Flatbush Avenue
GreenBranches, Flatbush Branch, Brooklyn Public Library
Da Pride a Flatbush, FDNY Engine 281
Greenmarket, Cortelyou Road
Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church, Ditmas Park
599 Coney Island Avenue
2274 Church Avenue
Christ My Sufficiency, Brooklyn Foursquare Church, 603 Rugby Road
Townhouses in Caton Park
Flatbush E-Cycling, Cortelyou Road
Together We Can Change the World
Susan Siegel of FDC opened the meeting and introduced the MAS team. Conducting the meeting on behalf of MAS were:
- Eve Barron
- Sideya Sherman
- Lacey Tauber
- Elizabeth Yeampierre (Executive Director, UPROSE)
- Juan-Camillo Osario
The IF2030 Advisory Committee includes:
- State Senator Kevin Parker
- State Assembly Member Rhoda Jacobs
- State Assembly Member Jim Brennan
- Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz
- City Council Member Mathieu Eugene
- Ms. Anne Pope (Sustainable Flatbush)
- Ms. Gretchen Maneval (Center for the Study of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College)
Contact
Imagine Flatbush 2030 c/o
Municipal Art Society
457 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Tel: 212.935.3960, x259
Fax: 212.753.1816
Related Posts
Imagine Flatbush 2030
Links
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UPROSE
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