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September 24, 2006
BROOKLYNSPEAKS: ATLANTIC YARDS MUST WORK FOR BROOKLYN
City-wide and Brooklyn civic and community groups launch website to inform New Yorkers about Atlantic Yards Project and ask decision makers to only approve a plan that works for Brooklyn
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, September 24, 2006 - BROOKLYNSPEAKS has been created by city-wide and Brooklyn-based civic and community groups to inform New Yorkers about the proposed Atlantic Yards development and enable them to ask the decision-makers only to approve a plan that works for Brooklyn.
The interactive BROOKLYNSPEAKS website has features found on several national internet-based advocacy sites including blog and letter writing options, and puts forth several key principles for the development of Atlantic Yards related to respecting the surrounding neighborhood; including a substantial reduction in the project's scale, a transportation plan that works; including affordable housing that meets Brooklyn's needs and involving the public in meaningful ways.
WHO: Sponsors of BROOKLYNSPEAKS website: Atlantic Avenue LDC, Boerum Hill Association, Brooklyn Heights Association, Fifth Avenue Committee, Municipal Arts Society, Park Slope Civic Council, Pratt Area Community Council, Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council, Tri-State Transportation Campaign and others.
WHAT: Unveiling of the site and speaking with website sponsors
WHEN: Monday, September 25, 2006, 3:30 pm
WHERE: Fifth Avenue Committee at the FAC Center for Community Development, 621 DeGraw Street, Brooklyn, New York between 3rd and 4th Avenues in Park Slope. For directions go to www.fifthave.org
Posted by amy at September 24, 2006 7:15 PM