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May 19, 2011
On eve of Atlantic Yards District Service Cabinet meeting, community groups launch web site to monitor Atlantic Yards construction impacts
Atlantic Yards Report
On the eve of the somewhat delayed third meeting of the Atlantic Yards District Service Cabinet (which meets today at 9:30 am at Borough Hall), three Brooklyn civic groups have announced a web site that complements and augments the work of the public agencies that are supposed to coordinate responses to Atlantic Yards.
Three organizations prominent in BrooklynSpeaks--the "mend it, don't end it" coalition that ultimately saw its members go to court (the case is pending)--have launched Atlantic Yards Watch, a web site to "monitor ongoing construction and operational impacts from the Atlantic Yards project on surrounding communities." (See full press release below.)
The groups are the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council, the Park Slope Civic Council, and the Boerum Hill Association.
Community contributions
The web site, which allows for community contributions, suggests that, as the battle to stop the project has waned, efforts to change and monitor it will continue.
Posted by eric at May 19, 2011 10:46 AM