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The gates are wide open at Maple Street Community Garden — saved from fraudulent “owners” and on its way to becoming a city-owned, permanent public space!
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Green Valley Farm got a new hydroponics system this year! This 20-year-old community farm and farmer’s market space was nearly sold to a private developer for $1 this year. Instead, thanks to our collective advocacy, this vital community institution is surviving and continuing to serve the neighborhood!
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In an ex-vacant lot in Flatbush, today there’s thriving green infrastructure for the community. In the last year, Q Gardens’ volunteer-run community composting program has taken in over 9 tons of neighbors’ food scraps and turned it into high-quality compost!
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Neighbors are collaborating with city agencies and other non-profits to create a new pop-up community garden in Staten Island on land owned by the NYPD!
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1,943 organizers signed up in 2017 on our web tool LivingLotsNYC – that’s 1,943 instances of folks looking to work with their neighbors to create community resources out of vacant land.
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NYC has its first citywide COMMUNITY LAND TRUST and we are ready to help communities organize for more!
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This year, together, we helped save nearly 400 community spaces from the City’s tax lien sale.
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After decades of neighborhood advocacy, the city has committed to making the Stanton St. building in Sara D. Roosevelt Park useful for the public!
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At least 5 community gardens are ready to gain permanent protection any day now via transfer to the Parks Department!
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Local organizers in Far Rockaway succeeded in convincing the city not to sell a long abandoned city-owned lot, and to make it a public park instead!
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Lawmakers are taking seriously the legacy of Urban Renewal — and listening to our collective calls for accountability.
