Ten New Community Controlled Spaces Take the Places of Vacant Lots in 2014 Alone
Through our staff’s facilitation and the efforts of neighbors across the City, since January 1, 2014, ten new official community spaces have been created: 1278 Myrtle Avenue (Bushwick, Brooklyn, licensed & transferred to the Parks Department); Glenmore Grows (East NY, [...]
Vacant Acres: A Belated Follow Up and Thank You!
Remember how great it was for us all to be together here in April at the Vacant Acres symposium? If you’ve forgotten, check out this great report-back by Rachel Dobkin with the help of participants plus photos by Marco Clausen. We at 596 Acres [...]
A Reflection from Our East NY Farms! Extern
We’ve been lucky to have Faith Titilawo with us this summer, an extern from East NY Farms! Below are her thoughts and reflections from ten weeks with us. Thank you for everything, Faith! As the summer comes to an [...]
Update from a new community-managed Parks space in Bushwick!
We got this great letter from the organizers of the space at 1278 Myrtle Ave. at the corner of Central Ave. in Bushwick. It’s been a long journey already and now they are ready to truly begin: It was [...]
Community Boards!
When an organizing group is applying to GreenThumb (a program of the Parks Department that licenses gardens on most city-owned land) earning a letter of support from the local Community Board (CB) is a key requirement and often, a [...]
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