Sunday, March 10 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
At Silent Barn Studios, 11 Stanwix Street, Brooklyn
Come meet other folks organizing for control of public land around NYC and get some help and support with your projects! We are looking forward to new faces and old.

Dispatch from the Brooklyn General Meeting

Thank you so much to the nearly 50 people who attended our Brooklyn General Meeting on Sunday, March 10th. Representatives from Lots all around Brooklyn (and a few Queens folks) were in attendance. We also welcomed some folks who are still looking for the lot in their life. Hope you all found one!

The Run Down:

In the first half of the meeting, two different lots with access, 100 Quincy Garden and Myrtle Village Green shared their collected wisdom about the experience of gaining access.

— 100 Quincy Garden – Khemenec, Kate, and Sheena shared their experiences gaining access. They answered many people’s questions about the process of getting approval from Greenthumb for their license, and they talked about what it takes to demonstrate that the whole block is behind you. Reach out to them at their website or check out their lot pageto read about some of their experience if your group is facing the same questions.

— Myrtle Village Green – Stephan and Paula talked about the long term experience of gaining access to Myrtle Village Green. They have great knowledge about how to keep a group together when faced with adversity! Reach out to them at the MVG website or check their lot page to read through the whole story.

Second Half:

— After that, we popcorned out questions. Most people’s questions were specific, and it seemed like a lot of the assembled group had specific answers. We broke out into smaller discussions and hopefully everybody got the answers they needed.

This is all awesome, and it’s not even spring!

Next General Meeting is on Sunday, April 14th in MANHATTAN! 242 West 123rd st. The Harlem Flophouse. 3pm – 5pm

Please RSVP to organizers@596acres.org. (it’s not required, but it helps us with snacks!)