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11
Feb
Brooklyn, NY 11215 United States
Join Risa Shoup, ED Space works, Inc. as she explores with and brainstorms about developing your own space and the creating & managing of capital campaigns. What does it mean to advocate against cultural displacement and who are our allies in the business community? Are their public resources that we can take advantage of in developing a space? Share stories of working/making in non-traditional spaces. With Stephanie Alvarado and Mara Kravitz from 596 Acres. Jimena Martinez from CUMBE, and Katy Rubin from…
05
Feb
596 Acres invites you to our very first FB Live Event! You can plug into it through our event on facebook here. As a way to stay more connected and engaged with our online community and supporters we are hosting an one hour FB live session to answer questions about transforming vacant lots and buildings, unused street ends in your neighborhood, and how to protect existing places. We love to share our strategies for community land access and hope this…
02
Dec
New York , NY 10027 United States
Come build, share, and celebrate with fellow land access advocates who are organizing with their neighbors for access to vacant spaces to transform them into community places! You’ll get a chance to learn from folks who have succeeded in successfully gaining access and folks who are beginning their journey to land stewardship! This is a great chance to share stories, learn from each others’ experiences, and discover partnership opportunities. Let’s gather to celebrate each other’s work and envision goals for…
28
Oct
Long Island City, NY 11101 United States
Facing overwhelming funding deficits, the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) has begun to transfer its properties to other ownership structures through programs such as the Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) and has agreed to allow private developers to add new buildings to existing NYCHA campuses via the NextGen program, the de Blasio administration’s version of infill. In the short-term, these programs are designed to bring money and renovations to NYCHA campuses that have been underfunded for decades. But inviting private…
27
Oct
Long Island City, NY 11101 United States
Gentrification is rapid and pervasive, targeting affordable housing –we’re interested in actionable points to push back, to organize and resist the immense forces of coffee shops, luxury condos, and storage facilities! Self Storage NYC has put together a group of educators to create a workshop on actionable steps to resisting gentrification. The panel consists of: · Mara Kravitz from the NYC community group 569 acres · Oksana Mironova from Community Service Society · Lauren Cullen from Queens Anti Gentrification Project…
26
Oct
New York, NY 10012 United States
Strategize about how to transform vacant lots and buildings in your life into thriving community spaces with 596 Acres! We will be tabling at the sore. Come by to talk about what happens when NYers steward community places in our city, how to protect the ones we have, and how to make more in any neighborhood. This is part of 1% for the Planet’s NYC Market Meetup.
21
Oct
Long Island City, NY 11101 United States
Smiling Hogshead Ranch once was just abandoned train tracks… Strategize about how to transform vacant lots and buildings in your life into thriving community spaces with 596 Acres! We’ll have a booth at Smiling Hogshead Ranch’s 2nd Annual Harvest Festival. Come by to talk about what happens when NYers steward community places in our city, how to protect the ones we have, and how to make more. The festival is from noon to 7pm, with afterparty!
21
Oct
Brooklyn, NY 11215 United States
Our studio is open! Come visit us. Get some cool things, like Community Governance Cards and information we made useful from the city’s databases about the vacant land and buildings in your life. We will brainstorm with you about how to transform these into lasting community places. More information about Gowanus Open Studios on the Arts Gowanus website here and facebook here.
01
Oct
São Paulo, Brazil
596 Acres is on display in the Observatory at the 11th São Paulo Architectural Biennial! See photographs from the dynamic life of NYC’s community land access advocacy organization, images of our print materials that help NYers make their neighborhoods, and demonstrations of how our Living Lots NYC webtool supports local organizing for community land access.
16
Sep
Brooklyn, NY 11217 United States
Visit 596 Acres’ table at GreenThumb’s Harvest Fair! Here’s what we have in store: Find out about the vacant lots in your life and how to transform them into the vibrant community places you want and need, like GreenThumb gardens! Plug into local campaigns to transform vacant lots into growing places, and find out about pathways for community land access. Learn strategies for sharing the work of running community gardens with your neighbors with our Community Governance Cards (download a PDF here or buy them online here). Get…
