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25
Mar
New York, NY 10451 United States
Attorney and founder of 596 Acres Paula Z. Segal will moderate a discussion led by farmers and gardeners who are advocating to keep their spaces and/or to create new ones. Participants will learn what strategies are working in the present political context. We will plan practical paths forward to support the presenters and others across the boroughs working to keep and create community growing spaces. Community land steward line-up (* indicates spaces that are at risk; ~ indicates spaces that are no…
25
Mar
New York, NY 10451 United States
Facilitating a garden can be thankless and invisible work that falls on just a few people. It’s also crucial to a healthy community project. In this workshop, you will learn some strategies to build on the strengths of your membership so that facilitation becomes shared. We will also have time to troubleshoot your facilitation challenges, whether its people who talk a long time during meetings or how to make sure the shoveling happens in the winter. Check out our Community Governance…
25
Feb
Staten Island, NY 10301 United States
Staten Island community gardeners, and aspiring community gardens! Come connect with one another and learn everything you need to make your dreams happen. The NYC Compost Project hosted by Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden and GreenThumb have partnered to provide a forum for organizations who support gardens to introduce themselves and provide information. Whether you’re looking to join or start a community garden or are a member of an existing garden looking for support, this event is for you.…
11
Jan
New York, 10007
The City will hold a final disposition hearing about the give-away of over a dozen neglected public lots in Brownsville on Wednesday, January 11 at 10am at the Municipal Building at 1 Center Street. The give-away of these lots will add 11 to 84 public lots that have gone from the City to private for-profit developers since January 1, 2014. 596 Acres will testify specifically about four lots onHinsdale Street between Blake and Sutter where neighbors have been organizing for a…
10
Nov
New York , United States
Hosted by Fordham Law School Community Economic Development Clinic, Office of the Taxpayer Advocate at NYC Department of Finance, NYC Public Advocate & 596 Acres. Does your nonprofit or church own property? Learn how to get and keep property tax exemptions. Did the city send you a notice of a tax lien? What can be done? Who can help? Join us for an evening discussion, with help and solutions. Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus, 155 West 60th Street, Room 109B November…
05
Nov
New York, 10035
As more and more communities of color are returning to their agricultural roots, urban farming is becoming an increasingly popular and viable low cost alternative for residents to feed themselves and their families with healthy locally grown produce. Once forgotten by city government, these decades long vacant lots have now become green oases improving the appearance and quality of life on the blocks that they occupy, but in NYC and cities across the country, they are now in the sights…
07
Oct
New York, NY 10012 United States
Friday, October 7 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. At Patagonia, 72 Greene St, New York, New York 10012 When Sane Energy Project set out to build a map of the New York State fracking infrastructure with several of our grassroots allies across New York, we shared paths and learned from many people who found mapping to be the way to visualize the people powered movements they were working to build. Please join us for a deeply special night as…
27
Jul
New York, NY 10002 United States
Wednesday, July 27 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. At 30 Delancey Street between Forsyth and Chrystie Streets inside Sara Roosevelt Park! Come Learn How to Take Control of Our Parks and Community Spaces. Led by NYCommons, with the support of the Stanton Building Task Force, this gathering intends to build capacity for the leadership, membership and park-going public of New York City to insure that designated public spaces remain accessible to the public and under the stewardship of the…
13
Jul
New York, NY 10002 United States
Wednesday, July 13 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. At 30 Delancey Street between Forsyth and Chrystie Streets inside Sara Roosevelt Park! Join us for workshops offering information, strategies, tools, discussions, snacks, neighbors – what could be better? We will specifically be focusing on this piece of our NYC Parks infrastructure: http://livinglotsnyc.org/lot/6000010013/ (the Stanton Street Building in Sara D Roosevelt Park), a social center built in the 1930s that has been closed to the public and used as storage for…
30
Apr
New York City, NY United States
Saturday, April 30 from noon to 7 p.m. At NYC Endangered community space bike ride with 596 Acres and Public Space Party on Saturday April 30, 2016 (rescheduled due to rain)! Here are this year’s details, and a map: https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=zc7ee2wmhGWM.krBazzHEwcIc Stop One: 12pm Elizabeth Street Garden Elizabeth Street between Prince and Spring, Manhattan Stop Two: 12:45pm Children’s Magical Garden 129 Stanton St, Manhattan Stop Three: 2pm Roger That Garden Rogers Avenue and Park Place, Brooklyn Stop Four: 2:45pm Maple Street…
