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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
Sep
Brooklyn, NY 11217 United States
Tuesday, September 27 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. At BRIC House Stoop 647 Fulton Street (Enter on Rockwell Place) Brooklyn, NY 11217 United States Brooklynites from all over the world are using radical methods to reclaim public spaces and build community. We’ll hear how technology, art-making, gardening, and wellness initiatives are creating more powerful neighborhoods and networks. A discussion and forum, with leaders from 596 Acres (Paula Z. Segal, Executive Director); ArtBuilt Mobile Studios (Guy Buckles, Co-Executive Director); Myrtle…
24
Sep
New York, NY 10026 United States
Saturday, September 24 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. At 237 West 111th Street Join Electric Ladybug Garden in celebrating our transfer to the NYC Parks Department as a GreenThumb Community Garden! Come mingle and enjoy light food and refreshments. Gardeners will be thanking the Harlem community, elected officials, sponsor organizations and wonderful volunteers who made it all possible: 596 Acres, NYC Parks GreenThumb, Manhattan Community Board 10, Council Member Inez. E Dickens, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, the Citizens…
17
Sep
New York, NY 10035 United States
Saturday, September 17 from noon to 4 p.m. At Diamante Garden, 118th St between First and Second Avenues, New York, NY 10035 596 Acres will be part of GreenThumb’s annual Harvest Fair, a celebration that honors thousands of community gardeners and greening professionals across New York City for their work during the season, and gives them the opportunity to show off their harvests! 596 Acres will be demonstrating our Community Governance Cards resource that helps community groups manage spaces together.…
15
Sep
New York, NY 10007 United States
Thursday, September 15 from 9 a.m. to noon At Steps of New York City Hall, City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007 The Housing Not Warehousing Act will add transparency and accountability to vacant public and private property in our neighborhoods. The bills in the Act: – create a registry that all individuals and corporations holding their property vacant have to enter or pay penalties for failure to register, – mandate the City perform an annual count of all vacant…
12
Sep
Brooklyn, NY 11211 United States
Monday, September 12 from 7:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. At Nuestros Niños, 384 South 4th Street between Hooper and Hewes Street Gardeners of Hooper Street Park invite you to a Public Visioning Session for the new community park garden located at Hooper Street and South 5th Street. Next Monday, September 12 7:30pm Nuestros Niños 384 South 4th Street between Hooper and Hewes Street Co-sponsored by El Puente Green Light District, Nuestros Niños Child Development School and 596 Acres. Interested in…
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…
