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Aug
Sunday, August 17 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. At Governor’s Island Want to be a part of a fun, inflated sculpture transforming the landscape of the city? AEOLIAN RIDE will celebrate its 10th birthday in New York with a riding event to Governor’s Island and the site of 596 Acres’ Urban Reviewer residency with Spontaneous Interventions on Governor’s Island. You are invited to an inflatable birthday bike ride – everyone is invited to Governor’s Island for inflated loops around…
22
Apr
The Tishman Environment and Design Center at the New School is teaming up with 596 Acres and practitioners from around the world for a 2-day symposium about transforming vacant land into community resources. Neat! APRIL 22, 2014: THE NEW YORK EXPERIENCE 66 West 12th Street, Room 510 1:30 pm – 1:45 pm Coffee and Registration 1:45 pm – 2:00 pm Welcome Alan McGowan, Chair and Professor, Environmental Studies,The New School, NYC Paula Z. Segal, Director, 596 Acres, Brooklyn 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm Identifying…
26
Jun
Philadelphia, PA 19123 United States
Wednesday, June 26 from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. At Federation of Neighborhood Centers’ Teens 4 Good Farm at 8th and Poplar in Philadelphia Dual Launch of Innovative Web Tool and New Coalition Will Create Pathways for Philly Residents, Activists, and Community Gardeners to Organize Around Vacant Land Contact: Barb Macholz at 267.546.1304 or bmacholz@pilcop.org PHILADELPHIA–Two new initiatives — the Healthy Foods Green Spaces coalition and a new web mapping and organizing tool called Grounded in Philly — will help…
10
Mar
Brooklyn, NY 11206 United States
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…
11
Jan
Brooklyn, NY 11206 United States
Friday, January 11 from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. At 11 Stanwix Street/603 Bushwick Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11206 596 Acres, Mohen & Segal (mohensegal.com), the Silent Barn present “I’m So Lucky You Found Me” a book launch & welcome to our new office Friday, January 11, 2013 7pm reception 8pm music Celestial Band (yoruban based gospel sounds, from a 596 Acres organizing community) Zeke Healy & Karen Waltuch (guitar & viola, all dressed up) G Lucas Crane v. Non Horse…
06
Oct
Brooklyn, NY 11217 United States
People Working Our Land Together A Celebration of our Neighborhood Bounties Saturday, October 6 from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. At Sun In Bloom, 460 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 Food for [Happy] Thought 460 Bergen Street, Brooklyn WE RAISED $5,378.46! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO EVERYONE WHO CELEBRATED WITH US, TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS WHO MADE THE EVENT HAPPEN, AND TO ALL OUR FRIENDS WHO DONATED: Sun In Bloom, Brooklyn’s own FeedbackFarms, Lucky Dog Organics (at Union Square on Fridays and Fort Green on…
We’re planning an August residency at the Rockaways to dovetail with the release of our data for Queens. There is A LOT of vacant land there. We would love to partner with any existing organizations to schedule visioning sessions and pick targeted lots to label. Get in touch!
22
Apr
Brooklyn, NY 11233 United States
Sunday, April 22 from noon to 4 p.m. At 462 Halsey St 462 Halsey’s grand opening! Games, live music, and food. Meet the people who are turning a lot that has been vacant for decades into a community-driven open space. Find out how you can help. More information: http://www.facebook.com/462Halsey and http://www.462Halsey.com
04
Feb
Brooklyn, NY 11238 United States
Saturday, February 4 from 2 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. At Pratt Institute 61 St. James Pl Brooklyn NY 11238 Visioning and strategy workshop with the youth from the Food Council. Read about how it went below. The Youth Food Council Rocks! February 07, 2012 This past Saturday, 596 Acres had the honor and privilege of presenting our tactics to the awesome youth of Flip the Table: the NYC Youth Food Council. In the words of the Council’s organizers, Flip the…
21
Jan
Brookyln, NY 11222 United States
Saturday, January 21 from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. At 120 Russell Street, Greenpoint Brooklyn Come support 596 Acres at F.E.A.S.T. #12 on Saturday January 21 at 5pm. For $20 you get a delicious dinner and to vote for your favorite projects. There are some wonderful ones listed here (we’re listed first, which is nice, but we need your hungry stomach and earnest vote to actually get the money we need to fund the next set of broadsheets and signs).…
