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12
May
Bronx, NY 10458 United States
Join us to kick off Bronx Health Week at Poe Park with a Mother’s Day Salsa Dance Party! We will be tabling and sharing information to raise awareness on advocacy to reopen the Poe Park Bandshell (lot page here). Learn more about the history of this place in this blog post. Details about the event here: Cover photo: Dance Contest at Poe Park, Sep 4, 1938. Photo from NYC Parks Department website.
18
Mar
Brooklyn, NY 11221 United States
We make our city! Join 596 Acres for Sign Making for Community Land Access Advocacy at Earth Arts Center in Bushwick. We’ll trade place-making stories, make next-step plans for campaigns for community land access, and create signs to invite a more inclusive city. All welcome. Ground floor, no steps to get in. There will be some snacks and so many good ideas. Facebook event here.
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.
09
Sep
Brooklyn, NY 11216 United States
Visit 596 Acres’ table at Save Our Streets (S.O.S.) Bed-Stuy’s Back to School Event! Find out about the vacant lots in your life and how to transform them into the vibrant community places you want and need! Plug into local campaigns to transform vacant lots into community places, and find out about pathways for community land access. Learn strategies for sharing the work of running community spaces/projects with your neighbors with our Community Governance Cards (download a PDF here or buy them online here). Get connected with our network of…
23
Jul
Arverne, NY 11692 United States
Come meet and learn from fellow New Yorkers who are organizing with their neighbors for access to vacant spaces — in order to transform them into community places! Learn from folks who have succeeded in successfully gaining access, and who now steward open community spaces together. This is a great chance to share stories, learn from each others’ experiences, and discover partnership opportunities. We can advise and support one another! After an afternoon of workshop activities, stay for a by-donation vegetarian Soul…
31
Mar
Brooklyn, NY 11212 United States
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — On Friday, March 31, 2017, Green Valley Community Farm will break ground on an extension to its greenhouse, which will accommodate an aquaponics system. Aquaponics is the fusion of aquaculture (raising fish) and hydroponics (growing plants in water only, without soil). WHAT: Aquaponics system groundbreaking WHEN: Friday, March 31, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. WHERE: Green Valley Community Farm, 93 New Lots Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11212 WHO: Brenda Duchene, director, Green Valley Community Farm Councilmember Inez Barron, District…
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.…
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…
