Spring 2012 Civic News: Fourth Avenue, Historic District, House Tour, and More in Civic News
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Wanted: Better Transit, Sensible Transportation, and Safe Streets
How are the city and the community to balance the many demands for scarce street space?
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Greening and Growing on Fourth Avenue
Over the past two years, there has been a new round of action that should bring yet another change for Fourth Avenue — greener, more diverse, more accessible. And the Park Slope Civic Council has been at the forefront of those activities.
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Changing Lanes
If you walk, run, bike, or even drive in Prospect Park, you’ll notice some changes over the next few weeks to the configuration on Park Drive, thanks to a task force set up to improve safety for all users of this precious green space.
Explore Park Slope’s Inner Beauty
The 2012 edition of the Park Slope House Tour will give you a chance to see the architectural beauty that awaits inside the North Slope’s historic homes.
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Appellate Division’s Unanimous Decision: ESDC Must Revisit 2009 Atlantic Yards Plan
In a strongly worded rebuke to the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) and Forest City Ratner Companies (FCRC), the State Appellate Division ruled to uphold a lower court’s decision that approval of Atlantic Yards’ 2009 Modified General Project Plan violated New York environmental law.
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In Brief: Trees, Block Parties
The thousands of trees that the city planted this spring need our help. / Interested in holding a block party this summer?
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And the Budget Winners Are …
Seven diverse projects — helping local students, trees, composters, pedestrians, and library users — were voted to share in almost $1 million of funding from Councilmember Brad Lander in a new budgeting process that involved the entire community.
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Official Business: Nominations for Civic Council Trustees
The Civic Council has nominated six new trustees for the upcoming year.
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A Civic Sweeping Success
On a fine spring Saturday, volunteers picked up litter, performed tree care, listened to bluegrass, attended a tree-care workshop, had their soil tested, and learned how to make delicious fruit juice with a bicycle at the Civic Sweep, the Park Slope Civic Council’s semi-annual clean-up and beautification event.
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