A Safer, Grander Plaza
Coming this summer to Grand Army Plaza: safer driving, easier pedestrian crossings, and more cycling connections, thanks to improvements from the city’s Department of Transportation.
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Civic News
Official Business: Bylaw Changes, Trustee Nominations
The Civic Council has proposed a series of additions to our bylaws, and has nominated several new trustees and a new treasurer for the upcoming year.
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Civic Council Endorses Bill for Café Quiet
Many new restaurants and bars opening in and around Park Slope are bringing with them a popular dining trend: eating and drinking in their backyards, often late into the night. What can neighboring residents do about the noise that arises from those festive spaces?
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A Day at the Sweeps
Our thanks to the more than 100 hard-working volunteers who gave their time to spruce up our community at this year’s Spring Civic Sweep. Adults and children from Park Slope and beyond joined together on Sunday, April 10, 2011, to plant, clean, and learn what makes our neighborhood special.
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The Growing a Business Community Forum: ‘We Hit on a Hot Topic’
Failure is usually a taboo subject in business, especially among small-business owners in today’s economy. Yet failure was an important element in Irene LoRe’s concluding talk at the Park Slope Civic Council’s most recent community forum.
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Yet Another Article about the Prospect Park West Bike Lane
Earlier this month, three Community Board 6 committees unanimously approved changes to last year’s Prospect Park West traffic reconfiguration that will help make the already successful project even safer for pedestrians, motorists, and cyclists.
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Make Spring Fresh at the Next Civic Sweep
Here’s your chance to help the community by cleaning and beautifying Park Slope at one of our most popular events. The Civic Council’s Spring Civic Sweep makes its return on Sunday, April 10, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. (rain or shine).
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Busy Committees
It’s been a busy few weeks for many Civic Council committees, from a longstanding group that’s working to preserve Park Slope’s historical essence to a new initiative focusing on Fourth Avenue.
News & Notes March 2011: Tree, Thanks; House Tour
Tree, Thanks New, young street trees have been planted around Park Slope, most noticeably on the length of Seventh Avenue.
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A New Beginning: the Winter 2011 Civic News
It’s a new beginning for Civic News, the Park Slope Civic Council’s venerable newsletter.
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