New Trees Grow in Brooklyn with Community’s Help
New trees are thriving, thanks to the efforts of our local merchants and churches. Plus: a workshop for taking care of your own tree.
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Sustainability
Butterfly Garden: A Park Reclaimed
Right next to the Prospect Expressway sits a half-acre park in a space left over from when the highway was built through the neighborhood in the late 1950s. Over the last decade, that small slice of land has flourished into Butterfly Garden.
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Committee Updates: May 2011
May 2011 reports from Livable Streets, FORTHonFourth, and Sustainability
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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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Holiday Hope and Help in Park Slope
Park Slope’s community spirit was in full force this holiday season, helping the Civic Council to collect a record 1,100 toys during the annual Toys for Tots gift collection drive, as well as making Mulchfest in Prospect Park a big success.
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Committee Updates, January 2011
Livable Streets: Calmer Streets, Safer Driving and Biking; Sustainability: Fracking, Mulching, and More
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Committee Updates, December 2010
The Livable Streets Committee has recently been focused on traffic-calming measures; launched earlier this year, the Park Slope Civic Council’s Sustainability Committee advocates for responsible use and conservation of natural resources in our community.
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Water Is Life on Fourth Avenue
Park Slope has had a complicated relationship with the longstanding community-mural movement. Very few of these wall paintings have ever been undertaken here, and of those, some were actively opposed by residents in the immediate vicinity much like many bike lanes are today.
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News and Notes, November 2010
Join the Civic Council’s House Tour team; tree replacements; curb your appetite at a pop-up cafe; house audits for energy efficiency
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