Local Groups Victorious in Atlantic Yards Lawsuit
On July 13, New York State Supreme Court Justice Marcy Friedman ruled that the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC) acted
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United for a New Megaproject Model
Construction on the Barclays Center arena is well under way at Atlantic Yards, but the rest of the 22-acre project remains in doubt thanks in large part to our slow economy. Is there finally room for the community to create a new model for responsible development?
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A Step Forward on Fourth
The Department of City Planning (DCP) recently unveiled its proposal for a Special Fourth Avenue Enhanced Commercial District, an effort to remedy community grievances with previous rezoning and development efforts on the busy thoroughfare.
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General Meeting Showcases Major Successes in the Community
Highlighting a year’s worth of accomplishments, honoring community leaders of today and tomorrow, and having a great time were all on the agenda of this year’s Civic Council general meeting, held on June 2.
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Civic Council Awards Honor Food Coop’s Holtz and Past President Fleischer
The Park Slope Civic Council will be giving its highest honor to two people whose service has helped define Park Slope for both residents and people beyond our neighborhood.
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General Meeting Means a Great Time for Members in June
All Civic Council members are invited to this year’s General Membership Meeting -– a celebration of the past year’s accomplishments, a ceremony for honorees and scholarship winners, and an all-around good time.
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Eyes on AY
The Park Slope Civic Council, the Prospect Heights Neighborhood Development Council, and the Boerum Hill Association have joined forces on a new website that will monitor the megaproject in the midst of all three communities.
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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Sailing the Five C’s
As executive director of a nonprofit lender that has made 176 business loans in recent years to start-ups and existing businesses, I want to share the lender’s perspective. As a business owner, you will be in a stronger position to obtain financing by knowing how they think.
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Ten Years Ago in the Slope (…and 20 and 30, Too): May 2011
Civic News is nearing its 75th year of publication. First published by the South Brooklyn Board of Trade in 1938 — which changed its name to the Park Slope Civic Council in the 1960s — the newsletter has reported on events of all sorts around the community.
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