Tomorrow: MBCG Welcomes NY Rising At Monthly Meeting

New York Rising, the community reconstruction program established to provide additional rebuilding and revitalization assistance to communities severely damaged by Superstorm Sandy, will be on hand at the next meeting of the Manhattan Beach Community Group (MBCG), this Wednesday, January 15 at 8:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in Public School 195, 131 Irwin Street at Hampton Avenue.

The meeting’s topic will be: “Any Ideas on How to Keep the Atlantic Ocean and Sheepshead Bay Out of Your Homes during the Next Natural Disaster?” According to an email from MBCG, “NY RISING COMMUNITY RECONSTRUCTION has MILLIONS to Spend and WE WANT THEM For Manhattan Beach.”

Guest speakers at the meeting include Alex Zablocki, NYC Regional Lead, New York Rising; consultant Marney Kimmel, the LiRo Group, and Christopher Gorman, New York Rising.

For more information, call (718) 200-1845, email arigina@aol.com, or write to Manhattan Beach Community Group, 250 Dover Street, Brooklyn, New York 11235.

The MBCG encourages members of the community to attend and participate in their monthly civic meetings. To learn more, visit www.manhattanbeachbrooklyn.org.