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KENSINGTON – In an effort to attract more neighbors to the Avenue C Plaza, The Kensington Stewards launched a six-week series of free outdoor yoga classes at the public space. Yoga classes at Avenue C Plaza (Photo courtesy of The Kensington Stewards)For the past three Monday evenings, white tents have
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Eva Lewandowski L, Anne Schoeneborn, L2 and volunteers test driving the new bee suits! (Photo via Nathan Thompson)The explosive growth in non-commercial beekeeping has generated excitement throughout New York City, especially since beekeeping became legal here in 2010. But it’s a challenge to find trained beekeepers and appropriate
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Grant project at a school in Washing Heights. (Photo via Citizens Committee for NYC)Do you dream of making your neighborhood a more colorful, healthy, or creative place? Perhaps you have a stellar idea for starting a greenhouse or a soccer league, building a rain catchment system, painting a mural,
Citizens Committee for New York City
Students testing out cameras for the Library’s “My Neighborhood As I See It” Project. (Photo via Friends of Cortelyou Library)Twenty students from elementary to high school have been meeting at the Cortelyou Library for the past month exploring the neighborhood through a camera lens and learning how to
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[https://www.facebook.com/citizensnyc/photos/pb.313465326017.-2207520000.1420726863./10152657283111018/?type=3&theater] Photo via Citizens Committee for New York City [https://www.facebook.com/citizensnyc/photos/pb.313465326017.-2207520000.1420726863./10152657283111018/?type=3&theater] Working on transforming an empty lot into a garden? Trying to organize
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Does your area have a project that needs some love — maybe a vacant lot that needs cleaning up, a street that needs more trees planted, walls that need graffiti removed? Show your love for your block by applying for a $1,000 grant to transform and beautify it. The Love
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Lew Fidler (Photo By Erica Sherman)If you lead or are a member of a Superstorm Sandy volunteer or relief group, Councilman Lew Fidler is urging you to apply for a Hurricane Relief Grant. Work towards recovering from Sandy is far from finished, and the Citizens Committee for New York
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Front yard with vegetables by Violette 79 via FlickrA Bath Beach homeowner has been awarded a grant from the city in order to help make her beautiful block look even better. Sonia Valentin and her husband have been residents of their stretch of Benson Avenue, between Bay 11th Street and