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Gowanus Canal Conservancy

Oct
28
No CSO! Activists Evoke Gowanus Canal ‘Poonami’

No CSO! Activists Evoke Gowanus Canal ‘Poonami’

GOWANUS – In an effort to bring attention to the area’s Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) problem, activists marched at Thomas
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Jul
25
How Businesses Impacted By Monday’s Flooding Can Find Assistance

How Businesses Impacted By Monday’s Flooding Can Find Assistance

GOWANUS – After Monday’s downpour [/heavy-rain-floods-4th-avenue-businesses-monday-night/] flooded the basement of Colony [https://www.colony274.com] at 274 4th Avenue, business
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Jun
11
Gowanus News: Appeal To City Agencies, Comments To DCP, IBZ Roundtables

Gowanus News: Appeal To City Agencies, Comments To DCP, IBZ Roundtables

GOWANUS – Carroll Gardens Coalition For Respectful Development [http://carrollgardenspetition.blogspot.com] (CG CORD) has requested that Brooklyn Community Board 6
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May
30
EPA Outlines Next Steps In Gowanus Superfund Cleanup

EPA Outlines Next Steps In Gowanus Superfund Cleanup

GOWANUS – Residents of Gowanus and surrounding neighborhoods braved the rain Wednesday evening to attend the Gowanus Superfund Town Hall at
9 min read
Apr
01
Apply To ArtBuilt’s Residency Program At Thomas Greene Park

Apply To ArtBuilt’s Residency Program At Thomas Greene Park

GOWANUS – ArtBuilt [http://artbuilt.org/artbuilt-mobile-studios/] and NYC Parks [https://www.nycgovparks.org/] are bringing the Studio in the Park
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Feb
07
Activists Demand Answers At Gowanus Rezoning Open House

Activists Demand Answers At Gowanus Rezoning Open House

GOWANUS – An activist group hijacked the NYC Department of City Planning [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/planning/index.page]‘s
11 min read
Nov
02
Public Place Community Workshop: Some Opposition To The 100% Affordable Project

Public Place Community Workshop: Some Opposition To The 100% Affordable Project

GOWANUS – The NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development [https://www1.nyc.gov/site/hpd/index.page] (HPD) and the
6 min read
Jun
28
Gowanus Community Gathers To Discuss Rezoning Framework With City Agencies

Gowanus Community Gathers To Discuss Rezoning Framework With City Agencies

GOWANUS – The PS 32 gymnasium was packed Wednesday evening for an open house where community members from Gowanus and the
9 min read
May
08
Gowanus Tree Network: Keeping Street Trees Healthy

Gowanus Tree Network: Keeping Street Trees Healthy

GOWANUS – This past Saturday The Nature Conservancy [https://www.nature.org/?redirect=https-301] and the Gowanus Canal Conservancy [https://gowanuscanalconservancy.
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Aug
03
Gowanus Green Team: Preparing Young Apprentices For ‘Green Jobs’

Gowanus Green Team: Preparing Young Apprentices For ‘Green Jobs’

Brad Lander and the Gowanus Green Team (Photo courtesy of the Office of Council Member Brad Lander)On Wednesday morning,
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