I recently returned from my work as a Kiva Fellow in South America and am working to get the Block Association back up and running!
- Next Cumberland Block Association Meeting - April 28th or 29th
- Next Fort Greene Association Meeting - Monday April 19th at 7:30 (7 PM for neighborhood social)
- Petition for church on Greene Ave
- Fort Greene House tour on Sunday, May 2nd from 12 - 5
- Clinton Hill Garden Walk on Sunday, June 6th from 11 - 5
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1. Next Cumberland Block Association Meeting - we are planning for the week after next
Stay tuned for details. The next meeting will be likely April 28th or 29th. I am in the process of coordinating the date and location.
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2. Fort Greene Association meeting tomorrow at 7:30 (7 PM for neighborhood social)
Join us at our next scheduled Neighborhood meeting to be held on Monday April 19, 2010 -7:30PM, at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, 85 South Oxford Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
Fort Greene has changed but our choices for healthy food seem to be stuck in the past. At this meeting we’ll explore the Food Solutions coming to our neighborhood Come share your experiences with others and learn about efforts to provide healthy food choices to Fort Greene.
Ask questions, and get answers. Plus all the goings on in Fort Greene and don’t forget to come early and meet your neighbors with refreshments starting at 7PM.
YUMMY! ENTER OUR RECIPE – POT LUCK CONTEST
What is your favorite healthy recipe for a family of four on a budget?
Bring along your favorite designed to cost $10 or less to the meeting for the 7PM Neighborhood Mixer
and enter our Recipe – Pot Luck Contest.
Enter to win valuable prizes and share your secrets on healthy eating with your neighbors.
Come and savor what your neighbors have to offer.
As always FGA Meetings are Open to All Homeowners and Renters alike
Serving Greater Fort Greene,
Fort Greene Association
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3. Petition for Church on Greene Ave
Our neighbor Phil (thanks Phil!) has created a petition regarding the church on Greene Ave. It is dangerous and caused violations and pests in neighboring restaurants. It blocked part of the greene space creation at 7 corners and it doesn't look like anything is going to change for awhile. Please join us and sign the petition at the next meeting.
4. Fort Greene House Tour
Sunday, May 02, 2010
12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
BAM Triangle Park
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11217
The 30th Fort Greene Association House Tour is coming! The tour is held only once every two years, and this one will be even better than the last. In addition to gaining access into the splendid Victorian interiors of Fort Greene you will also get a glimpse of the backstage life of Fort Greene. Fort Greene which has become the City's hot new arts scene will swing open its doors with exclusive Artists Showings and Backstage Tours. The Tour will also feature residents who have shops, produce national magazines, and design on a global scale right from the comfort of this all inclusive neighborhood. Join us in fort Greene Brooklyn for this very special event benefiting the advocacy and programs of the all-volunteer, non-profit organization, the Fort Greene Association.
TICKETS
Advance Ticket: $20
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5. Brownstone Brooklyn Garden District 13th Annual Garden Walk
Sunday, June 6, 2010
11:00am - 5:00pm
Clinton Hill private and community gardens
Brownstone Brooklyn Garden District presents its self-guided 13th Annual Garden Walk. Spend a Sunday afternoon being inspired by the creativity of this neighborhood's urban gardeners. The stops on the tour include single, double and triple-lot city refuges. Pick up a self-guided map at the corner of Washington Avenue and Lafayette, just outside the entrance to the G train, and enter into a a wonderland that cannot be seen from the street.
This year's stroll features 15 private gardens in the historic district of Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. In addition to private gardens, many of which also feature the artwork of their creators folded into their greenery, the tour includes several vibrant community gardens, a newly planted garden entitled, Symbols, Parables and Healing, sponsored by BBGD in partnership with Teen Challenge, the drug recovery and prevention program at 444 Clinton Avenue, The Pratt sculpture Garden, green graffiti art installations and a Living-Couture Fashion Show in a neighborhood church.
All proceeds from the Garden Walk fund activities that support, encourage and facilitate local gardening, urban farming and environmental art.
Tickets are available in advance for $15 at:
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/107257
and for $20 the day of the event.
Local ticket outlets will be announced shortly
Contact:
Emily Wasserman
151 Dekalb Ave.
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718 852 9283
emilywas@gmail.com
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