Gardeners in Community Board 3 are putting forth a proposal to create a Community Garden District. The following has been re-posted with permission. For more information, check out Loisaida United Neighborhood Gardens (LUNGS). A proposal to create a Community Gardens…
Gardens on Housing Preservation and Development’s (HPD) List of Sites Available for Housing Development
Reposted with permission from 596 Acres Last week, NYC Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) published a list of 181 City-owned properties included in a Request for Qualifications for developers to build rental and ownership housing within the limits set by…
January General Meeting
Please join us this Thursday for our monthly general meeting (we apologize for the confusion last week!). We’ll be discussing the latest developments with gardens on HPD property, over a dozen of which are being offered for development. In attendance…
General Meeting Date Change
The General Meeting scheduled for Thursday January 15th has been re-scheduled to January 22nd. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and hope to see many of you on the 22nd. Thanks – Aziz Dehkan, Executive Director
Notes on the 12/15 Boardwalk Community Garden Hearing
On Monday December 15th the Boardwalk Community Garden case had its day in court. Given the limited nature of the hearing, we were only able to convey to Judge Sweeney the major parts of the case, and in quite broad…
THANK YOU! Party this Thursday
THANK YOU We packed the court! Thank you so much to everyone who came out in support of Boardwalk Community Garden yesterday. This case could impact all community gardens on public land in New York City, and your solidarity rang…