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UNITY: Re-zoning the “Atlantic Yards” Footprint
The Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods) is sponsoring a workshop by the Hunter College Center for Community Planning and Development to further the community based planning process for the area around the Vanderbilt rail yards. The area is currently proposed to house the Atlantic Yards development but with the global credit crisis there is a very strong possibility that project will never happen.
Community members and elected officials will participate.
Date/Time: Saturday, March 1, 2008, 10 am to 2 pm
Location: St. Cyril’s Belarusian Cathedral
401 Atlantic Avenue (at Bond Street)
Brooklyn, NY 11217
RSVP: Hunter College CCPD
212-650-3328
ccpd@hunter.cuny.edu
Background Information: What if our community was given a voice in planning redevelopment over and around the Vanderbilt rail yards? What’s your vision for our neighborhood’s future?
The original UNITY Plan, the community-created alternative to Forest City Ratner’s “Atlantic Yards” project, covered only the publicly owned Vanderbilt rail yards.
FCR has since taken control of and blighted or torn down many properties around the rail yards. But now the financing for “Atlantic Yards” is in doubt, even according to the developer – the bond financing for the arena and the affordable housing may not be
feasible! What happens next?
Join your neighbors, elected officials and expert planners for a public workshop devoted to creating a community plan for the entire area – now that the global credit crisis threatens to scuttle “Atlantic Yards.”
Contact Information:
Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods
201 Dekalb Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
www.cbrooklynneighborhoods.homestead.com, cbrooklynneighborhoods@hotmail.com
Hunter College Center for Community Planning and Development
212-650-3328
ccpd@hunter.cuny.edu
The Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods, Inc. is a coalition of community groups formed to provide a community voice in the scoping and review of the Environmental Impact process as it pertains to the development of the Vanderbilt Yards in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn. All block associations, church, community and business groups regardless of their position toward any proposed development are invited to join CBN and are encouraged to attend and participate in CBN’s bi-monthly meetings. A calendar and all CBN documents can be found at www.cbrooklynneighborhoods.homestead.com.