Saturday, May 3rd. 11am-3pm: Red Hook NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program Open House

Greetings Friends and Neighbors,

On Wednesday, April 23rd Gita Nandan and Danelle Johnson and several other members of the Red Hook Committee of Governor Cuomo’s NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program attended the final Conference in Albany, NY. While there, they presented two of Red Hook’s resiliency projects at the conference, and stole the show. Speaking to hundreds of attendees, representing 50 NYRCR Communities across New York State, Gita and Danelle shared Red Hook’s unique challenges and strengths, highlighting innovative approaches to improving the resiliency of the Red Hook Houses. Their presentation is in Part 2 of the conference videos here.

With the first phase of the NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program coming to an end, the Red Hook Planning Committee will be holding a final community engagement event to share with the community the contents of the Final Red Hook NYRCR Community Reconstruction Plan, the recommendations, and to discuss next steps for implementation. An Executive Summary of this Plan is attached. Details on the final public engagement are below and some background information follows.

You can find more information HERE

Red Hook NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program

Open House

Realty Collective, 351 Van Brunt St

11am – 3pm on Saturday, May 3rd

1:30pm presentation by the Red Hook Planning Committee

Or visit our information booth at the Red Hook Spring Flea Market

PS 15 Yard – on Van Brunt St. between Wolcott and Sullivan

11am – 3pm on Saturday, May 3rd

See you there!

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Sat 2/22 and Sun 2/23, 11am - 6pm: OPEN HOUSE for "Red Hook NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program" - COME ALONG!

Red Hook NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program
Open House

Realty Collective, 351 Van Brunt St
Sat 2/22 & Sun 2/23 11am – 6pm

Only a few months of planning remain in the Red Hook NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program and the Committee is excited to engage the Red Hook community in the critical final phase of the program. The upcoming public meeting will be an important opportunity to gather community input on the top Priority Projects that may be recommended for funding with Red Hook’s $3M CDBG-DR allocation. We encourage everyone to attend this event and have your voice heard. At this event the Red Hook Committee will share ideas that its members have heard from you to date and answer questions you may have about the program and possible resiliency projects. Details for the event are on the attached flyer and as follows:

Experts will be on hand to discuss specific topics on Saturday and Sunday at the following times:

12pm-1pm: Infrastructure & Coastal Resiliency

1pm-2pm: Social Resiliency & Economic Development


Red Hook Resiliency Innovations event Sat 2/22, 3-6pm

Guest speakers to include: HUD Rebuild by Design, Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, Fifth Avenue Committee (FAC) and Architecture for Humanity, and others.

We also have a few newsworthy pieces from the past few months to share:

The Committee held its 11th meeting on Monday, February 10th in which we discussed benefits, feasibility, and considerations of possible priority resiliency projects.

Youth from the Red Hook Initiative/South Brooklyn Community High School film production program completed a video documenting the November 19th Public Engagement at the Miccio Center. This will be featured at the public meeting as well.

On December 18th, the Red Hook Planning Committee partnered with Good Shepherd’s Services at the Beacon Center to engage teens in the NY Rising program. At this event, teens brainstormed with planners and Committee representatives about resiliency challenges and solutions for Red Hook.

The Committee applauds the incredible news from Governor Cuomo’s Office of a $200M New York City & New York State combined commitment for the development of an integrated flood protection system in Red Hook. This announcement provides great momentum to our work and is proof that Red Hook can and will become a more resilient community.

We hope to see everyone at the upcoming public event.

As always, thank you for your continued engagement in the Red Hook NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program.

Sincerely,

NY Rising Red Hook Planning Committee & Committee Co-Chairs

Gita Nandan

Ian Marvy

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TONIGHT! Red Hook Innovations: Design Proposals and Big Thinking

Tonight, Monday November 25th, at 6:30pm at PS15, the New York Rising Planning Committee will host a forum where some "big ideas" regarding resiliency in Red Hook will be presented. As the planning committee co-chairs write -

"The evening will include a series of presentations by designers from around the city who are pushing the envelope and taking resiliency from concept to design. Presenters from the HUD Rebuild By Design Competition, Pratt's RAMP program, and Design Relief will each showcase their work focused on Red Hook."

Both BIG and HR&A, who developed plans for the Rebuild By Design competition, will present their ideas for Red Hook. You can view their plans and others at the Rebuild By Design site (HERE). A flyer with all the details is at the bottom of this post.

Long-Term Perspective – Harbor District: Red Hook - BIG TEAM

Long-Term Perspective – Harbor District: Red Hook - BIG TEAM

Red Hook Innovations: Design Proposals and Big Thinking

Monday, November 25th

PS15 Auditorium (71 Sullivan Street)

6:30 pm to 8 pm

SEE YOU THERE!

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Second Red Hook-Wide Public Meeting for NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program - 7pm, Nov. 19th, 2013 - ALL WELCOME!

Help Red Hook Strategize for the Future!

The NY Rising Community Reconstruction Program is holding its second Red Hook neighborhood wide meeting on Tuesday November 19th at 7:00, at the PAL Miccio Center (110 W 9th St, Brooklyn, NY 11231) to help shape the future of resiliency in Red Hook.

Please visit this website for more information about the program, project and up to date process - redhookcrp.wordpress.com

Over the past several months, this program's committee has taken our community's input and, with the help of our Planning Advisors, has identified and documented the many Needs and Opportunities pertaining to our waterfront community. You can see the final document published here -

http://stormrecovery.ny.gov/nyrcr/community/red-hook. 

There is the opportunity to provide additional input on this interactive map - http://redhook.nyrisingmap.org/page/about - where you can add your detailed ideas on the shape of Red Hook's future.

The next step is to create a set of Strategies, linked to our Needs and Opportunities. These Strategies will lead to specific projects to help us reach our resilient community goals. Identifying these Strategies is critical to laying the foundation.

We need your voice and input.

The event on November 19th will be a series of round table discussions so we can talk, neighbor to neighbor about our visions, ideas, and consider our neighborhood's future reconstruction.

Please come along!

Second public meeting on November 19th from 7:00 – 8:30pm at the PAL Miccio - 110 W 9th St, Brooklyn, NY 11231

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