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Greenpoint Community Kitchen Garden: 1st Meeting!

Great news! NAG is teaming up with GIFT (Greenpoint Interfaith Food Team) to bring fresh veggies to the Greenpoint Soup Kitchen this summer. This project will not only be an opportunity to bring healthy foods into the everyday lives of our neighbors, but also a great chance to get dirty and learn about gardening (or share your expertise!)

We're looking to get 21 regular volunteers to be the main Garden Team for the summer, but there is room for many different levels of commitment. If you are interested, please come to our first meeting:

Saturday, April 24 2010
from 4-5 pm
at 136 Milton Street (Greenpoint Reformed Church)

If you have any questions, contact ryan@nag-brooklyn.org

Three Terrific Open Space Updates

1. Bushwick Inlet (or at least, what we're allowed to claim of it thus far) got a facelift thanks to a really wonderful new program. From Friend's of Bushwick Inlet Park's Laura T... "the folks from NYC Community Cleanup showed up today and collected 15 bags of garbage and leaves after cleaning up our lovely stretch of public sidewalk alongside the inlet this morning... here's a snapshot of them in action."
Now you can walk or run without getting papers stuck on your shoe or tripping over a bottle of pee. Thanks to NYC Community Cleanup! (And to Laura for making the call!)

2. This sunday, March 21, there will be a Beers in the Office meeting regarding Greenpoint Community Gardening. Curious? Good. Come to the meeting at the NAG Office, 110 Kent Avenue, at 7:30.

3. On April 8th, the comprehensive Waterfront Plan Update public meeting is on April 8th from 6:00-8:30 pm at Murry Bergtraum High School at 411 Pearl Street, Manhattan. This will be a great opportunity to share our opinions and ideas regarding new open spaces in North Brooklyn. We'd love to bring some impassioned parkies to speak out for Transmitter Park, Commercial Street, Bushwick Inlet and the Williamsburg Bridge DOT site. Here's the Waterfront Plan's official link. If you'd like to get involved in this but want some assistance or further information, let us know.


HAPPY SPRING!!!