At Last! Lets Really Hear The Truth About The Gowanus Area

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SAVE THE DATE!!

NEW VOICES ON THE GOWANUS

FOCUS ON THE PUBLIC PLACE

HERE IS YOUR CHANCE TO KNOW WHAT THE SCHOLARS & SCIENTISTS THINK ABOUT THE POLLUTION AND REMEDIATION ISSUES!

MONDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2008 @ 6:30 PM

P.S. 58 AUDITORIUM 330 SMITH STREET

(Enter on Carroll St. between Smith & Court)

You have heard from potential developers, city planners, government agencies, not for profits, elected officials, et al, about their visions for the future of the Gowanus Area and especially The Public Place.

Now hear new voices and up to now missing points of view “ that of academic and scientific scholars“ the Professors and students from Columbia University Graduate Schools of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Planning & Preservation who have been studying our Gowanus for over two years have just published a book “ (147 pages in full color) with their complete research, findings, theories, ideas and recommendations. At this event they will give a Power Point presentation of the main points of their book and then take pollution and remediation-related questions from the audience.
(The event is hosted by Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez, Assemblywoman Joan Millman, SBLDC - South Brooklyn Local Development Corp., FROGG - Friends & Residents of Greater Gowanus, CORD - Coalition For Respectful Development.)

Above is an announcement from F.R.O.G.G., the Friends and Residents of Greater Gowanus. Make sure you attend this very important meeting . It is crucial that we all know and understand what is planned for this very polluted area of our neighborhood and if the shores of this waterway can really become safe for habitation.
If you ever wanted to know exactly what floats in the Gowanus Canal, here is where you will get your answers.


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