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Another Mulch-fest comes and goes + other notes from CHA
Josh Guttman | January 14, 2009
This year’s tree-mulching campaign in Cobble Hill Park was a great success. Tom Synnott of the Cobble Hill From the Cobble Hill Tree Fund:
“Despite the cold weather and the threat of deep snow (which never materialized) we had a record tree chipping – 631 trees. A good deal of mulch was given back to parents and children in Mulch-fest bags provided by our friend and Brooklyn Forester, Andy Rabb.”
You can read Tom’s entire tree-mulching report at our blog:
Tom’s personal mulch-fest account
Brooklyn Bridge Park: January 29 meeting about money
The Cobble Hill Association has had many questions over the past several years about the funding scheme for Brooklyn Bridge Park. We are pleased to report that, after the prodding of State Senator Daniel Squadron, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation (BBPDC) has announced that it will release revised cost and revenue projections.
One would think that such reporting and transparency would be automatic for a public entity like the BBPDC, a subsidiary of the Empire State Development Corporation, but one would be wrong. We are grateful to Senator Squadron for his work on this matter. Here is the 411 on the meeting:
What: BBPDC public meeting about the Park’s financial model.
When: January 29 at 6 p.m.
Where: Dibner Auditorium, NYU-Polytechnic University, 5 Metrotech Center, Brooklyn.
Senator Squadron’s staff has told us that the BBPDC will release financial data before the meeting. We will keep you in the loop once the data have been released. We will also distribute information to help the community frame questions for the event. Stay tuned.
MTA hearing on service cuts and fare hikes: January 28
The MTA will hold a public hearing in Brooklyn on January 28 regarding its proposed service cuts and fare hikes. We encourage everyone to attend and make the case for more public transportation, not less. The MTA’s official hearing notice explains the procedures for speaking:
‘Registration to speak will be open until 9 p.m. on the dates of the hearings. Oral testimony is limited to 3 minutes per speaker. To register to speak in advance of the hearings, for more information, or to comment in writing contact Douglas Sussman, Dir, MTA Community Affairs, 347 Madison Ave, NY, NY 10017, (212) 878-7483. Additional information can be found at www.mta.info <http://www.mta.info/> . Comments may also be made on the MTA website.’
What: MTA hearing
When: Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Where: 333 Adams Street, the Brooklyn Marriott
The announcement on CHA blog
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