Cobble Hill Association Annual Spring Meeting
May 30
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6:00 pm
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8:00 pm
All are invited to attend our Annual Spring Meeting on Thursday, May 30th at Christ Church (326 Clinton Street) from 6-8pm, where you will hear from elected officials (or their representatives) and receive updates from the CHA Board on issues such as local construction, community events, pedestrian safety, and the BQE. This is an IN PERSON meeting, and as of now we do not have a zoom option.
Additionally, the CHA will be electing 5 directors to the Board. As a reminder, only members who live within the historic district boundaries can vote. If you haven’t joined or need to renew your membership, click here. If you plan to attend, please RSVP so we know how many chairs to set up. We are unlikely to hit capacity for the venue, but if we do, priority will go to those who have RSVP’d.
RSVP HERE
AGENDA
**The below Agenda is a work in progress. The order of issues/elected official presentations is subject to change**
- Welcome and updates from President
- Report from State Senator Andrew Gounardes’s Office
- Brooklyn Marine Terminal / Waterfront Development from Congressman Dan Goldman and Senator Andrew Gounardes’s offices
- Report from Congressman Dan Goldman’s Office
- LICH Construction Update
- BQE Update
- Cobble Hill Park Update
- Treasurer’s Report
- Questions
- Reports from the offices of:
- Assemblywoman Jo Anne Simon
- Council Member Shahana Hanif
- Nominating Committee and Election Proceedings
- Meeting the Nominees
- Election Proceedings
- The new CHA Board is announced
- Close the Meeting
CANDIDATE BIOS
Starred candidates are returning Board members.
Director, Candidate for Two-Year Term
Rebecca Johnson*
Rebecca Johnson has been a Cobble Hill resident since 1990. This will be her second term serving on the board. Previously, she was the Communications Director of the CHA during the turbulent era when the organization fought to preserve the Long Island College Hospital. In her other life, she is a writer and co-founder/editor of the online literary magazine
http://www.dorothyparkersashes.com, as well as the author of a novel and numerous magazine articles at publications such as Vogue (contributing editor for 20 years), The New Yorker, The NY Times and many other publications which have all since bitten the dust. She raised two children and two dogs in Cobble Hill and now splits her time with her husband between a home in Northern Westchester and Cobble Hill.
Director, Candidates for Three-Year Terms
Chloe Domergue
Chloe moved to Cobble Hill 2021, after a decade in Manhattan. She immediately fell in love with the neighborhood and its community. Chloe grew up in France and moved to the US 15 years ago. After a career in International Development, she is now a Partner at Deloitte Consulting and a visiting professor at Cornell Tech University. Chloe recently joined the Cobble Hill Association and is excited to bring her problem-solving mindset and passion to contribute to this incredible neighborhood.
Katharina Gadow*
Katharina Gadow has lived in NY for almost 12 years, originally from Minnesota. Living in Kensington before Cobble Hill, she has now lived in the area for about four years and would consider it a dream come true to get a Little Free Library in the neighborhood! Working in book publishing, Katharina is a graduate of UW Madison and has her masters from NYU. She is passionate about access to books, literacy, and eliminating book deserts. When she isn’t reading in any spare moment she has with a cup of tea and her rescue kitty, Matthew, you can find her browsing the stalls at the farmers market by Borough Hall, shopping at Books are Magic, or watching the sail boats at Brooklyn Bridge Park. She has served one year on the CHA and is looking forward to more !
Alice Peterson*
Allie has lived in Brooklyn for nine years, moving with her husband, two children, and dog from Brooklyn Heights to Cobble Hill in August of 2020. Allie runs a marketing consultancy focusing on brand partnership across a variety of industries (CPG, tech, fitness). Her main interests include pedestrian safety, increasing green spaces, and historic preservation. In her free time, you can find Allie sitting on her stoop (or a neighbor’s stoop) and spending time with her kids in Cobble Hill Park.
Tom Walsh
Tom and his spouse, Rhonda, have lived in the BoCoCa area since 2007, and moved to Cobble Hill in 2010 as their first child was about to be born. They are raising their family—three kids (ages 5, 10 and 12) and an energetic puppy—in Cobble Hill because they love the community, from the day-to-day pleasures of seeing friends and familiar faces outside PS29 and walking the neighborhood, to the special events like the Halloween Parade in Cobble Hill Park and annual block parties. When Tom is not in Cobble Hill, he often can be found in Manhattan, where he practices international arbitration at a global law firm, or hiking or skiing upstate. Before attending law school, Tom worked for a conservation group in Ecuador from 2000 to 2003. Tom is looking forward to becoming more involved with the CHA and its safety, schools and trees (watch out lantern flies) committees, among others.
