Participatory Budgeting Vote Site - Prospect Park Alliance Day Fair
2017-04-01 11:00 - 15:00 UTC | Bartel-Pritchard Entrance, Prospect Park, Prospect Park Southwest/Bartel Pritchard Square, Brooklyn, 11225, United States
It’s Participatory Budgeting vote week! You can vote in person here at the Prospect Park Alliance Day Fair, at the Bartel-Pritchard Entrance. For learn more about PB, see the 2017 PB ballot, and vote online visit the blog.

Participatory Budgeting Vote Site - Old Stone House
2017-04-01 10:00 - 16:00 | Old Stone House, 336 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11215, United States
It’s Participatory Budgeting vote week! You can learn about each project and vote in person here, at the District 39 Project Expo. For learn more about PB, see the 2017 PB ballot, and vote online visit the blog.

Participatory Budgeting Vote Site - District 39 Project Expo
2017-03-29 18:00 - 21:00 | Camp Friendship, 339 8th Street, Brooklyn, 11215, United States

Participatory Budgeting Vote Site - #GetOrganizedBK
2017-03-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Congregation Beth Elohim, 274 Garfield Place, Brooklyn, NY, 11215, United States
It’s Participatory Budgeting vote week! You can vote in person here, at the #GetOrganizedBK Meeting. For learn more about PB, see the 2017 PB ballot, and vote online visit the blog.

Whose Park? Equity in NYC's Green Spaces
2017-03-22 18:30 - 20:30 | Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, 11201, United States
The following is a Brooklyn Historical Society event.
In our congested city, parks and green spaces aim to provide some respite for all. But do they indeed serve every New Yorker equally? Is sharing our green space more easily said than d
one? Tupper Thomas, former Executive Director of New Yorkers for Parks, moderates a candid discussion with Ford Foundation President Darren Walker, former Brooklyn Bridge Park President Regina Myer, and Brooklyn Deputy Borough President Diana Reyna about parks, equity, and the complicated mediation between users.
$10 / $5 for Brooklyn Historical Society Members
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Solar Information Session with Solarize CB6
2017-01-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Cobble Hill Community Room, 250 Baltic Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, United States
Coffee and refreshments will be served.

RSVP here.

Join us on for a Solar Information Session, as part of our Solarize Brooklyn CB6 2: Sun for All campaign.
Our chosen installer American Solar Partners (ASP) will educate you on the ins & outs of purchasing a traditional solar array. They will talk about how solar power can cut your utility bill and make your home more valuable. Current incentives allow you to recoup up to 75% of your investment. Using Solar1’s Here Comes Solar model, ASP is gathering a cluster of households and businesses to install solar at a lower price based on economies of scale.
For a more bespoke experience, please bring a copy of your latest electric bill to the event.
For more information contact:
Paige Alderoty, Project Manager, American Solar Partners
Phone: 914-699-3366

The final day to join the purchasing group is February 2, 2017.

This program is open to Brooklyn residents. Your building does not need to be in Brooklyn CB6 to participate.

City Harvest Food Drive at Carroll Park
2017-01-07 13:00 - 16:00 | Carroll Park House, 320 Smith Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11231, United States
Annual City Harvest Food Drive by Friends of Carroll Park. Friends of Carroll Park will be collecting non-perishable items to donate to hungry neighbors through the amazing group City Harvest this holiday season. They will be hosting collection drives on four upcoming Saturdays: January 7 and 14, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. The most needed items are:
– canned fruit
– canned vegetables
– peanut butter (plastic jars)
– macaroni and cheese (packaged)
– hot and cold cereal (packaged, family-sized)
City Harvest cannot accept glass containers, homemade items, expired food, or dented cans.
If you are interested in volunteering for a shift during this year’s drives, or if you’d like to coordinate your own ancillary collection at a neighborhood school or business (you can drop your items at the park house and they’ll arrange the pickup from City Harvest), please let us know at friendsofcarrollpark@yahoo.com!

The Next 100 Years of Brooklyn Zoning
2016-12-02 09:00 - 15:00 | Brooklyn Law School, 250 Joralemon Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201, United States
Please join the New York City Council for a day-long symposium on “The Next 100 Years of Brooklyn Zoning.” Deputy Mayor Alicia Glen will be the featured speaker and key Council Members from Brooklyn will be speaking about “Zoning Our Diverse Communities for The Future.” Please note that while there is a nominal fee for attendees, the event is free for government employees who register by Monday, November 21 (after Nov. 21, a fee will apply to government employees as well). Registration is available here. Pre-registration is required to attend the event.
The full invitation is below. Please distribute widely to your networks — it promises to be an enlightening and entertaining event!
