Workshop: Rezoning the Atlantic Yards Footprint

by calendar on February 26, 2008

When
March 1, 2008   10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Where
St. Cyril’s Belarusian Cathedral
401 Atlantic Av. (at Bond St.)
Brooklyn
RSVP
Hunter College CCPD 212-650-3328 or ccpd @ hunter . cuny . edu

The Council of Brooklyn Neighborhoods is sponsoring a workshop by the Hunter College Center for Community Planning and Development to further the community based planning process for the area around the Vanderbilt rail yards. The area is currently proposed to house the Atlantic Yards development but with the global credit crisis there is a very strong possibility that project will never happen. Community members and elected officials will participate.

Background

The original UNITY Plan, the community-created alternative to Forest City Ratner’s “Atlantic Yards” project, covered only the publicly owned Vanderbilt rail yards. FCR has since taken control of and blighted or torn down many properties around the rail yards. But now the financing for “Atlantic Yards” is in doubt, even according to the developer – the bond financing for the arena and the affordable housing may not be feasible! What happens next? Join your neighbors, elected officials and expert planners for a public workshop devoted to creating a community plan for the entire area – now that the global credit crisis threatens to scuttle “Atlantic Yards.”