Join your voice with your neighbors creating a greater voice with elected officials and government agencies on behalf of your neighborhood concerns.
The FGA is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to getting things done for the people of Fort Greene. You may know the FGA for its festive annual Holiday Party, House Tours, up-to-date Newsletter, and Community Meetings packed with information important to you.
But did you know that the FGA:
• Played a crucial role in the re-zoning Fort Greene and Clinton Hill to maintain the neighborhoods’ Brownstone character and made it happen three times as fast as in Park Slope?
• Started the Green Fort Greene / Clinton Hill campaign to reduce the Neighborhood’s carbon footprint?
• Actively works on development issues related to the Atlantic Yards and Admirals Row?
• Strives to keep kids in school, and on track, through sports by supporting the Pit Bulls, our local Pop Warner Football team? Several of the program’s “graduates” have gone on to scholarships at better NYC high schools as well as prestigious local private schools due to their involvement in the program.
All that and so much more.
Your tax-deductible membership gift at any level will bring you a full year of benefits, no matter which of the following options you choose. 1) use our PayPal link to sign up and make a donation online; 2) fill out and mail the coupon below to sign up as a dues-paying member (or click HERE to download our membership form as a PDF file) or 3) sign-in at two FGA meetings per year, or 4) simply send us a note today saying that you want to join the FGA.
Join now, your membership matters. Thank you.
Archive for 2008
The Next FGA General Meeting: Monday, Nov. 17 @ 7:30 PM
Tuesday, November 11th, 2008The main topic will be Energy and the Environment - featuring an in-depth presentation and panel discussion with experts from the Community Environmental Center. Discover how being green can give you greenbacks. Hear real information on real energy solutions. Learn ways to contain rising energy costs.
Also on the agenda is a discussion on another “heated” issue, Public Safety - with our guest, Police Captain Anthony Tasso from our 88th Police Precinct. Fort Greene residents will be able to address their concerns in person to our local police captain.
Click on postcard to view the full-size Meeting Announcement as a PDF.
The Winter 2008 FGA Newsletter is available online.
Friday, November 7th, 2008Read the FGA’s Winter 2008 Newsletter which includes information about the Centennial Celebration on Nov. 15th 2008 in Fort Greene Park.
Click on cover image to read it online or right-click to download to your computer.
POWER IS IN THE NUMBERS: Join the Fort Greene Association
Friday, November 7th, 2008Join your voice with your neighbors, creating a greater voice with elected officials and government agencies on behalf of your neighborhood concerns. The FGA is an all-volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to getting things done for the people of Fort Greene. Join us and make your voice heard.
Come to the 9th Annual Fort Greene Park Halloween Festival!
Thursday, October 16th, 2008
On Saturday, October 25, 2008, the Fort Greene Park Conservancy presents the ninth annual Halloween Festival in Brooklyn’s historic Fort Greene Park. Children will be treated to hay rides, games, sack races, face painting, entertainment, dancing, and pumpkin decorating - and it’s all FREE. The event kicks off at 12 noon and runs until 3:30 PM on the park’s Great Lawn at Dekalb Avenue and Washington Park. The festival opens with “The Great PUPkin,” a wild costume contest for dogs and their owners co-sponsored by Fort Greene PUPS, a local dog-owners organization, and closes with a popular kids’ costume contest and parade.
Read the Fall 2008 Newsletter
Thursday, October 2nd, 2008The Fall 2008 FGA Newsletter is available online. Jay E. Butler, Consulting Engineer is proud to underwrite this issue of the Fort Greene Association newsletter.
FGA General Meeting, September 15, 2008
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008The next FGA Meeting is Monday, September 15, 2008 - 7:30pm at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, 85 South Oxford, Fort Greene, Brooklyn - Open to all.
At the meeting the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership will give a presentation about the proposed multiple developments within the BAM Cultural District, such as the proposed Brooklyn Arts Tower. After the presentation the floor will be opened for questions.
Congratulations To The Students Of Urban Assembly Law And Justice Academy!
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008The Fort Greene Association would like to congratulate the fine students at Fort Greene’s own Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice at 50 Navy Street, especially the seniors of 2008, for outstanding academic achievement. The tremendous efforts of these students as well as the dedication of the faculty and administration were recognized in this article in The New York Times from Monday, June 30th edition. Here is a link to the article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/education/30school.html?pagewanted=all Thank you, we are very proud of your accomplishments.
We as a community and you as an individual can play an important role in helping other young people in our neighborhood reach their academic potential. You can find out about some of the programs for mentoring students at the School for Law and Justice website: www.sljhs.org . We will be posting new opportunities for community members to get involved in the support of our students and local schools, as programs become known to us.
Wildflower Seed Give-Away, Saturday, September 27th at Fort Greene Park’s Artisan Market
Friday, June 13th, 2008
Bees are responsible for pollinating 30% of our food crops. If they become extinct- much of the world’s food supply will disappear with them. Haagen-Dazs is giving away 2,000 packets of wildflower seeds for plants favored by foraging honey bees. Fort Greene resident and beekeeper, John Howe of Brooklyn Bee Apiary, is coordinating this effort and will be on hand from 9 am to offer advice and answer any questions you may have about bees and their role as part of our ecosystem.
Artisan Market, which features only independent design and fine art, is located on the DeKalb Avenue sidewalk perimeter of Fort Greene Park starting at the intersection of Washington Park - adjacent to the GreenMarket. Artisan-Market can be reached by public transportation via: subways: #C to Lafayette, #G to Fulton, #R,B,Q to DeKalb and #2,3,4,5 to Nevins. Map and travel information is also available on both the Fort Greene Park Conservancy and Artisan-Market websites.
Contact info:
John Howe 718-858-6891 or [email protected]
Natasha Harsh 718-855-8175 or [email protected].
Website: http://natashaharsh.artspan.com/
Brownstone Brooklyn Garden District 11th Garden Walk, Sunday June 08th
Sunday, June 1st, 2008On Sunday, June 8th from 11AM - 5PM, enjoy a self-guided Garden Walk through a dozen private gardens and 9 community gardens in historic Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Prospect Heights. The Garden Walk brings attention to the singular qualities of the Garden District’s private and community gardens; providing not only a special opportunity to view some unseen treasures of these three historic neighborhoods but a chance for garden walkers to get ideas, share gardening tips, even cuttings and nursery finds. Proceeds from the Tour support the annual Fall Bulb Give-Away which provides thousands of Spring flowering bulbs, free of charge, to residents of these three communities, encouraging the continued beautification of the Brownstone Brooklyn Garden District.
Tickets are $20 and available in advance at: The Brooklyn Flea, Lafayette between Clermont and Vanderbilt, Sundays only, or online at BrownPaperTickets.com.
Tickets may be purchased the day of the Walk at: Thirst, 187 DeKalb@Carlton in Fort Greene; The Forest Floor, 659 Vanderbilt@Park Place, Prospect Heights; or The Brooklyn Flea. Advance Ticket purchasers should stop by one of these locations to pick up the official Map/Guide on the day of the Tour.
For more information call: 718-219-2137.
