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Pratt Center eNews - Summer 2008

News last updated September 4, 2008

In this Issue:

  • A Message from Pratt Center Sustainability and Environmental Justice Director Joan Byron
  • Mapping New York's Dwindling Manufacturing Land
  • Promoting Public Plazas
  • Downtown Brooklyn Report Supports Affordable Housing Advocacy
  • Energy Matters Launches
  • Seeking Policies to Support Independent Businesses
  • Meet Pratt Center's Summer Interns
  • Contribute

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Pratt Center eNews - Fall 2007

News last updated November 1, 2007

In this Issue:

  • What Banh Mi and Child Care Have in Common
  • Elena Conte: Community Action and Citywide Change
  • Downtown Brooklyn Reassessed
  • Campus Connection: A Sustainable Pratt Institute
  • Preservation and Planning: The Next Generation
  • Cypress Hills Breaks Ground
  • Redefining ReDefining Economic Development
  • Change a Light, Change the World
  • Save the Date: Pratt Center Gala, February 26, 2008

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Create Opportunity through Development of the East River Waterfront Esplanade and Piers Project

Testimony last updated April 12, 2007

Testimony to Manhattan Community Board 3

Mercedes Narciso, R.A.
Senior Planner, Pratt Center for Community Development
April 12, 2007

Good evening to everybody. Thank you for this opportunity to provide testimony today. My name is Mercedes Narciso and I am a Senior Planner with the Pratt Center for Community Development, a university- based organization that works for a more just, equitable, and sustainable city for all New Yorkers by helping communities to plan for and realize their future. One of those communities is the Lower East Side, and in partnership with the Good Old Lower East Side (GOLES), we are currently working on a community assessment and planning initiative in the area.

I am here today to express our support for East River Waterfront Esplanade and Piers Project proposed by the Department of City Planning, a project full of vision and creativity, which would provide the diverse nearby community and the city at large the opportunity to access and enjoy the waterfront.

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Willets Point Request for Proposals

Testimony last updated June 1, 2006

Statement Calling for the Cancellation of the NYC Economic Development Corporation's Willets Point RFP

Paula Crespo
Pratt Center for Community Development
June 1, 2006

The Pratt Center for Community Development is honored to be here with such a wide range of colleagues — diverse groups who care about manufacturing jobs, affordable housing, community planning, and open and transparent government — to call for the cancellation of the NYC Economic Development Corporation's Request for Proposals for Willets Point.

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