In one of his last acts as Governor, Eliot Spitzer sent a little love to Brooklyn in the form of a $250,000 grant for a team of local groups to study and identify brownfields along the Gowanus Canal and in abutting properties. The money is going to Friends of Community Board 6, Friends and Residents of Greater Gowanus, and the Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation for all three to work together to complete a nomination study for five brownfield sites along the Gowanus Canal. The funding was doled out as part of a $7.25 million package meant to spur economic revitalization in blighted areas across New York State, and it will allow the organizations to hire consultants. Once this acreage is transformed into clean, usable land, it will be a tremendous asset to our community,” said Assemblyman Felix Ortiz in a statement yesterday. “I am very enthusiastic about this important initial step towards achieving our goal.
Brownfield Study Funding Notice [ny.gov]
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