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RenewableNY

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In 2005, the New York Industrial Retention Network (NYIRN), now a part of the Pratt Center for Community Development, launched an initiative that combined project management and small grants to encourage industrial companies in New York City to implement energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.
Keywords: 
local manufacturing
urban manufacturing
citywide
zoning
RenewableNY combined project management and small grants to encourage industrial companies in New York City to implement energy efficiency projects.
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Projects ranged from simple lighting upgrades to more complex solar energy systems, cogeneration units, energy efficient processing equipment, and other measures. The projects leveraged an additional $2 million in...

Project Status: 
Archived
Location: 
City-Wide
Status: 
Completed in 2010

Coney Island for All

Who's Working on this Research?: 
Vicki Weiner
Paula Crespo
Keywords: 
job creation
affordable housing
local retail
preservation
land use
zoning
Brooklyn
sustainable community planning

A coalition of community, labor, and housing organizations concerned with the future of Coney Island has joined in support of Coney Island for All: A Platform for Equitable Development, on which the Pratt Center for Community Development served as a key advisor.

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Monday, April 6, 2009
Document: 
coney_island_for_all_platform.pdf

Brownfield Redevelopment Planning

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Brownfields – defined by the EPA as “real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence…of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant” – are littered throughout many of NYC’s low- and moderate-income communities.
Keywords: 
land use
citywide
brownfields
zoning
sustainable community planning
Pratt Center works with local organizations to plan for the sustainable redevelopment of brownfields in low- and moderate-income communities.
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The product of deindustrialization, disinvestment and abandonment, brownfields are a barrier to local economic development, sustainable open space and quality public health, in addition to a blight on communities’ landscapes and well-being. 

Pratt Center has been a longtime...

Project Status: 
Active
Who's Working on this Project?: 
Vicki Weiner
Paula Crespo
Location: 
City-Wide

Building a Vibrant Manufacturing Sector

Who's Working on this Research?: 
Tanu Kumar
Keywords: 
land use
urban manufacturing
citywide
local manufacturing
small businesses
zoning
job creation

This concept paper contains recommendations for how New York City can build a healthy, vibrant manufacturing sector. Any comprehensive strategy to diversify our economic base, create well-paying jobs and promote the city’s long-term environmental sustainability must both capitalize on the...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Growing a More Equitable Economy
Date: 
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Document: 
industrial-policy_issue-brief_final.pdf

Fairness Coalition of Queens

Intro Paragraph: 
Keywords: 
Queens
affordable housing
land use
zoning
sustainable community planning
open space
parks
A diverse coalition is fighting to preserve open space and expand affordable housing in the face of several unaccountable development proposals.
Body: 
Background

The Fairness Coalition of Queens (FCQ) – an umbrella group of a dozen faith groups, immigrant and youth-serving agencies, and housing advocates – united in 2012 to respond to three contentious large scale development proposals that would have significant impacts...

Project Status: 
Active
Who's Working on this Project?: 
Elena Conte
Location: 
Queens

The Future of Industrial Brooklyn

Who's Working on this Research?: 
Paula Crespo
Keywords: 
Brooklyn
land use
zoning
local manufacturing
job creation
community development corporations
small businesses
urban manufacturing

This report-out covers the key takeaways and salient points from two days of workshops and discussion about manufacturing in New York City, organized by five Brooklyn-based Community Development Corporations (CDCs) with technical assistance from Pratt Center. In April 2013, a diverse set of...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Growing a More Equitable Economy
Date: 
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Document: 
future_of_industrial_brooklyn_report-out.pdf

Brooklyn Navy Yard

Keywords: 
Brooklyn
local manufacturing
green jobs
zoning
urban manufacturing
land use
small businesses
job creation

In this report, Pratt Center presents a thorough investigation of the Brooklyn Navy Yard (BNY), a 300-acre city-owned industrial park and one of the fastest growing green manufacturing centers in the country.  The paper demonstrates that New York City’s strategy of retaining...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Growing a More Equitable Economy
Date: 
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Document: 
web_2013_bny_full_report.pdf

Transforming the Sheridan Corridor

Intro Paragraph: 
For decades, the Sheridan Expressway – a 1.25 mile remnant of the Robert Moses era – has severely impeded the quality of life in Hunts Point and the surrounding communities in the South Bronx.
Keywords: 
Bronx
land use
affordable housing
zoning
transportation equity
sustainable community planning
A Bronx-based coalition is successfully leading the fight to transform the Sheridan Expressway and to create affordable housing and green open space where it used to be
Body: 

In 1999, the Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance (SBRWA) was formed to work for the removal of the Sheridan Expressway and the transformation of the South Bronx into a model of sustainable land use, environmental justice, and...

Project Partners: 
Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance
Project Status: 
Active
Who's Working on this Project?: 
Elena Conte
Sydney Céspedes
Location: 
Bronx
iframe: 

The Green Agenda For Jackson Heights

Keywords: 
Queens
land use
zoning
affordable housing
sustainable community planning

The Green Agenda is a plan crafted by the people of Jackson Heights to address their ecological, economic, and social concerns. From November to March 2010, Pratt Center helped facilitate a community visioning process, bringing together over 400 Jackson Heights residents to imagine a greener...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Monday, November 1, 2010
Document: 
greenagendafor_jackson_heights.pdf

Community Board 9 Manhattan 197-a Plan

Keywords: 
Manhattan
zoning
preservation
job creation
affordable housing
land use
sustainable community planning

Community Board 9 Manhattan 197-a Plan, completed in 2007, is the compilation of work begun by the Community Board in 1998, and later revised and supported by the Office of Manhattan Borough President, a Columbia University Planning Studio, the New York City Council, the Harlem Community...

Research Type: 
Report
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Monday, September 24, 2007
Document: 
cb9m_final_24-sep-07.pdf

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