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Presentation

Willets Point Community Workshop

The goal of the presentation was to get input from residents and concerned citizens on the principles that should guide the redevelopment of Willets Point, in order to develop a proposal that embodies the communities’ vision.

Research Type: 
Presentation
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Document: 
prattcenter-willets_point_visioning.pdf

Preserving Local Retail: Issues and Strategies

Who's Working on this Research?: 
Vicki Weiner
Keywords: 
citywide
land use
sustainable community planning
local retail
small businesses

Presentation for the APA Metro Chapter Zoning Committee

Research Type: 
Presentation
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Document: 
prattcenter-preserving_local_retail.pdf

Church Avenue Retail Study

Who's Working on this Research?: 
Vicki Weiner
Keywords: 
sustainable community planning
local retail
small businesses
Brooklyn

The Church Avenue Business Improvement District (BID) has retained Pratt Center to conduct a retail market study and needs assessment, with the goal of making sure the already successful retail strip -- the shopping hub of Flatbush -- better serves a neighborhood where the poor and middle class live side by side.

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

Envisioning Community Sustainability through the Arts

Keywords: 
citywide
land use
brownfields
sustainable community planning

This presentation describes Pratt Center’s practice of integrating environmental sustainability and the arts in partnership with Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation, and Arts East New York. Pratt Center worked with these community-based...

Research Type: 
Presentation
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Document: 
pratt_center_arts-culture-sustainability_presentation_oct_2012.pdf

A Review of Selected Incubator Kitchens & Training Restaurants

Keywords: 
locally-made food
sustainable community planning
job creation
citywide

Following up on a 2010-2011 proposal to launch a sit-down restaurant and training kitchen on Farmers Boulevard, Pratt Center produced this national review of training and incubation kitchens. This presentation profiles a series of NYC incubation kitchens, which offer affordable rents and...

Research Type: 
Presentation
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Friday, October 1, 2010
Document: 
serving_up_innovation.pdf

Transforming the Southern Bronx River Watershed

Keywords: 
Bronx
land use
brownfields
zoning
sustainable community planning

The Southern Bronx River Watershed presentation shows how some local low-income communities are working with the government and sometimes against, to better their neighborhoods.

Research Type: 
Presentation
Issue Area: 
Building Resilient Communities
Date: 
Wednesday, June 9, 2004
Document: 
transforming_the_southern_bronx_river_watershed.pdf

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