CELEBRATE BROOKLYN COMMUNITIES BLOCK PARTY AND RALLY AGAINST THE RATNER/NETS
ARENA AND HIGH RISE DEVELOPMENT
Saturday June 19th, 2pm
Pacific Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues
Prospect Heights, Brooklyn
FREE!
As developer Bruce Ratner's plan to build a new arena and high rise buildings in Brooklyn continues apace, the affected communities are coming together to draw the public's attention to exactly what is at stake. On June 19, 2004 in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn, a consortium of activist groups will be hosting the Celebrate Our Communities Block Party, an event celebrating the Prospect Heights/Fort Greene communities, while affirming the right of individuals everywhere to have a say in development projects that affect them. The event will highlight the problems of misguided intitiatives like Ratner's Nets Arena and 17 High Rise Proposal--the demolition of homes and businesses, misuse of taxpayer funds, traffic increase, environmental damage, mall-ification of mom and pop communities, lack of sustainable jobs and affordable housing. Yet, the block party/rally will be first and foremost a celebration of the area's dynamic and viable communities and the residents who have done so much to transform this part of Brooklyn.
Popular Brooklyn musical acts and DJs include:
DJ Scribe (Love Revolution)
Eman (Bang the Party)
DJ Dhundee (Sugar Cuts)
Gamall (Rude Movements)
Touch It Players
Special Guests:
MC Enemy
The Spunk Lads
Some of Brooklyn's finest restaurants and bars and the area's crafts and design stores will be offering their wares; politicians, activists and performers will be keeping the throngs entertained from the pulpit.
The event is not to be missed for anyone sympathetic to a community's right to choose its future, or anyone who simply wishes to spend a great day in Brooklyn.
Saturday, June 19, 2pm. Pacific Street between 5th and 6th Avenue, Prospect Heights, Brooklyn.
2/3, 4/5, B or Q to Atlantic Avenue; N, R, D or M to Pacific Street; G to Fulton Street; C to Lafayette Avenue.
More info at www.developdontdestroy.org; e-mail: contact@developdontdestroy.org;
tel: 718-362-4784.
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