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		<title>The MO Spotlight: Neighbors Allied for Good Growth</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Van De Mark</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Domino Sugar Factory]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Neighbors Allied for Good Growth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[* * * * * * * * * * The MO Spotlight is a monthly series dedicated to spotlighting attention on a particular GWAPP Member Organization. The article discusses an MO&#8217;s current projects and upcoming events, as well provides a brief history on the organization and their mission. Interested in becoming a GWAPP member]]></description>
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		<title>How Well is North Brooklyn Progressing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 16:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GWAPP</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight the Greenpoint Williamsburg Community Advisory Board (GPWB CAB) hopes to help answer that question. GPWB CAP is tasked with monitoring the progress of commitments made by the Bloomberg administration to the residents of North Brooklyn, such as the development of more parks and open space, promises of affordable housing and the development of Bushwick]]></description>
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		<title>Free Trees Make For Happy People</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 16:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Watson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treegiveaway]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This past Saturday marked GWAPP&#8217;s first time participating in the New York Restoration Project&#8217;s free tree giveaway and it was a blast! We were very pleased to see so many North Brooklyn residents doing their part to make Brooklyn a little bit greener! A very special thanks to NYRP and Town Square for partnering with]]></description>
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		<title>Go Green Greenpoint! Festival POSTPONED UNTIL 5/18 DUE TO RAIN</title>
		<link>http://gwapp.org/2013/05/go-green-greenpoint-festival-this-saturday/</link>
		<comments>http://gwapp.org/2013/05/go-green-greenpoint-festival-this-saturday/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 16:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GWAPP</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McCarren Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Town Square]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Next Saturday it&#8217;s time for Greenpoint to Go Green! Town Square will be holding it&#8217;s Fourth Annual Go Green Greenpoint Festival at the Abate Playground in McCarren Park. GWAPP will be there giving away 100 FREE trees, courtesy of our good friends at the New York Restoration Project. There&#8217;s only a few trees left, so]]></description>
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		<title>CRASH LANDING: Greenpoint Landing Project Presented at CB1 Joint Committee Meeting</title>
		<link>http://gwapp.org/2013/05/crash-landing/</link>
		<comments>http://gwapp.org/2013/05/crash-landing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 19:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GWAPP</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[2005 Waterfront Rezoning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[77 Commercial]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Open Space]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Developers and their attorneys, architects and landscape designers presented plans for “Greenpoint Landing” and the adjacent 77 Commercial Street development at a combined meeting of Community Board One’s Executive Committee, Parks and Waterfront Committee and Land Use/ULURP (Uniform Land Use Review Procedure) Committee Monday night in an overcrowded McCarren Pool Play Center room. Park Tower]]></description>
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		<title>Public Health Risk? Asbestos Abatement at Domino Sugar Factory</title>
		<link>http://gwapp.org/2013/05/public-health-risk-asbestos-abatement-at-domino-sugar-factory/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 16:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Van De Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News and Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asbestos abatement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domino Sugar Factory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Two Trees Management]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) and Dr. Jay Parkinson, MD, MPH, Co-founder of Sherpaa hosted a town hall in south side Williamsburg to discuss and demand safe asbestos abatement at the Domino Sugar Refinery and more transparency regarding asbestos removal and possible risks of exposure. The town hall convened after a community]]></description>
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		<title>Mtg Tonight: Greenpoint&#8217;s Getting Bigger (And Hopefully Better?)</title>
		<link>http://gwapp.org/2013/05/greenpoints-getting-bigger-and-hopefully-better/</link>
		<comments>http://gwapp.org/2013/05/greenpoints-getting-bigger-and-hopefully-better/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 16:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>GWAPP</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[65 Commercial St]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CB1]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greenpoint Landing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mayor Bloomberg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newtown Barge Terminal Playground]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s post is mainly a reminder to attend an important meeting tonight at 6:30pm at McCarren Park Rec Center, 776 Lorimer St., Brooklyn. At the behest of the Mayor&#8217;s office, Community Board 1&#8242;s Executive Committee, Parks &#038; Waterfront Committee, and ULURP &#038; Landmarks subcommittee will meet tonight to go over: Revised development plans for Greenpoint]]></description>
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		<title>Register NOW for your Free Tree!</title>
		<link>http://gwapp.org/2013/05/register-now-for-your-free-tree/</link>
		<comments>http://gwapp.org/2013/05/register-now-for-your-free-tree/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 16:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Watson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Issue Updates]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NYRP]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tree Giveaway]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On May 11th from 1:00pm &#8211; 3:00pm at the Go Green! Greenpoint Festival in McCarren Park, GWAPP and Town Square are giving away 100 trees and you can Register Now to reserve your free tree! That&#8217;s right, absolutely and totally free! A huge thank you to New York Restoration Project (NYRP) for providing the trees.]]></description>
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		<title>The Legacies of Industrial Pollution: The Effect on Human Health</title>
		<link>http://gwapp.org/2013/05/the-legacies-of-industrial-pollution-the-effect-on-human-health/</link>
		<comments>http://gwapp.org/2013/05/the-legacies-of-industrial-pollution-the-effect-on-human-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ryan Watson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Community News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EPA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ExxonMobil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Newtown Creek CAG]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For years, residents and activists alike have expressed concern over the history of industrial pollution in our community. From the Meeker Avenue Plumes to the Exxon Mobil Oil Spill to the designation of the Newtown Creek as a Superfund site, there are certainly a number of causes for environmental concern in the Greenpoint community. (Check]]></description>
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		<title>Move Over Sludge: Dredging Newtown Creek Will Bring Playground Expansion</title>
		<link>http://gwapp.org/2013/04/less-sludge-more-park-dredging-newtown-creek-expanding-newtown-barge-terminal-playground/</link>
		<comments>http://gwapp.org/2013/04/less-sludge-more-park-dredging-newtown-creek-expanding-newtown-barge-terminal-playground/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Van De Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News and Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DEP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At last month&#8217;s Newtown Creek Community Advisory Group (CAG) meeting, NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) presented, &#8220;East River Sludge Storage Tank Removal.&#8221; The NYC DEP&#8217;s Project Plan Demolishing the current East River Sludge Storage Tank which sits at the end of Commercial &#038; Dupont Streets in north Greenpoint. Sludge vessels would then take their]]></description>
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