UNITY Roadshow: Ratner "Alternative" + Economic Analysis MONDAY at 7th+Carroll

As noted in the dailyheights calendar: Next Monday, Architect Marshall Brown will present the recently developed "UNITY" development plan for the

Atlantic Railyards. This "community-initiated blueprint" was conceived last year in a workshop

sponsored by City Council Member Letitia James. Also scheduled: presentation on the analysis of the economic impact on taxpayers of the current Forest City Ratner Plan, by Columbia University professor

Gustav Peebles.

COMPONENTS OF UNITY PLAN:

-Mixed-income "medium-rise" housing

-Large amount of storefront retail space (geared toward local merchants)

-Public green space

-Additional through-streets to "better unite" Fort Greene, Prospect Heights and Park Slope

WHEN: Monday, January 31st, 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Old First Reformed Church, 126 Seventh Avenue at Carroll Street, Park Slope

Co-sponsored by Park Slope Neighbors and Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn.