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Greening Commercial Corridors In Brooklyn
Wednesday, Mar 17, 2010
Greening Commercial Corridors: Implementing Sustainable Practices with Small Businesses
How can Brooklyn's commercial districts implement sustainable practices? This seminar will provide tangible steps to implement green initiatives and discuss how BIDs and commercial revitalization managers can coordinate efforts with individual businesses to promote sustainability and the commercial corridor.
Sponsor: Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation
Moderator: Anne Pope, Sustainable Flatbush
Panelists: Tara DePorte, Lower East Side Ecology Center; Heather Govern, Energy $mart Communities (at Pratt Center); Melissa Lee, Mayor’s Office of Comp. Neighborhood Economic Development; Adam Pasquale, Action Carting; TBD, Tri-State Biodiesel
Date:: March 17, 2010 - 8:30-10:30am
Location: Brooklyn Public Library’s Business Library, 280 Cadman Plaza West
RSVP: Rachel Thieme, rthieme@bedc.org or (718) 368-6783