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tel/fax:
718.362.4784
Please note our new postal address when sending
contributions to the legal fund:
121 5th Avenue, PMB #150
Brooklyn, New York 11217
About DDDB
Our coalition consists of 21 community organizations and
there are 51 community organizations formally
aligned in opposition to the Ratner plan.
DDDB is a volunteer-run organization. We have over 5,000
subscribers to our email newsletter, and 7,000 petition
signers. Over 800 volunteers have registered with DDDB
to form our various teams, task-forces and committees
and we have over 150 block captains. We have a 20 person
volunteer legal team of local lawyers supplementing our
retained attorneys.
We are funded entirely by individual donations from the community at large
and through various fundraising events we and supporters have organized.
We have the financial support of well over 3,500 individual
donors.
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The UNITY Plan: The Community's Plan for the Vanderbilt Yards
When Atlantic Yards finally
goes away, the community is ready with the UNITY Plan. The website
for the plan has just launched; there you can also download
the pdf of the complete plan and view more plan
models.
From the Unity Plan website:
UNITY'S Planning Principles:
- CONNECT Prospect Heights, Fort Greene and other neighborhoods
- Develop at a HUMAN SCALE and density
- Promote DIVERSITY AND VITALITY in urban design
- Create and preserve AFFORDABLE HOUSING
- REDUCE TRAFFIC, IMPROVE MASS TRANSIT
- Create JOBS for Brooklyn residents
- Create truly usable and accessible PUBLIC SPACES
- Guarantee an OPEN PLANNING PROCESS, with transparency and
accountability
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The UNITY plan offers 1500 units of housing distributed over 8 acres.
Units of housing currently on the market will remain and additional units can
be made available through adaptive reuse.
60% of all units will be permanently affordable to Brooklyn residents and all
will be built on site. This creates 900 affordable units compared to the 315 affordable
units in phase one of the FCR plan.
To support the housing and create a vibrant community, this community based plan
includes schools, senior services, child care, recreation as well as new retail
space
Posted: 1.07.08
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