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Facilitation of Sunset Park Waterfront Planning & Jobs Task Force
Facilitation of Sunset Park Waterfront Planning & Jobs Task Force
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Project Summary

Client

NYC Economic Development Corporation

Services

Sectors

Public Works Partners helped jump-start the process for reactivating the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, a dormant, city-owned industrial site on the South Brooklyn waterfront.

The NYC Economic Development Corporation and elected officials convened a task force of local business owners and nonprofit leaders. Over six months in partnership with Studio V Architecture, we facilitated the task force process in monthly working sessions and helped the group, which held divergent views on exactly how the site should be reactivated, to reach consensus by focusing on shared goals for job quality, infrastructure investments and environmental impact.

Public Works Partners helped jump-start the process for reactivating the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal, a dormant, city-owned industrial site on the South Brooklyn waterfront.

The NYC Economic Development Corporation and elected officials convened a task force of local business owners and nonprofit leaders. Over six months in partnership with Studio V Architecture, we facilitated the task force process in monthly working sessions and helped the group, which held divergent views on exactly how the site should be reactivated, to reach consensus by focusing on shared goals for job quality, infrastructure investments and environmental impact.

Our Strategy

We facilitated regular task force meetings and supported the task force to facilitate two public engagement meetings to integrate input from a more expansive group of neighborhood residents and stakeholders into the process

During these meetings, we shared information on allowable uses of the site and facilitated small and large group activities to encourage transparent deliberation with regards to how the site should be reactivated. Throughout, we leveraged our keen understanding of the dynamics within the community and among the task force members to quickly develop strong relationships with key members to understand the shifting environment in Sunset Park.

Impact
and Outcome

Our facilitation strategy supported the task force to set forth a set of consensus-driven goals for the redevelopment of the site.

Less than six months after we began, NYCEDC was able to issue a request for proposals to use the site that included the task force’s goals.

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