From April 17 through May 11, the Hall of Gowanus is returning to our neighborhood! A community-curated archive of art, artifacts and documents related to the history and environment of the Gowanus Canal, the Hall of Gowanus archive was conceived and community-curated from 2005 – 2015 at Proteus Gowanus, an interdisciplinary gallery at 543 Union… Read more »
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Next Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting: Tuesday, April 22, 6:30 p.m.
Please join us for our April 2025 General Meeting, on Tuesday, April 22, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., which will be held in person at the Gowanus Wharf, 240 3rd Avenue in Gowanus, and also streamed via Zoom video conference. Gowanus Wharf240 3rd AvenueBrooklyn, NY 11215 You can also join the meeting via Zoom:… Read more »
March 25, 2025 Update from EPA Region 2 on the Status of Work In and Around the Gowanus Canal
The Environmental Protection Agency provided the following update on the status of the Superfund cleanup of the Gowanus Canal at our March 25 general meeting. Red Hook (RH-034) Tank As of today, excavation is 100% complete, pending final elevation surveying. This is a major milestone for the project. Furthermore, it was completed almost six months ahead… Read more »
Minutes of the March 17, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Administrative Committee
Attendees Katia KellyJoan Salome-RodriguezLouis Kleinman The CAG’s Administrative Committee met on March 17 to review the CAG membership application of Oscar Fock. The Committee unanimously voted to move the application on to the general membership for an interview and vote at the next CAG general meeting. The Committee recommends Oscar Fock’s application for the following… Read more »
Minutes of the March 3, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality & Technical Committee
Attendees Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Facilitator), Marlene Donnelly, Erica Eliason, Katia Kelly, Louis Kleinman, Margaret Maugenest, Susan YungGuests: Aaron Kaufman (Trust), Corinne Brenner, Li Chin-Drachman, Pratt SES – Sher Gallo Netto, Christopher Hauserman, Dhruvin Thakkar 1: Li reported and showed a Powerpoint she prepared. She is doing work on a community-led initiative for cleaner waterways and wishes to explore potential… Read more »
Missed our February 2025 General Meeting? You can view a recording on our Vimeo page.
If you were unable to join us on Zoom for our February general meeting, you can find a video of the meeting on our Vimeo page, along with recordings of all prior general meetings since April, 2020. Click on any of the videos to view the recording of that meeting.
Minutes of the February 3, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality & Technical Committee
Attendees Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Facilitator), Erica Eliason, Katia Kelly, Louis Kleinman, Margaret Maugenest, Susan YungGuests: Aaron Kaufman (Trust) The Committee finalized the follow-up questions for EPA Remedial Project Manager Victoria Sacks: PDF here and already sent to her (thanks to Erica for the formatting cleanup!). That item took up much of the meeting, but we also… Read more »
Minutes of the February 3, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Archaeology Committee
Attendees Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Facilitator), Joseph Alexiou, Katia Kelly, Andrea Parker, Peter ReichGuests: Aaron Kaufman (Trust), Mary Hedge (Archivist), Michael Killian, Margaret Maugenest. We summarized the meeting Peter and I had with Kim Maier at The Old Stone House and her suggestions that we come up with: a strategic business plan conduct curated exhibition planning explore… Read more »
What’s In The Air? A Community Open House with EPA Scientists
Thanks to everyone who came out on a cold Brooklyn evening to make the TAGA bus open house a huge success. We hope you learned as much as we did (even over the roar and hum of the pumps!) and had a chance to meet some of your neighbors. We’re hoping to organize a second event in March or April; stay tuned!
Gowanus Canal Superfund Cleanup Community Update #7
Contractors working under the supervision of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are in the process of installing bulkhead support systems along the Gowanus Canal between 3rd Street and Hamilton Avenue, designated as Remedial Target Area 2. The bulkhead supports, which will take approximately two years to install, will prevent the collapse of existing canal-front… Read more »