Next Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting: Tuesday, October 28, 6:30 p.m.

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Please join us for our October 2025 General Meeting, on Tuesday, October 28, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., conducted via Zoom video conference. Join the meeting here: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89790946274?pwd=6reqtnctBJOwza7PPoYSB9Q0pwEhs6.1 Meeting ID: 897 9094 6274Passcode: 515451 DRAFT AGENDA (all times are approximate) 6:30 – 6:45 p.m.: Welcome and CAG Member Introductions 6:45 – 7:00 p.m.: EPA… Read more »

Gowanus Canal Area-Wide Soil Vapor Intrusion Community Availability Session

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) and New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) will hold a community availability session on Wednesday, October 8, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Children’s School/P.S. 372, at 215 1st Street in Gowanus, to discuss the community-wide investigation and cleanup activities at dozens of… Read more »

Gowanus Canal CAG Water Quality & Technical Committee Meeting

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The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group’s Water Quality/Technical Committee will hold its October monthly meeting on Monday, October 6, 2025 from 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., via Zoom video conference. You can join the Zoom meeting here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/9808972869?omn=87004961209 All Gowanus CAG meetings are open to the public, unless specifically noted otherwise.

Gowanus Canal CAG Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee Meeting

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The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group’s Archaeology and Historic Preservation Committee will hold its October monthly meeting on Monday, October 6, from 6:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., via Zoom video conference. You can join the Zoom meeting here: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/9808972869?omn=82865224623 All Gowanus CAG meetings are open to the public, unless specifically noted otherwise.

Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting

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Please join us for our September 2025 General Meeting, on Tuesday, September 30*, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., conducted via Microsoft Teams video conference. Click here to join the meeting here. Meeting ID: 248 808 027 679 Passcode: Y4i4rb7G DRAFT AGENDA (all times are approximate) 6:30 – 6:45 p.m.: Welcome and CAG Member Introductions… Read more »

Next Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group General Meeting: Tuesday, September 30, 6:30 p.m.

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Please join us for our September 2025 General Meeting, on Tuesday, September 30, from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m., conducted via Microsoft Teams video conference. Click here to join the meeting. Meeting ID: 248 808 027 679Passcode: Y4i4rb7G DRAFT AGENDA (all times are approximate) 6:30 – 6:45 p.m.: Welcome and CAG Member Introductions 6:45 –… Read more »

Minutes of the September 8, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee

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Attendees: Peter Reich, Erica Eliason Guests: Irene Baker (National Grid), Aaron Kaufman (GRT) We didn’t have a quorum, so there was no formal meeting, only 20 minutes of casual conversation while hoping for committee latecomers to sign on. All agenda items will be carried over to next month’s meeting

Minutes of the September 8, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Water Quality & Technical Committee

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Attendees: Erica Eliason, Mark Yarish Guests: Irene Baker (National Grid), Aaron Kaufman (GRT) The committee did not have a quorum so the meeting was brief. Mark sent some resources for water quality monitoring:  • https://data.riverkeeper.org/recreation • https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/12wNiul0QSymg3gO9OdwKkvAms-iHkz2i0hyxl6AP8eQ/edit?gid=0&mc_cid=6f34c04307&mc_eid=700eaff72b#gid=0 • https://neiwpcc.org/ Agenda items will be carried over to next month. 

Minutes of the August 5, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG’s Land Use Committee

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Attendees: Andrea Parker, Katia Kelly, Peter Reich, Erica Eliason, Joan Salome-Rodriguez, Alexandra Dadourian, Lisa Bowstead, Louis Kleinman, Susan Yung, Hildegaard Link, Linda Laviolette Guests: Aaron Kaufman, Irene Baker For those of you who were not able to attend, here’s a link to the recording of the meeting: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gg9agkE3eua5FdyTLRqPzy0Wp26YDm4z Agenda a) Friends of Thomas Greene Park’s letter… Read more »

Minutes of the August 4, 2025 Meeting of the Gowanus Canal CAG Archaeology & Historic Preservation Committee

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Attendees Joan Salome-Rodriguez (Facilitator), Katia Kelly.Guests: Irene Baker (National Grid), Aaron Kaufman (Gowanus Remediation Trust). Agenda No quorum so meeting was very brief.  Reminded people to send old photos for Michael’s Instagram account. Thanked Aaron for getting clearance to post GRT material to the IG account. Update on Story Map/Board – probably will be ready by… Read more »