AGENCY TESTIMONY
Public realm grants and project examples
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Khan introduces the new public realm grants program and provides several examples of projects funded through this initiative. He highlights how these projects activate public spaces and support local communities and businesses.
- SBS announced over $650,000 in first-ever public realm grants to 10 community-based organizations
- Projects include temporary lighting installations, public art, and wayfinding signage
- Examples of funded projects:
- Asian American Federation's 'Find Your Seoul' district marketing campaign in Murray Hill, Queens
- La Colmena's mural project celebrating Mexican-Italian heritage in Staten Island
- 161st Street BID's transformation of Lou Gehrig Plaza in the Bronx
- Arts Gowanus and Gowanus Canal Conservancy's Gowanus Wayfinding Program in Brooklyn
Haris Khan
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In this August, SBS's new commissioner, Dienuchal Gross, announced over 650,000 in the first ever public loan grants to 10 community based development organizations across our five boroughs.
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Our partner organizations will use this funding to develop place based projects such as temporary lighting installations, public art, way finding signage to direct visitors to important sites around the neighborhood.
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This work builds on last year's lighting grants, which led to almost 1,700,000 in funding for 17 organizations.
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In Murray Hill, Queens, Asian American Federation launched their Find your sole district marketing campaign with the activation of an underutilized public plaza on Barton Avenue.
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The Asian American Federation hosted cultural dance classes, a luncheon featuring local residents sorry, local restaurants, and a public photo exhibition on their open street and also commissioned a mural reflecting the neighborhood's Korean culture.
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In North Shore of Staten Island, La Clemente, one of the 1st public realm grant recipients, plans to paint 3 murals celebrating the strong Mexican Italian heritage presence along Port Richmond Avenue from Ann Street to Hooker Place this year.
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In the Bronx, the 161st Street bid in the urban design form, have transformed Lou Gehrig Plaza with seating shade structures and lighting.
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These additions allow local organizations to host free outdoor music performances and events, building a stronger sense of connection for residents and attracting more visitors to the neighborhood.
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In Brooklyn, Arts Guyanis and the Guyanis canal conservancy will develop the Guyanis Walk About program, a creative way finding initiative to promote and support local businesses and culture during a period of substantial neighborhood change.
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The project will utilize site specific and digital signage designed by local artists to creatively educate and guide visitors around the neighborhood.
