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PUBLIC TESTIMONY
Testimony by Janessa Rose Perez, Founder and CEO of Motivational Monsters
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Janessa Rose Perez, founder and CEO of Motivational Monsters, expressed strong support for the Helm Equities project on Neptune Avenue in Coney Island. She emphasized the potential positive impact on the long-neglected area and the community's backing for the rezoning.
- Motivational Monsters has been serving Coney Island since 1928, and Perez is a native of the area
- The project includes plans to improve a neglected community garden in partnership with Greenthumb and the Parks Department
- Perez hopes Motivational Monsters will become a commercial tenant in the new building to oversee their work at the garden
Janessa Rose Perez
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Good morning, committee counsel, and thank you, chairman Riley.
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So let me just pull it up here.
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My name is Janessa Rose Perez.
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I am the founder and CEO of Motivational Monsters.
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We're a nonprofit organization that's been proudly serving Coney Island for since 02/1928.
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But not only that, I am also a 41 native and a member of Coney Island community.
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So, we are deeply supportive of the Helm Equities mission on Neptune Avenue.
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We strongly believe that their dedication to urban development and community wellness will create a long lasting positive change not only on Neptune Avenue, but across the entire Coney Island community.
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We fully support the rezoning.
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Neptune Avenue has been long neglected.
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As Carrie mentioned, there has not been much building.
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We are in direct support with the it's actually a community garden, but under the care of, excuse me, Greenthumb and the Parks Department.
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And so it's been neglected for over thirty years and we've been discussing some amazing possible changes that benefit the Konealik community, the community garden and their new project as well.
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So this is we believe that this will absolutely unlock positive change.
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We've been in discussions with the community about this, with the garden.
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And this is probably a key project for the future of Coney Island, on Neptune Avenue being something that's been unneglected, unsafe, and full of zombie properties for for such a long time.
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So, we again, we just were in full support.
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They've been amazing working with us and partnering with us.
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We're also looking forward to possibly, hopefully, becoming one of the commercial tenants in the building to oversee, our work at the garden.
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So we're in full support.
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Our community board is in full support, and we just wanna make sure that we're here to support them and let you guys know it's an amazing project.
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It has a lot more benefits than any Thank