Dear neighbor,
The Gowanus Canal is infamously one of the most polluted bodies of water in the United States — but did you know that there is work being done to clean it up?
In 2013, the U.S. Environmental Agency approved a plan to remove polluted material from the Canal and address other sources of pollution along its banks, including three former industrial sites and changes to the city's sewerage system. The cleanup work, which began in November 2020, is expected to cost more than $1.5 billion dollars.
On June 30, the Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group (CAG) invites members of the greater Gowanus community to attend a Town Hall meeting and learn more about the cleanup of the Canal under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund Program.
The Gowanus Canal Cleanup:
A Community Town Hall
June 30
6-8pm
P.S. 32
Brooklyn, NY 11231
Representatives from the EPA's cleanup team and the CAG will be there to talk about:
Why the canal got so polluted in the first place
What the cleanup will change about the Canal
What's happening today, as the clean up activities are currently underway
What the canal might look like when the cleanup is complete
How the community can get involved in the cleanup
And more!
The biggest part of the Town Hall will be about answering your questions, though! RSVP for this event and share your questions in advance at gowanuscag@gmail.com
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The Gowanus Canal Community Advisory Group (CAG) was formed in 2010 soon after the Gowanus Canal was designated a Superfund site and is the largest U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund Community Advisory Group in the nation. We are made up of over 50 representatives from civic, environmental, business and community organizations, as well as individual members, from around the Gowanus Canal such as Red Hook, Gowanus, Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill and Park Slope.
