Vote to Improve Greenpoint’s Environment

• Install new trash cans and Big Belly solar compactors
• Reduce the amount of rats and cockroaches on the street
• Increase street cleaning and trash pick up frequency
• Educate students with a new waste reduction course designed by the Center for Urban Pedagogy
• Create opportunities for businesses to sponsor cans near storefronts
• Establish Greenpoint as a model neighborhood for sustainable waste management

Curb Your Litter: Greenpoint is one of 13 finalists in a competitive grant process from the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund (GCEF), who is awarding $19.5 million to a select group of projects to improve Greenpoint’s environment. GCEF is asking Greenpoint residents to vote for the projects most important to them at three Community Preferencing Events (proof of local residency required):

Thursday, November 20
12 pm – 2:30 pm
Polish & Slavic Center
177 Kent Street

6:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Polish & Slavic Center
177 Kent Street

Saturday, November 22
10:00 am – 3:00 pm
Polish National Home
261 Driggs Avenue

Your vote can instigate real change in Greenpoint’s environment!

www.polishslaviccenter.org