Brooklyn Greenway Initiative continues to connect neighbors
On Thursday, December 5, the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative (BGI) held a fundraising benefit in Industry City along the Sunset Park waterfront to celebrate Brooklyn’s collective successes and triumph over hardships following Superstorm Sandy while also honoring one of the nonprofit’s most prominent supporters, Andrew Kimball.
Kimball, CEO of Industry City and former president/CEO of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation, was chosen as honoree for his years of advocacy on behalf of revitalizing the waterfront economy, in turn helping to push Greenway development forward.
“The Greenway has been one of the most impactful urban landscape changes in Brooklyn in the last decade,” Kimball said of the project. “[Its] completion will provide tremendous value to communities along the Brooklyn waterfront, including new transit options for the growing innovation economy workforce, recreational opportunities for local residents, flood protection and expanded economic opportunities for area business.”