OF NOTE- People In The News: Friday, November 8
OF NOTE
People In The News
Randy Peers, president and CEO of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, made an appearance at the Brooklyn Tech Week kickoff Wednesday. “Brooklyn really has become the epicenter for the creative economy in the United States,” he said, adding the borough is “where we’re going to see a lot of that smart technology incubated and it’s going to take off.” The chamber announced in August that Peers would take the helm. Previously, he served as vice president for economic development at the chamber and was chair of Community Board 7 from 2006 to 2010.
The Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club turns 20 this month and is celebrating with an anniversary party Nov. 22. The club was founded in 1999 by boater and architect Owen Foote to provide waterfront access, public education and cleanup advocacy for the notoriously toxic Gowanus Canal. Dredgers club members can not only be found at most community meetings concerning the EPA’s ongoing cleanup effort, but also out on the canal in canoes, giving public tours, leading exercise classes and performing water monitoring tests. “We’re building a constituency for harbor reclamation,” Foote told the Eagle in June. “Nobody cares about the waterfront if nobody goes to the waterfront.” The party will be held at the boathouse, 165 2nd Street, and will include live music, local food & drink, special honorees and more.