A Brooklyn Life

In the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association email, there is a report that the Gowanus Nursery, which previously moved from the Gowanus to Summit Street on the other side of the BQE. 
It now appears that the business may have to move again. The nursery would like the community’s support for staying put. Their side below, and hop over to Flatbush Gardener for his say.

Borough President Marty Markowitz’s recommendations suggested that the
nursery occupied lot provided property owners the opportunity to lease
under-developed land with minimal investment (part true since the only
investment came in the form of our own labor and financial funding.)
There seems something fundamentally wrong with labeling well-used open
‘green’ space as ‘under-developed.’

On a personal note, I am frustrated not only by the futility of the
work we have already logged here, but also by the casual way that
zoning change is happening in ‘our’ neighborhood. Last year, you my
customers and colleagues came to offer your services during the first
move. Now I ask for your help to help save this ‘green oasis’ from
perishing in the changes affecting all of Brooklyn.

One of the questions asked by the city planning commissioners was "We
have heard a lot of testimony about how this is the ‘best’ nursery,
could you please give some definite examples to support this
statement?" Well we hope that our garden making has been successful;
stimulating ideas and offering advice, suggesting different ways of
seeing plants and how they effect our environment directly and
indirectly. Of course something akin to a mission remains: providing
gardeners experience-based knowledge and the broadest selection of
perennial plants for Brooklyn gardens.

We hope that you can take the time to email the following parties to
let them know in a few words what makes us an important part of the
neighborhood and the whole Brooklyn experience.

Council representative – Bill de Blasio, deblasio@council.nyc.ny.us;
City Councuil Speaker – Christine Quinn, quinn@council.nyc.ny.us;
Land Use Committee Chairperson – Melinda R. Katz, katz@council.nyc.ny.us;
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, http://www.nyc.gov/html/mail/html/mayor.html

The following are some statements to paste into your appeal:
It’s impossible to run a nursery without land. Businesses such as these
provide necessary services to the community, and are the reason we
choose Brooklyn.
Please help Gowanus Nursery to remain a Brooklyn institution.

We support green business in Brooklyn.