Join North Brooklyn advocacy organization Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) for a holiday party and Fundraiser on Thursday, December 10 from 7-10pm at The Woods.

No cover (but we'll be happy take your donations!)

Come meet your neighbors, listen to some music, drink some cheap drinks, and bid on a silent auction, featuring great stuff from neighborhood spots, including:

-Third Ward
-Word Bookstore
-The Brooklyn Kitchen
-Alter Clothing
-The North BK Compost Project
-Three Kings Tattoo Parlor
-Charm School Design
-Transient Pictures

... and more to be announced!


NAG is a volunteer-based community planning and environmental justice organization that has been performing grassroots organizing, advocacy and outreach/education to the North Brooklyn waterfront community of Williamsburg/Greenpoint since 1994.

This past year, NAG guerrilla gardened, fought for the creation of new waterfront park space, lobbied for more bike racks in the neighborhood and safer and better transportation options, improved street tree maintenance, sponsored Williamsburg Walks, recorded oral histories from the neighborhood's longtime residents, held an educational forum on housing rights for tenants, counseled tenants one-on-one in landlord disputes, and began plans to turn the former Engine 212 building into the Northside Town Hall. Whew!

Next year we have even more exciting plans in store, but we can't do it without YOU!

The Northside Town Hall held a Bake Sale on Saturday to raise funds and awareness about the Town Hall Project while sharing some sweet treats with the community. Thank you to the Greenpoint Food Market for allowing us to be apart of the market and share a table alongside the amazing array of local food entrepreneurs.



For those of you who might not already know, The Greenpoint Food Market is a celebration of all foods fresh and local, artisnal and homemade. It functions as a support system for the growing variety of local food makers by providing them an opportunity to present and share their home-crafted goods while bringing the community together over delicious food.

GFM takes place once a month at the Church of the Messiah, the next market will be Dec 19th, 2009 SAVE THE DATE!

A huge thank you to all that made the Raise the Roof Concert a huge success! Over $10,000 was raised and we couldn't have done it with out the tremendous energy and support of the organizers, musicians, volunteers, and all that came out to show their love for the Northside Town Hall!!

Charles Bissell of the Wrens

They Might Be Giants

Nada Surf

THANK YOU!!!

Join us for the Raise the Roof Benefit Concert to help build the Northside Town Hall Community and Cultural Center. We need to raise almost $2 million to turn the former Engine 212 into a building that will be a new civic engine for the neighborhood by housing a variety of important community services and offer a new community performance venue/meeting space. Help us make the dream a reality and join us...

Wednesday October 28th at the Music Hall of Williamsburg

66 North 6th St, btween Wythe and Kent

Doors at 8p, show at 9p

Buy tickets now

General Admission $25, VIP Tickets $75

They Might Be Giants

Charles Bissell of the Wrens

Nada Surf (acoustic)

These are local bands that rarely play in the neighborhood, so this is your chance to see them, while helping us kick off our fundraising campaign for the Town Hall.

Tickets are $25 general admission, and there are a limited number of $75 VIP tickets. The VIP tickets allow access to a special seating area and free wine and food from Red Tail Ridge Winery and The Garden.

More information about the show is on the Music Hall of Williamsburg's site.

You can buy tickets:
-Online via Ticketmaster
-At the Music Hall of Williamsburg (Sat 11a-6p) or Mercury Lounge (Mon-Sat 12-7p)
-At Teddy's (96 Berry Street @ North 8th Street)

The show will have special guests, games of skill, art happenings, and other exciting things--get your tickets now!

A diverse mix of long-time and new Williamsburg activists and residents will join together at the Engine Company 212 building—the site of the future Northside Town Hall Community & Cultural Center— for a public event that celebrates the remarkable history of the former “People’s Firehouse.” The event will highlight the building’s local architecture and history using a series of short multimedia presentations and public art performances, including film footage by local documentary maker Agnes Markeviciute interviewing past and current community activists and a unique, site-specific dance piece choreographed by Jackie Moynahan and accompanied by violist Stephanie Griffin.

October 9th, 6-9pm @ Engine 212 Building, 134 Wythe Ave between North 8th & 9th Streets