Our Neighborhood Conversations with and Honors for Park Slope Leaders of Today and Tomorrow

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The People in Our Neighborhood Conversations with and honors for Park Slope leaders of today and tomorrow

Joe Holtz: Good Food, Cooperation, and Comment Community Service Getting Our Voices into Atlantic Yards

Mort Fleisher: Four Decades of News & Notes Working for a Better Slope

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Good Food, Cooperation, and Community Service

The last but certainly not least of the International Prin- ciples of Cooperation that guide the actions of cooperatives worldwide is concern for the community: “Cooperatives try to improve their communities by setting policies that benefit the neighborhood at large.” It’s a quality that the Park Slope Food Coop takes very seriously, and it’s one of the reasons why general manager Joe Holtz received this year’s Lovgren Professional Award for community service from the Park Slope Civic Council. “The fact that we get an award from a community organization like the Civic Council means that we’re doing our job,” said Holtz, who with nine colleagues helped establish the Food Coop in 1973. “It was an honor for me, and it was an honor for the Coop.” Holtz received the award at the Civic Council’s general meeting in June. (Read more about the event and other honorees on page 9.) In 1975, just two years after the Coop took shape, Holtz Joe Holtz became its first paid employee, in the role of general coordi- nator. Two decades later, he added the title of general man- `Cart walkers — perhaps the most visible job to the public ager, working with the coordinators to “make sure the Coop because of their work outside, their day-glow vests, and the moves forward, especially if we’re deadlocked on an issue,” noisy carts they haul — illustrate how the Food Coop strives said the native Brooklynite and longtime Park Slope resident. to help its neighbors. The need for this task “boils down to Today, there are 68 staff members of the Coop, including two words: fire safety,” Holtz said. Shoppers who drive to nine general coordinators. the Coop would often double-park to load their cars. That The goal of the Food Coop has always been to “get good made it difficult if not impossible for emergency vehicles to food and make it affordable, and let’s get people to work to- leave Squad 1’s firehouse, located next door. “We were go- gether and cooperate, and help build a community,” Holtz ing to be responsible eventually for the fire truck not saving noted. “And let’s try to do that really well.” someone’s life,” he said. “We told members who chose to That philosophy has helped the Coop thrive. After all, it’s drive not to bring their car out front.” Workers walk shop- not just the full-time staff that has grown — membership pers to their cars with their groceries, “and then we’ll bring has reached about 16,000 (up from 5,000 just a decade ago), your cart back. Eventually, we made it both a car-delivery 3 all of whom are required to work a 2 ⁄4-hour shift every four and home-delivery program. weeks so they can shop the well-stocked, often crowded “We try to be responsible. Hopefully any business would store. Average sales per square foot at the Coop are 12 times figure that out, especially if you’re a busy business.”

the national average for a grocery store. The Food Coop was founded with two main purposes: First 03 The local institution has been a strong force for a bet- and foremost, was to help people afford really good food by ter neighborhood: encouraging environmental responsibil- using member labor to bring down costs. “We also felt that ity (its produce, for example, is often organic there was a lot of effort in our society to focus and locally grown; it offers recycling for usually on individual success. There’s nothing wrong nonrecyclable plastics); livable streets (a Sunday with that,” Holtz said, “but there should be com- bicycle valet program munity success, too. A lot of the founders felt encourages shoppers strongly that this was a community-building to travel to the Coop thing, and it was good to have a collective comby bike); and commu- munity success built on cooperation. nity service. Members “The neighborhood is great for the Coop,”

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Civic News | Summer 2011 05 Civic News | Summer 2011 06 A New Leader for Prospect Park The day after do; I lived in the exurbs and I environment — I certainly urban dense the in “People may loveneighborhoods. living Lloyd noted, in part because of the density found in Brooklyn park.” the love and using park the in be to want people all provided, but it didn’t bring them much joy. With the park, ronmental Protection, people certainly wanted the service you Envi and work I’ve city of done. the Sanitation With terms the park,” she said. “It’s such a different endeavor for mework in on Prospect Park and with all the people who care about from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. ning from the University of Pennsylvania, and Loeb Fellowship plan mid-1990s. urban sioner She the amaster’s holds in in commis sanitation city’s the as and 2003, to 1994 from tion president vice for administra executive University’s Columbia sioner of environmental protection from 2005 to 2008, as York New as Lloyd commis served City Wall Street. Trinity this job, she managed the commercial real estate division of project management, and urban planning. Prior to assuming Park. Prospect even stronger on her predecessor’s for achievements an build to hopes and Thomas’s roles, dual she assumed February, In “thrilling.” found them and by year improvements year those watched PPA and president. administrator park’s the as year this Tupper was earlier change down whostepped Thomas, (PPA). Alliance this visible advocate Park for The most pect thePros and of thecommunity of efforts to thanks came turnaround That of Brooklyn. all indeed space for Slope and Park green tive ac very and fun, asafe, becoming then, since scary.” alittle was park the drives, the near stayed and agroup you went with depressing.” She “unless later found out that really it condition; was terrible in was ground day, empty, play October the was park “the abeautiful it was Even kids.” though ple with peo happy place, babysitters, and ton, abusy Bos in aplayground like it be would thought “We Park. Prospect in playground Street Third the to children young she her took two 1983, in Brooklyn to Boston from her family Prospect Park plays an important role for many people, role people, for many important an plays Park Prospect “I just think it’s such a privilege to have the opportunity to The park’s new chief has ahistory of government leadership, decades, Lloyd, aresident Slope forthree of Park nearly alot changed has park Fortunately, the Emily Lloyd moved with Lloyd moved with Emily ------

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The connec the how important understood she really that do is staff.” the with my relationship board, the with tionship my rela park, the with out my nowthat relationship —in we’re figuring staff as a just and strengths, have different I’ll that. differentdoing ways of find person have we to different whatTupper I’m because a and accomplished, maintain to here,” “We Lloyd want said. of course useful be might that my experiences about whatare think to try Ialways tion, transi into a “Coming sort. of adifferent achallenge been soul.” their fill people,to give to of joy he wanted kind the was this that sted, Olm to moment —Ifelt connected so thrilling avery was races down. I only thought there were woods back there. It waythe ter it and waterthe of The design beautiful. so was Vale of Cashmere. one of her first days onthe job, a colleague took her tothe the park for decades, she’s new making still discoveries. On time,very all communal.” Even though she’s been coming to Brooklyn — some regulars, some people here for the first the park on Saturdays and Sundays, “because you seeof all rink. old by the blocked now (right) are Lake that the in Island toMusic views restore will project Center Lakeside the In addition to a new all-year skating rink and renovated parkland, “We conversation.” that join to need disease. heart obesity, and diabetes, relation childhood to in park side of the east on the organizations from especially grams,” of pro kinds for these Committee Community park’s the There’sin groupswhole the cloth. among interest a lot of out of but where something we’re aresource is not making park —where the alot of expenses assuming without that in participate how we can of thinking stages early the in just park, but the we’re with that fit for “There’snatural health. a on childhood focus that Park Prospect in programs and — David Herman — David “That’s something very rich, and I hope will be very vital vital be very will and I hope rich, very “That’ssomething Another legacy of Thomas’s leadership “thatwill befun to roles held the has by into Lloyd’sStepping predecessor “I had never been there before in 28 years,” she said. “It around Lloyd enjoys walking for activities, herAs own problem solved. 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Civic News | Summer 2011 09 Civic News | Summer 2011 10 commendations to Holtz. (An interview interview (An Holtz. to commendations wereMillman onalso hand to present Montgomery, and Assemblymember Joan Senator Velmanette State Yvette Clarke, and awareness of the environment.” cluding “community service, cooperation, president, in vice second Council’s the has been working on,” said Gilly Youner, embodies all the values the Civic Council manager of the Park Slope Food Coop. “He sional service, went to Joe Holtz, general combative, dedicated, and kind.” as “unyielding, unpretentious, principled, from surgery. Graham described Fleischer on behalf of Fleischer, who was recovering (Read on more page 5.) about Fleischer the local Toys for Tots holiday program. helped build both the House Tour and nization for some four decades and who orga the president who served Council went to Mort Fleischer, a past Civic firehouse (today, Squad fromclosure. 1) Union saveStreet to the worked tirelessly Park Slope activist who in the 1960s agenda. The honorsare named forthe munity service followed on the evening’s Calderon. Marie Lisa counselor lives,” said enhances service community experience. “She’s a great example of how the importance of education as a growing ready for four-year colleges and learned tion), get where shestudents other helped Determina Individual Via vancement avid the in atutor was Ellis Scholarship. Ortner Everett and School for Research, earned the Evelyn suny her. Alawoya will use her award to attend private collages who have already accepted her ineligible for financialaid from the an undocumented resident — has made arrived here from Nigeria at age 5, and is overlooked. Her citizenship status — she helping children who are less fortunate or volunteer at the KidsZone soup kitchen, pal Abbie Reif. Alawoya has been a regular lady,” young princi is aspecial said “This from the Secondary School for Journalism. roid Scholarship went to Eniola Alawoya University ( University News Representatives from Congresswoman Lovgren The forother profesAward, honor the accepted Graham Bernard Lovgren year’s This Volunteer Award Lovgren GeorgeforThecom Awards Kerissa from Ellis, the Secondary J. Kaze and Francis The Rosemarie -Oswego in the fall. the in -Oswego

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