Hunter Armstrong

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Hunter Armstrong


Hunter Armstrong is the Executive Director of the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative where he calls on nearly two decades of experience improving public spaces and the public realm in New York City. Most recently, he was Deputy Director of Development and Communications at the Natural Areas Conservancy, a park non profit that stewards New York City’s nature trails program. Previously, he was the executive director of CIVITAS, a community-based planning organization in Manhattan, where he organized multiple environmental and open space programs, and he led an ideas competition to improve the East River Esplanade. He has a masters degree in urban and environmental planning from the University of Virginia and a certificate in nonprofit management from Columbia University. When he’s not exploring New York City’s parks and neighborhoods, Hunter enjoys cycling, swimming, and hiking as well as running on the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway.

 

 


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Greenway Botanical Garden at the Naval Cemetery

The Greenway Botanical Garden at the Naval Cemetery creates a restorative landscape where visitors may engage in contemplation and reflection in an industrial neighborhood.

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Jackie Franklin

Jackie serves as the Admin and Property Manager for St Luke’s Youth Center, also known as SLYC. Jackie oversees the after school club; MOMs(Moms On a Mission) which is a SLYC parent and caregiver group that meets to address the needs of the families and community and finds a way to accomplish the goal, and...

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