Walk Don’t Destroy Brooklyn 3

10:55 PM EDT on October 10, 2007

Park Slope Neighbors will be taking part in this Sunday's Walk Don't Destroy 3, a walkathon fundraiser to benefit Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn's legal fund. If you have yet to enroll -- or even if you already have -- Park Slope Neighbors hopes you'll consider joining their team team for this critical fundraising event.

All funds raised during WALK DON'T DESTROY 3 will go directly to DDDB's legal effort. DDDB is fully funding two lawsuits: one on behalf of property owners and tenants who are challenging the use of eminent domain in federal court (oral arguments in the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals took place yesterday); and the other representing 26 community groups - including PSN - who are disputing the validity of the state's environmental review, the finding of blight, and the qualification of "Atlantic Yards" as a "civic project."

Aaron Naparstek

AARON NAPARSTEK is the founder and former editor-in-chief of Streetsblog. Based in Brooklyn, New York, Naparsteks journalism, advocacy and community organizing work has been instrumental in growing the bicycle network, removing motor vehicles from parks, and developing new public plazas, car-free streets and life-saving traffic-calming measures across all five boroughs. Naparstek is the author of "Honku: The Zen Antidote for Road Rage" (Villard, 2003), a book of humorous haiku poetry inspired by the endless motorist sociopathy observed from his apartment window. Prior to launching Streetsblog, Naparstek worked as an interactive media producer, pioneering some of the Web's first music web sites, online communities, live webcasts and social networking services. Naparstek is currently in Cambridge with his wife and two young sons where he is enjoying a Loeb Fellowship at Harvard University's Graduate School of Design. He has a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism and a bachelor's degree from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. Naparstek is a co-founder of the Park Slope Neighbors community group and the Grand Army Plaza Coalition. You can find more of his work here: http://www.naparstek.com.

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