BOA

60 acres of Flushing Waterfront to be revived
60 acres of Flushing Waterfront to be revived
News Melissa Chan 6/28/2012 at 11:47AM

Flushing’s future will have a revitalized, accessible waterfront — bridging the downtown area and Willets Point — if early projections proposed by a local development group become finalized. “Downtown Flushing, or the Flushing waterfront rather, is an area of enormous untapped potential,” said Nick Roberts, project manager at Flushing Willets Point Corona Local Development Corporation [...]

Flushing’s future includes cleaning up Brownfields
Business Alana Manning 10/19/2011 at 4:14PM

The Flushing-Willets Point-Corona Local Development Corporation (FWCLDC) introduced the community to its new initiative – the Brownfield Opportunity Areas (BOA) Program. The program is a community-driven economic project that will revitalize so-called ‘brownfields’ – any property which would have complications with redevelopment or reuse because of the potential presence of contamination. The program would promote [...]