Renewable Ravenswood
Western Queens, New York City2023 - Present
Clients: Rise Light and Power and Attentive Energy
Role in project
- Project management for a team of 6 staff, 2 clients and 2 consultants
- Creation and coordination of engagement and outreach strategy
- Direction of engagement materials
As part of my work at Hester Street, I led a team working on the Renewable Ravenswood initiative, which proposes to transform the Ravenswood Generating Station in Western Queens into a clean energy hub, while ensuring that the project benefits the local community that has experienced a disproportionate burden from environmental injustices. My team developed an engagement and outreach strategy, created a toolkit that explains the project to residents who might not be familiar with environmental or energy issues, and organized community information tables, focus groups, and large fairs to engage residents and solicit their feedback about the project. Given the proximity of the Ravenswood site to several New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) residences at Queensbridge, Ravenswood, and Astoria Houses, as well as across the river in Roosevelt Island, HST has focused our outreach to ensure that public housing residents are centered in the project’s community engagement strategy.
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