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The Gowanus Canal is a 1.8 mile long formerly industrial waterway in South Brooklyn. Much like the High Line, the canal has now fallen into disuse. Our friends over at the Gowanus Canal Conservancy [3] are working hard to transform the canal into a vibrant public space, through its preservation, restoration, and green development.

Work has begun on an exciting design for a new linear park along the canal, the Gowanus Canal Sponge Park. The design would give the canal's banks new life by granting the community access to the canal in a way it has not had before, developing publicly usable areas and creating a public esplanade on both sides of the Gowanus Canal.

To get all this done, they are now introducing Clean & Green [4] -- a volunteer clean-up program to get those debris-filled street ends along the Gowanus Canal into shape!

If you are interested in helping them out this summer, send an email to volunteer@gowanuscanalconservancy.org [5]. Details below.