Downtown meeting planned for July 20

Real Estate Weekly, June 5, 2002

Up to 5,000 residents of New York City and the surrounding region will gather in a 21st Century town meeting on July 20 at the Jacob Javits Center to consider plans for the redevelopment of Lower Manhattan and the creation of a permanent memorial to the victims of 9/11. The meeting will utilize a citizen engagement design that combines intimate face-to-face dialogue with large group interactive technology.

Entitled "Listening to the City," the event is being organized by the Civic Alliance to Rebuild Downtown New York, a coalition of more than 85 civic, business, environmental, community, university and labor groups, and supported through generous grants from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and other members of the corporate and foundation communities.

Participants will have an opportunity to view and comment on up to six alternatives for the site, adjacent areas and related transportation to be released by the LMDC and Port Authority in July as part of a three-phase study now underway. They will also be able to voice their opinions on the process for creating a permanent memorial.