Thursday, May 10, 2012
Economic and job development on display in the heart of Old Brooklyn.
Once a prime example of urban industrial decay, the Brooklyn Navy Yard served as the venue of choice for a May general monthly meeting of Community Board 2 Wednesday night. Featuring an update on ongoing construction by Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corp. president Andrew Kimball, the meeting was held in a gleaming, state-of-the-art BLDG 92—a visitor and jobs center unveiled with great fanfare last fall. Here's a summary of some of the highlights at the gathering: Admiral's Row Development, Jobs and a Tour of BLDG 92 Kimball provided an update on planned construction of a mixed-use development including a supermarket at Admiral's Row. "We've got the keys," Kimball told CB2, referring to the decades-long process of transferring control of …
Friday, September 30, 2011
Soon-to-be-opened grocer interviewed dozens of applicants at job fair at Fort Greene Houses this week.
Finally there's some good news for the residents of Fort Greene Houses. Despite word last July that priority for hiring would not be given to local jobseekers, owners of Red Apple Supermarket on Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene seemed poised to deliver the goods upon the grocer's much anticipated grand opening later this year. Of 76 potential local candidates, 55 have begun the hiring process, according to Renee Flores, executive director of human resources and asset management at the Red Apple Group. Most of those hires attended a special job fair Monday at Ingersoll Community Center in Fort Greene Houses, Flores said. District Leader Lincoln Restler called news of the hiring a "tremendous victory" for a community suffering from persistently …
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Company representatives say laid-off workers elsewhere in the city to get first dibs at 100 positions at the long-promised Myrtle Avenue grocer.
For residents eagerly awaiting the arrival of badly-needed fruit and vegetables—not to mention jobs—it was an important first step. Beginning this week, the office of Councilwoman Letitia James, D-Brooklyn, will be accepting applications on behalf of the Red Apple supermarket slated to open this September in The Andrea building at the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Ashland Place. That's the good news. Now make room for the not-so-good: according to representatives of the Red Apple Group, laid-off workers elsewhere in city, many of whom are members of UFCW Local 1500, will get first dibs on the approximately 100 positions created at the new market. While those union rules provide important protections for existing workers, that means there …
Fort Greene Association
4:44 pm on Friday, September 30, 2011
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