Heather McCown, co-founder and executive director of the Sunset-Ridge Waterfront Alliance, is one of three new members appointed by Councilman Vincent Gentile to serve on Community Board 10.

It was less than a year ago that McCown began a laborious petition drive, resulting in over 1400 signatures in support of restoring ferry service to Bay Ridge’s 69th street Veterans Memorial Pier.

In that time, McCown’s peition drive has evolved into a full-fledged green movement; her grassroots non-profit, SRWA, has since expanded its mission of restoring permanent water commuter service to Bay Ridge, to revitalizing and ‘greening’ the Bay Ridge and Sunset Park waterfront communities.

June 22nd, Heather’s SRWA will be hosting “Greening the Ridge:” ‘an all-day educational and instructional festival for adults and children on how to develop Green Communities.’
(photo courtesy: Brooklyn Paper)