BY CARSEN HOLADAY
On Tuesday night members
of the Bronx Parks Committee
Community Board 4,
along with members of the
community, met via Zoom for
their monthly meeting. One
of the highlights of the evening
was an update by Annie
Tirschwell, co-founder of
Type A Projects, on the highly
anticipated Bronx Point Project.
The Bronx Point Project is
a development along the Harlem
River in the Lower Concourse
neighborhood of the
South Bronx. The site will
bring cultural facilities, new
infrastructure geared towards
growth, permanent jobs, new
open space and 530,000 square
feet of affordable housing to
the Bronx community. The
mixed-use development will
include a new playground,
over 10,000 square feet of retail
space, a new waterfront
esplanade, and the fi rst location
of the Universal Hip Hop
Museum.
The project recently closed
on fi nancing, which means
that construction can start.
“It’s been a really, really
long road,” said Tirschwell.
“We’re so incredibly grateful
that we were able to have
deep conversations, working
sessions, and meetings of the
minds with the community
where we were able to come to
a project that we think represents
most of the community’s
input.”
The shoreline along the site
will be reconstructed and stabilized
from March to August
of this year, followed by a yearlong
pause before the actual
building and development. According
to the construction
schedule, Bronx Point will be
completed around December
of 2023.
Following Annie
Tirschwell’s presentation,
Katie Archer of L+M Development
took the fl oor of the
community board meeting to
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discuss the Bronx Point Project’s
local recruitment for employment
opportunities.
“Right now we’re kind of
creating this database of people
who are looking for work
and we’re working with all
of our workforce partners.
They’re currently doing outreach
for the site’s security
positions,” said Archer. “We
really need to start hiring people
now.”
After the update on the
Bronx Point Project on Tuesday
night, Publicolor NYC’s
Director of School and Community
Relations Irma Nepomuceno
presented an overview
of Publicolor’s program.
Publicolor NYC is a stay-inschool
youth development program
that does community
outreach to encourage safe
and nurturing learning environments
for students. Nepomuceno
discussed potential
partnership ideas with Community
Board 4 members.
For more information on
the Bronx Point Project or
its local hiring process, visit
their website.
CB 4 Parks
Committee discusses
Bronx Point Project
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