2 JUNE 1, 2017 RIDGEWOOD TIMES WWW.QNS.COM ‘Ridgewood Immersion’ tour sparks tenant group's outrage BY ANTHONY GIUDICE [email protected] @A_GIUDICEREPORT An upcoming guided tour of Ridgewood‘s new bars and restaurants is raising eyebrows among members of a local tenants organization. Brooklyn Based, a culture and events blog for Brooklyn residents, is making its way into Ridgewood for the fi rst time this June as they bring their “Immersion Tour” series over the Bushwick border into Queens. Partnering with Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn Based is hosting their Total Ridgewood Immersion tour as part of their Immersion Tour series which, for the last seven years, has brought people to explore new neighborhoods and visit some of the area’s bars and restaurants. They now hope to bring people into Ridgewood to show them what the neighborhood has to off er. “In Ridgewood, you’ll spend the day exploring quaint, leafy streets, generations old bakeries, and laid-back bars,” the Brooklyn Based website touts. The tour is then a self-guided walking tour of Ridgewood between noon and 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 3, using participating locations as markers on your journey across the neighborhood. “The Immersion series is a program we created with Brooklyn Brewery in 2010,” said Nicole Davis, publisher of Brooklyn Based. “Back then we wanted to create a beer crawl that wasn’t just about the bars, but about ‘immersing’ yourself in a neighborhood by exploring all the things that make it unique and cool — its cafes, shops, creative spaces and of course, its bars. We’re able to do that by curating deals you can only get on an Immersion, from free Brooklyn Brewery beers to lunches to storewide sales. Ultimately it’s a great excuse to eat, drink and shop in Ridgewood, and benefi t its small businesses, too.” While some see the tour as a great way to get people spending money at local Ridgewood establishments, others like the Ridgewood Tenants Union feel the Immersion tour is adding to the ongoing gentrifi cation of the neighborhood and the displacement of longterm residents and business owners. The Ridgewood Tenants Union — which has been fi ghting the displacement of Ridgewood residents and the increase of high-rise buildings in the neighborhood — has dubbed the walking tour “The Total Ridgewood Gentrifi cation Tour,” and has a meeting scheduled for the same time as the tour (Saturday, The Ridgewood Tenants Union believes the Total Ridgewood Immersion tour will help further gentrify the area. June 3, from noon to 6 p.m.) to campaign against the 17-story “Ridgewood Tower.” “As a long-time resident of Ridgewood and as someone who sees every day the negative impact that gentrifi cation has on the people of our neighborhood, I fi nd it deplorable that Brooklyn Based and Ridgewood Social have organized this tour,” said Raquel Namuche of the Ridgewood Tenants Union. “This event directly connects to the eff orts of real estate companies who are helping to displace families due to the influx of new young residents craving the Brooklyn they may have left behind but within our ‘sleepy, family-oriented’ Photo via Brooklyn Based neighborhood. Just like the real estate companies, Brooklyn Based and Ridgewood Social only care to serve their self-interests.” Although Ridgewood Social wrote about the Immersion tour, they had no hand in organizing it, Davis said. Brooklyn Based and Brooklyn Brewery are the only organizers for the event. 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