Community Engagement

The N/WBPCR Community Engagement team works to coordinate with the Battery Park City community to conduct resiliency briefings for community awareness, attend tenant/resident association meetings, and provide informative updates at public forums such as Manhattan Community Board 1 meetings and our Community Advisory Committee meetings.

We conduct outreach by providing physical and digital materials to residents and Battery Park City community members, tabling at community events, and host drop-in sessions for community members to come by and speak with the project team directly. Our team has a bicycle that we bring around the project area to share awareness during site visits and events.

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Check out our recent events:

November 2025 Engagement Activities 11/3/25: Static Material Distribution
11/3/25: BPCR Building Resiliency Briefing: Gateway Plaza
11/5/25: Static Material Distribution
11/6/25: CB1: Battery Park City Committee
11/10/25: Dynamic Residential/Commercial Outreach
11/12/25: BPCR Building Resiliency Briefing: Tribeca Point
11/12/25: Static Material Distribution
11/12/25: BPCR Building Resiliency Briefing: The Solaire
11/14/25: BPC Resiliency Drop-In: 200 Rector Place
11/16/25: Down to Earth: Farmers Market
11/17/25: Dynamic Residential/Commercial Outreach
11/18/25: BPC Resiliency Drop-In: 6 River Terrace
11/21/25: BPC Resiliency Drop-In: 200 Rector Place
11/21/25: BPC Resiliency Construction Advisory Committee
11/25/25: BPC Resiliency Drop-In: 6 River Terrace

October 2025 Engagement Activities 10/5/25: Down to Earth Farmers Market
10/6/25: Community Board 1 - Battery Park City Committee
10/07/25: GrowNYC Farmers Market - Tribeca
10/9/25: Resiliency Walkabout - Liberty House
10/14/2025: Project Briefing - Lower Manhattan Elected Officials
10/15/25: Neighborhood Flyer Distribution
10/16/25: Neighborhood Flyer Distribution
10/19/25: Down to Earth Farmers Market
10/20/25: Community Board 1 - Environmental Protection Committee
10/20/2025: Project Bike Outing
10/22/25: Resiliency Briefing - 50 Battery Place
10/24/25: BPCA - Upper Room Deaccessioning
10/25/25: BPCA - Campfire Stories and Songs
10/26/25: Down to Earth Farmers Market
10/28/25: Resiliency Briefing - PS/IS 276
10/28/25: Community Board 1: Full Board Meeting
10/30/25: Resiliency Briefing - PS/IS 276
10/29/25: Neighborhood Flyer Distribution

See all of the engagement activities conducted during the project's design phase.

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Construction Advisory Committee

The Community Advisory Committee (CAC) was created to serve as an ongoing vehicle for information-sharing, bridging the gap between the community, BPCA, and the project team. This group is comprised of key stakeholders, such as property managers, BPC residents, Community Board 1 members, representatives from our public schools, and others through invitation from the project team. These groups are able to provide valuable feedback on the impacts of the BPCR Project. The CAC will collaborate with BPCA and the project team to provide recommendations and problem-solve community construction impacts. CAC meetings are hosted bi-monthly. All meeting presentations can be found here:

November 21, 2025: CAC Meeting | Presentation (PDF) | Video | Summary

Next CAC Meeting: January 23, 2026 from 12:30-2pm

Environmental Monitoring

Manhattan Community Board 1 has brought on Lawra Dodge of Excel Environmental Resources Inc. to provide independent environmental monitoring for the duration of NWBPCR project work. A deeply trusted name in the community, Lawra and her team have experience conducting independent community monitoring on large-scale construction projects across lower Manhattan. Lawra and her team will be conducting random visits to monitory site conditions twice a month. Reports related to these visits will be shared with the public on a consistent basis.

Air, noise, and vibration monitors are active for the full duration of working hours (7:00 AM – 7:00 PM, Monday – Friday) of the Project.
Live data from monitors will give the Project team real time updates on conditions in the field.
Monthly reports detailing environmental conditions will be publicly accessible.
The Project follows all federal, state, and local guidelines related to these monitors.

Lawra J. Dodge
LSRP, President

Project Team

The Battery Park City Resiliency Project team is a joint venture of industry leaders and resiliency construction experts: Turner SPC with Arcadis, Bjarke Ingels Group, Scape Landscape Architecture, WSP Construction, and Johnson & Asberry Communications. These organizations are actively working to ensure the Project's development will proceed smoothly and provide a positive impact for Battery Park City residents.

Community Engagement