The Brooklyn Tech Triangle efforts continue to gain attention worldwide. Here at home, the New York chapter of the American Planning Association (APA) recently honored the Brooklyn Tech Triangle Strategic Plan with its annual award for “Meritorius Achievement,” citing the ambitious scale of the plan to serve as a model for economic development in urban centers.
“The Plan creates a multi‐disciplinary strategy toward preparing the area for tech-oriented economy and also helping to attract the burgeoning sector,” said Sarah Yackel, Vice President for Committees of the APA’s New York Chapter, in presenting the award. “The strategy envisions a new kind of tech hub that is different from Silicon Alley – it draws on the uniqueness of Brooklyn’s neighborhoods and amenities, and it focuses on Brooklyn’s “maker” community.”
The APA also noted that the Plan has already galvanized public support and momentum for many of the proposed projects, thanks to a thorough outreach project led by WXY Architecture + Urban Design to establish buy‐in and identify future stewards, including government agencies at the city and state levels, universities, high schools, and local stakeholders.
In other parts of the globe, fDi Magazine, a publication of the Financial Times, highlighted one of the Tech Triangle initiatives in its inaugural IPA Innovation Awards. Our workspace creation efforts in regard to the Master Lessee program wwere singled out alongside projects in Hong Kong, Barcelona, and Cophenhagen. Click here to read the full fDi article.
