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The
Lower East Side Preservation Coalition (LESPC) was formed to explore
options and pursue strategies for neighborhood stabilization and preservation.
An integral part of the Coalition's work is to maintain dialogue with
other organizations involved in establishing an historic district.
These include city agencies, property owners and civic groups.
The Coalition includes Angel Orensanz Foundation,
City Lore, East Village Community Coalition, The Eldridge Street project,
Hester Street Collaborative, Kehila Kedosha Janina Synagogue and
Museum, Lower East Side People's Mutual Housing Association, the Lower
East Side Tenement Museum.
LESPC seeks to
- Unite diverse stakeholders behind common community
stabilization and development goals
- Stimulate the development of a comprehensive
neighborhood-stabilization plan
- Preserve the physical character of the
neighborhood as an historic immigrant and working-class neighborhood
- Preserve affordable housing long-term and
on a local level
- Support efforts to keep long-term residents
in the neighborhood and prevent the displacement of residents
- Identify community facility space for non-profit
use
- Support the preservation of affordable commercial
space for small entrepreneurs in the neighborhood
- Support Community Board 3's contextual zoning
initiative
- Support efforts to assist property owners
through initiatives such as low-interest loans for historic preservation
and the maintenance and/or rehabilitation of existing affordable
housing units
- Support New York City landmark designation
to preserve the historic fabric and commemorate the story of America's
urban working class and poor immigrants/migrants on the Lower
East Side
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