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Who's Who at PortSide NewYork
Elaine Carmichael, the principal of Economic Stewardship, Inc., is PortSide NewYork’s urban planner. She is a national leader in land-use planning and regional economic analysis with a focus on tourism development and community revitalization. She has planned waterfronts nationwide, created many museums, attractions, and tourism programs. She has also planned for governmental agencies in New York City. Her work is heralded for being site-specific and responsive to community needs and character. She brings interdisciplinary gifts to the table and creates innovative, evocative projects. She doesn’t apply formulas or just rely on throwing lots of money at a situation. She does revitalization with soul. She has extensive experience in areas that are blighted, challenged or dubbed outright problems--as was our Red Hook not so long ago..
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Flotsam Project Gary Baum will be the lead carpenter of The Flotsam Project. He grew up on the upper west side and for thirteen years has had his home and landscape carpentry business in Red Hook. He is very active in grassroots community life. He has started community gardens and outdoor film festivals, and he volunteers regularly at music events. Victor Alicea will be the second carpenter of The Flotsam Project. He is a licensed general contractor, skilled welder and beloved neighborhood character. Because he was a runaway teen who pulled his life together, and because he lives in the housing projects to this day, Victor is particularly sensitive to the disadvantages and pressures suffered by youths growing up the projects. His background, street cred, and charisma make him a special asset to the PortSide NewYork team. Victor is also the father of two teenage boys and a twenty-nine year old daughter. Partners Once PortSide is up and running, and the Pegasus wheelhouse restoration is complete, we will team up with the Pegasus and the Museum barge to create youth programs, deckhand training, and exhibits and cultural events and move them around the harbor.
Participation concluded with the Business Plan: Adriana Cutolo-Beyer, of Mindjog Communications, created PortSide NewYork’s logo and identity kit. She has won awards for websites, logos, and identity creation. She has designed innovatively for photographers, architects, and book publishers. She created Carolina Salguero’s current identity kit, logo and website. Capt. Kris Lindberg worked on maritime outreach and research during the creation of the business plan. He has hands-on experience in maritime operations and in planning. He has 100 ton master’s and 150 ton mate’s licenses. Originally from Seattle, he has worked on vessels for ten years including tugs, cruise ships, power yachts, sailboats and dinner boats. He worked as a mate on tug and barge runs from Seattle to Alaska and as an emergency spill responder for three years. May 2005, he graduated from NYU with a masters degree in planning with a specialty in transportation and environmental planning. Nevin Gussack, is a Librarian at Broward Community College/North Regional Library in Florida. He provides web-based research for PortSide NewYork. He has worked for two years with Carolina Salguero on www.waterfrontmatters.org researching media stores and data in public domain archives and uploading this information to the website. PortSide NewYork’s own website will replicate many of the sections on www.waterfrontmatters.org and ultimately replace that site, a task for which Nevin is perfectly prepared. Terrence McCarthy, business analyst, worked on the financial side of PortSide NewYork’s business plan. He has provided management consulting services for over twenty years to clients including Fortune 500 companies, financial and technology leaders, and government agencies. He co-founded Neoteric, a pioneer in communications and risk management consulting. He is known for his out-of-the-box thinking, pragmatic problem-solving skills, financial analysis and research and has been a featured speaker at conferences on three continents. As a long-term Brooklyn Heights resident, he is intimately familiar with the streets and businesses in the PortSide area. He is a musician and connoisseur of the arts with a collection of vintage guitar amplifiers and 7,000 compact disks, and as such is a rich source of ideas for PortSide NewYork’s cultural programming. Warren Winter, Director of Sales at WorldPictureNews, advised on creation of the general waterfront image archive, maritime 9/11 archive and construct the print sales marketing plan. He is a photo production whiz and a national leader in negotiating licensing agreements with newspapers—expected to be a major source of PortSide NewYork’s image bank. He has working relationships with newspaper editors around the country and is a proficient photo researcher. He has developed e-commerce photo websites and been a sales rep for both spot news and feature photography.
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