I enjoyed this article in the Park Slope Civic Council newsletter (and website) about Catherine Bohne, the recent winner of the Park Slope Civic Council’s 2009 Lovgren Award. It's called: "You can't put down a neighborhood that has a Catherine Bohne" and it is written by Erza Goldstein.
"Officially, Catherine Bohne was named winner of the Park Slope Civic Council’s 2009 Lovgren Award for her work on behalf of our neighborhood’s independently owned shops and restaurants. Bohne has been instrumental in bringing the Park Slope Chamber of Commerce back to life, in launching the Buy-in-Brooklyn campaign and in uniting the once-distant merchants of 5th and 7th Avenues in common cause. She has also become one of New York City’s better-known advocates of…
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