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Gov­er­nors Island 2023 Year in Review

Dec 28, 2023 10:31 am

The Trust for Gov­er­nors Island and the Friends of Gov­er­nors Island are excit­ed to release our 2023 Year in Review. From ground­break­ing arts and cul­ture to incred­i­ble events and cel­e­bra­tions to major mile­stones in cre­at­ing a hub for cli­mate edu­ca­tion and research, 2023 was an unfor­get­table year on Gov­er­nors Island, and we could­n’t have done it with­out you. Read on for high­lights, and click here to read the full report.

INNO­VA­TION IN CLI­MATE & THE ENVIRONMENT

Cities around the world are becom­ing increas­ing­ly con­front­ed with the impacts of cli­mate change. In 2023, Gov­er­nors Island made tremen­dous progress in the vision for a Cen­ter for Cli­mate Solu­tions, announc­ing the selec­tion of the New York Cli­mate Exchange as the ini­tia­tive’s anchor insti­tu­tion. We also made his­to­ry in New York Har­bor with the announce­ment of our new hybrid-elec­tric fer­ry, set­ting sail in sum­mer 2024, and launched a new plat­form to ampli­fy cli­mate action. Read more →

OPEN SPACE FOR ALL NEW YORKERS

Cities around the world are becom­ing increas­ing­ly con­front­ed with the impacts of cli­mate change. In 2023, Gov­er­nors Island made tremen­dous progress in the vision for a Cen­ter for Cli­mate Solu­tions, announc­ing the selec­tion of the New York Cli­mate Exchange as the ini­tia­tive’s anchor insti­tu­tion. We also made his­to­ry in New York Har­bor with the announce­ment of our new hybrid-elec­tric fer­ry, set­ting sail in sum­mer 2024, and launched a new plat­form to ampli­fy cli­mate action. Read more →

EXPAND­ED CUL­TUR­AL EXPERIENCES

Gov­er­nors Island is a hub for New York City’s most unique arts and cul­tur­al expe­ri­ences. In 2023, Gov­er­nors Island Arts expand­ed its pro­gram­ming, wel­comed new pub­lic art com­mis­sions, cel­e­brat­ed an aston­ish­ing 10 months of Charles Gaines’s Mov­ing Chains, and host­ed the largest cohort ever of sea­son­al Orga­ni­za­tions in Res­i­dence in Nolan Park and Colonels Row. Read more →

A GROW­ING YEAR-ROUND COMMUNITY

Gov­er­nors Island is home to a diverse group of edu­ca­tion­al, non­prof­it, and com­mer­cial ten­ants that enliv­en the Island year-round. Low­er Man­hat­tan Cul­tur­al Coun­cil’s Arts Cen­ter at Gov­er­nors Island grant­ed artist res­i­den­cies and pre­sent­ed three exhi­bi­tions, QC NY wel­comed 100,000 vis­i­tors, the Insti­tute for Pub­lic Archi­tec­ture expand­ed their res­i­den­cy pro­gram­ming year-round, and more. Read more →