Brooklyn Today for Sept. 10, 2012
Well-known people who were born today include singer Jose Feliciano (“Light My Fire,” “Felix Navidad”), actress Amy Irving (“Carrie,” “Crossing Delancey”), former baseball player Randy Johnson and golfer Arnold Palmer.
The BPL’s Dweck Center at the Central Branch, Grand Army Plaza, will feature experts that discuss the impact of spectator sports and athletic activities on business attraction, job creation and urban environment, this Wednesday, September 12, 8:30 to 10:30. Panel moderator will be Kyle Kimball, CFO of NYC Economic Development Corporation. Panelists include Charlie Mierswa, exec VP and CFO of Brooklyn Nets; Michael Hopper, VP for sports marketing, NYC and Company; Steve Cohen, general manager, Brooklyn Cyclones; and Tupper Thomas, founding president of Prospect Park Alliance. (To register for the event, call 718-623-7000, option 4.)
In 2004, Elizabeth Padilla joined VLP as a staff attorney who helped co-ordinate the pro bono representation for the poorest people of Brooklyn. She loved the work of providing vital legal representation to those less fortunate than she, and her enthusiasm was a contagious boost to the program. As a competitive runner Ms. Padilla began plans to create a 5K race to benefit VLP in the early summer of 2005.
On June 9 of that year her life ended tragically. She was killed in a road accident while biking to work. Her co-workers continued to plan the 5K and it takes place every October in her memory, and to benefit the work of the Volunteer Lawyers Project she loved.
On Sunday, Oct. 7, the seventh annual Liz Padilla Memorial 5K will start at 10 a.m. in Prospect Park. For more information about the race or VLP, contact Jeannie Costello at 718-624-5446.