Thrive Collective
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Oliver Sampson | oliver@heller.inc | 617.899.6429 IMAGES: https://tinyurl.com/46mm85fx CREDIT: Tameek Williams PUBLIC HOUSING COMMUNITY FUND, NYCHA, NYC DOT, CO-HOST ‘ART IN MOTION’ BIKE TOUR The 14-mile bike tour took riders to 12 unique public artworks from Manhattan to Brooklyn 20 riders joined the tour and engaged with public art and the…
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Thank you, Amazon and Public Housing Community Fund, for you incredible support of Thrive Hub’s new computer lab and podcast studio. It was great hosting Julie Jursik and introducing your great work to our friends and neighbors at Jacob Riis Houses. “Last weekend, Amazon NY public policy’s newest team member Julie Jursik opened up Public Housing Community Fund‘s…
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Reporting by Stacie Joy. A new innovation hub officially opened this past Saturday at the Jacob Riis Houses, featuring computer and podcast labs designed to provide residents with educational and career opportunities. … The project was funded through a donation from Amazon to the Public Housing Community Fund. According to organizers, the Jacob Riis Houses…
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Prominent Bay Ridge artist and mural designer Michael McLeer, better known as “Mister Kaves,” recently painted an extraordinary “Support Our Neighborhood” mural on the east side of Fifth Avenue near 86th Street. There will be a formal “Bay Ridginal” unveiling on Friday, July 24 at 11 a.m. The mural is sponsored by a grant from NYC Small Business Services…
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Join Us at the THRIVE HUB Open House 💥 August 1 | 1-4 PM 💥 NYCHA Jacob Riis Houses 💥 152-154 Avenue D | NYC, NY 10009 Fifteen years after moving Generation Xcel from this same NYCHA community space into PS/MS 34 across the street, we are back. Experience what the Thrive Hub is becoming.…
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He Wanted to Be John Travolta. Instead, He Became ‘Kaves.’ As a child, Michael McLeer wanted to be like John Travolta in “Saturday Night Fever” and escape Brooklyn. A tragedy in the neighborhood changed his mind. Read the full article by reporter Abby Ellin here. Visuals by Lanna Apisukh.
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Join Us 7/24/2026 | 11AM 502-512 86th Street at 5th Avenue Bay Ridge, Brooklyn Art by Mister Kaves Sponsored by NYC Department of Small Business Services Public Realm Grant With Support from ASG Equities, NYC Council Member Kayla Santosuosso, former NYC Council Member Justin Brannan, the 86th Street BID, the Fifth Avenue BID, and the NYC…
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“Bay Ridge-based artist Michael ‘Kaves’ McLeer recently completed a new mural that pays homage to the neighborhood. … “McLeer worked in collaboration with the 86th Street Business Improvement District, the Bay Ridge Fifth Avenue BID, Thrive Collective and others. ”The mural for me is snapshots,’ he said. ‘I continued the ‘Welcome to Bay Ridge’ theme…
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Last fall, Kate Schmidgall propositioned us. She reached out with news that our friends at the Leadership Foundations had nominated Thrive Collective for a long-form feature produced by her team of creatives. If we were interested, they would dive deeper to determine if we’d be a good fit. Kate is the founder and principal of…
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***MEDIA ADVISORY. COVERAGE AND CAMERAS WELCOME*** Arts Collective Commemorates 30 Years of Shaping NYC and Its Youth With Monumental 800th Mural On Lower East Side NEW YORK, N.Y. (May 18, 2026) – Thrive Collective, a nonprofit organization with a 30-year history of arts and mentoring throughout New York City, is celebrating bringing professional artists and…
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