Thursday, September 27, 2007

On The Road With The Alliance

The Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance will be hitting the road this fall with the following four event dates secured through to November (click on event title for location, time, and additional information):

Bronx River Festival :: September 29 :: Bronx River Alliance
A Civic Activist Boot Camp :: October 16 :: Municipal Art Society
Tour de Bronx :: October 21 :: Bronx Borough President's Office
Sheridan Swap :: November 13 :: Solar One

The Alliance is actively seeking opportunities to participate in panel discussions, lectures, and other public events to promote the community vision for replacing the Sheridan Expressway with affordable housing, green space, and new economic development opportunities. Email psilva [at] ssbx [dot] org with your suggestions and invitations.

Check back for more event dates in the near future...

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Park(ing) the Sheridan

The Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance celebrated Park(ing) Day 2007 with a wildly successful installation on Southern Boulevard near the Hunts Point Avenue 6 Train station. Hundreds of community members stopped by to play card games, eat snacks, and learn more about our plan to replace the Sheridan Expressway with affordable housing, green space, and new economic development opportunities. Folks came out to see the parking space that became a park and walked away eager to see a highway turned into a greenway. Even News Channel 12 stopped by to produce a four minute segment on the campaign! Special thanks to the folks at Transportation Alternatives who helped with press and logistics.