Basically, you pay (in cash or food stamps) early in the year to a coop, and buy a share of what the farmer produces. Every week, from late spring to early November, you’ll pick up fresh organic vegetables. To learn more about it, read http://www.justfood.org/csa. And check out the websites of our two local CSAs by clicking their names above.

…Battle lines have been drawn, and arguments amassed, on both sides of a plan to pave and widen the path, known as the Putnam Trail in Van Cortlandt Park. On one side are bicyclists and advocates for the disabled who say that paving the path, which is rutted and muddy in spots, would improve accessibility. On the other side are runners and walkers who argue that the dirt trail — the remains of the old Putnam rail line — is easy on the joints and, more important, a rare place to escape the urban landscape….

What do you think?

A car jumped the bollards on the median on Tuesday, just before 5:30 p.m. Photo: Jordan Moss

Having a median in the middle of this large, busy, multi-directional intersection seems like a good idea to me, for the safety of pedestrians. However, I have two issues with the way its been done:

1) The median is angled so that, if one is driving north on Sedgwick — that is, driving from the public library toward the Deegan entrance — one has to make an awkward over-reaching turn. The prospect of ending up on the median, like this guy, or hitting a car in the other lane, is too high.

2) The lights don’t seem properly timed. If I am driving from the library to the Deegan entrance, I get a turning signal to go down the hill at the same time that the left lane of traffic in front of PS 95 gets a signal to head for the southern part of Sedgwick Avenue. So, basically, the lights are sending my little Prius right into the grill of the oncoming BX1 bus, if we’re both not careful.

Now I’m sure some bad driving was involved in the accident in the photo; I wasn’t there to see the event, only the aftermath. But I think we should take it as a warning that the work on this intersection isn’t entirely finished.

5676 Riverdale Avenue, Room 100
Bronx, New York 10471
District Manager: Nicole Stent
Board Chair: Robert Fanuzzi
718-884-3959

They last featured our community in 2007 but like to revisit the most interesting neighborhoods.

HPD is using a “median income” of 79K for areas where the true median income is 29K.

The result is a bonanza for developers, who often double dip by renting unaffordable units pitched as “middle-income” to section 8 recipients. So the City subsidizes the construction, and then pays the unreasonable rents. Sweet!

Check out the Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development’s full report on their website.

The theme of Speak Up 2013 is History, Parks & Culture: Using Open Spaces to Bridge Cultural Gaps

The day will feature presentations:

• Creating Bronx Parks: a Historic Anniversary Presentation
• Discovering the Bronx River’s African-American Heritage

The afternoon will offer three interactive, hands-on workshops:

• The History of Hip-Hop in Bronx Parks
• Identifying New Open Spaces & Uses
• The Bronx as an Urban Forest: Past, Present & Future

Two informative and important Panel Discussions will take place:

• Mayoral Candidates Forum: The Future of Bronx Parks
• Building Understanding Around Cultural Differences

Join hundreds of park advocates, employees, elected officials and volunteer groups in learning about opportunities and resources for improving Bronx Green Spaces! Speak Up 2013 is a great place for individuals and groups to network and find out what the community is doing (and what still needs to be done!) to Bridge the Cultural Gaps in Open Spaces.  For more information visit BronxSpeakUp.org or email bronxspeakup@hotmail.com

LUNCH is provided courtesy of Con Edison!

Speak Up 2013 has been generously supported by Con Edison and Lehman College.

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-parks-system-created-new-york-city-chartered-article-1.1238312

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