Learning more from each of the following groups she is part of.... Dotti now feels more qualified to answer some of your questions pertaining to the wonderful Parks, wild areas, water fronts and water ways that surround our beautiful Ferry Point Park and the rest of the Bronx.

All these groups will be linked together during 2010 to our general website of Ferry Point

www.FerryPointBronx.org

Park Groups:

· FoFPP- "Friends of Ferry Point Park" www.FerryPointPark.org  

This group Leads Volunteer groups through the process of Waterfront Stewardships/Tree Stewardships/ and we are planning to plant Mollusk Beds to help purify the toxins in Westchester Creek. We have asked for a water fountain on the outside of the future comfort station to decrease the thousands of plastic water bottles that are thrown in the landfills each weekend due to no water fountain in this park.

We are advocating to have the "ring Road Paved, Named, and placed on 911 & 311 emergency computers.

FoFPP wants the "Ring Road" closed again for the security of the Bridge/Park/Parking lot/future new field/future comfort station.

There is a problem with wasted water and erosion that occurs from the open fire hydrants in the park that don’t even provide sprinklers for the children.

This site is filled with the projects and advocacy that we continue to participate in each year.

· Partnership for Parks: www.PartnershipForParks.org helps us achieve our goals.

Dotti attends meetings to help develop the Speak Up and contributes to the workshop section on “creating Alliances for your Park”

Community Groups:

FPCG- "Ferry Point Civic Group": www.FerryPointCivic.org 

Catherine Poggi Founder 1963 Ferry Point Civic Group·

FPCAdvocates: "Ferry Point Community Advocates": www.ferrypointcommunity.org

Besides protecting the neighborhood surrounding the Park, this group also supports the Friends group in their efforts. We are advocating for a Kayak launch at Ferry Point Park, we continue our push to speed up the comfort station construction (which we are told will start in May of this year).

Coalitions:

NEBCA- "North East Bronx Community Alliance": http://www.NEBCAbronx.org  

This Group consists of most of the civic and community groups throughout board 10 (Throggs Neck area).We meet monthly and try to attend each other’s meetings and rally’s. We support each other in our needs to keep our neighborhoods quality of life at the highest level possible.

Country Club, Ferry Point, Spencer Estates, Pelham Bay, Throggs Neck, Waterbury LaSalle

BAAC- "Brush Avenue Action Council": A coalition of all uses of the Brush Avenue mixed use area.

Environmental Groups:

· HRRP-Hutchinson River Restoration Project : www.HutchinsonRiverRestorationProject.org

Eleanor Rae President

D. Poggi as Vice Pres. will help this group bring the Hutchinson River closer to a water way that will contribute cleaner water for fish and other breeding activities, safer passive and recreational access for the community.

· BCEQ- Bronx Council of Environmental Quality: www.BCEQ.org

D. Poggi a Director of this very involved environmental group

· EBEC- “East Bronx Environmental Coalition”:

A loosely developing group of previously involved park and water groups that are banding together to help each other. Pugsley Creek/Bronx Greens/FP Park West Coalition/Hutchinson River Restoration Project

· WCK- "Westchester Creek Keepers": 

This year Dotti will be working with other interested groups to form the “Westchester Creek Keepers” Working along with Friends of Ferry Point volunteer groups to bring the problems of these water ways to the public.

If you have interest in any of the above water ways, water fronts, Parks, etc. please call us at 718-829-6863.

Or check out www.ferrypointbronx.org where we will be networking our many interests.

Review of Park committee of Community Board 10 met Jan. 21, 2009

at the Com.Bd office on E. Tremont Ave. at 7:30

Greening of some areas along the Hutchinson River Parkway was discussed.

Dotti/Eleanor/Inge as reps. for HRRP will try to get areas along the Hutch River considered as well.