Friday, May 11, 2007

Day 10

Today we continued our efforts to contact organizations and companies that might want to help us.
We plan to meet with Westchester Disabled On The Move and Westchester ARC to find out more about the placement of group homes in dangerous areas, and what can be done to help the disabled.
Next Wednesday we will be interviewing Chief of Police Kapica about traffic safety in the area.
We will also be spending the next week editing and organizing the footage that we have, so the first episode of our show will air on television very soon.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Day 9

Today we started the filming and production of the first episode of our cable TV show.
We started the morning at Chatterton Parkway, filming the area, the traffic situation, some road signs, and the group home. We then interviewed Vic Leviatin about his personal experiences relating to the issue, and his feelings about public safety. We also interviewed Paul Feiner about his political standpoint.
After our filming session, we went to Woodlands High School and met Constantine Andreadis and other teachers at the the school. We are planning an effort to work with students at Woodlands and other people in the community, to try and get them involved in this project.
In the next two weeks, we will be preparing a presentation to make for the Junior Class at Woodlands High School, and hope that they will become a part of this project.

Wednesday, May 9, 2007

Day 8

We went to the New Greenburgh Residents Meeting at the Greenburgh Town Hall. We handed out fliers explaining our project and how to contact us or become involved. We also spoke at the Town Board Meeting about our progress in this project and what we have been accomplishing. Overall,we felt that we had a very positive experience today. We feel like we are doing a good job reaching out to residents, and it was great to see so many people praising our project and offering support.

Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Day 7

We began the planning for our weekly cable tv show. We scheduled a meeting with Vic Leviatin who will be our first guest. We will begin filming the show on Thursday morning at Chatterton Parkway & Old Tarrytown Road.
We attempted to contact NY State Assemblywoman Amy Paulin but we are unable to get a meeting with her due to political and district reasons. We also emailed AAA to ask them about safety issues concerning sidewalks.

Monday, May 7, 2007

Day 6

Today we spent the morning making our second radio update. on the radio with us were two women. One was trying to organize an effort to impeach Bush and the other was trying to stop ConEdison from cutting down too many trees. These women were of great help to us because they told us of other dangerous streets in Greenburgh that do not have sidewalks. One of the women knew Bronwyn Baird who was killed on Old Tarrytown Rd.

We met with Tim Lewis, the town attorney for Greenburgh. We discussed what would be necessary in order to utilize a walkway on Lawrence Birnbach's property. We then called New York State Assemblywoman Amy Paulin asking if she wanted to become involved in our project.