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Annual Meeting and Panel Discussion

Creating, enhancing, and preserving the

cultural, social and natural assets of our neighborhoods

as our community and institutions grow.

Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Riverdale Neighborhood House

7:30 - 9:00

See below for more information.

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Riverdale Nature Preservancy seeks listing of the Henry Hudson Parkway in the National Register of Historic Places.

To learn more, visit our table on June 12 at Riverfest, or

visit our Henry Hudson Parkway Page.

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Planning Consultants have issued their report

recommending routes for the

Hudson River Valley Greenway.

To read the September 2010 report, please go to our HRV Greenway page and follow the link. The top-priority routes in the report will be studied further.

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June 2009 - NY City Council increases penalties for

removing protected trees in the SNAD

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Feb. 2009 - Henry Hudson Parkway is determined eligible for the National Register of Historic Places.

Read the State Report.

Read about the effort to designate the Parkway a Scenic Byway >

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Riverdale Nature Preservancy Annual Meeting and Panel Discussion Wednesday, April 4 Riverdale Neighborhood House 5521 Mosholu Ave. 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. In the course of meeting their mission, community facilities make decisions about land use, transportation and architecture. These decisions contribute in important ways to the quality of the neighborhoods surrounding each facility. On April 4th, the Preservancy will hold the first in a series of community discussions on the relationships between institutions and their neighbors. Our purpose is to begin a positive conversation between local institutions and community members on the topics of creating, enhancing and preserving the cultural, social and natural assets of our neighborhoods as our community and institutions grow. Panel Discussion Helen Morik, Vice President, Government & Community Affairs, New York-Presbyterian Hospital Paula Luria Caplan, PLC Urban Planning & Policy and former Deputy Director of Planning and Development for the Bronx Borough President Damian McShane, Former Chairman, Bronx Community Board 8 Howard Waldman, Science Teacher, Green Dean, Ethical Culture Fieldston School Franz Paasche, Co-President, Riverdale Nature Preservancy, will moderate A facilitated discussion with all attendees will follow the panel presentations. All are welcome.	Gardening in the Special Natural Area District - Read the Golden Rules of Organic Lawn Care , by the Northeast Organic Farmers Association. Cornell's gardening pages are full of information for every season. Special Natural Area District zoning regulations stipulate a planting palate of native species when undertaking construction, building enlargements, or site alterations. To access the lists of recommended species, go to ground covers and shrubs, on-site trees, or street trees. Sustainable Riverdale - Read the Preservancy's column, Sustainable Riverdale, as published in the Riverdale Press.