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May 31, Memorial Day Celebrations

In the first photo: Milton Norman, former chairperson for the Riverside Park Fund; John Herrold, current chairperson for the Riverside Park Fund; W75BA president and U.S. Army veteran Dee Rieber; NYC Council Member Gale Brewer. Newsletter.

Dec 10 Holiday Party

Sept 12 Street Party

Despite the drizzle, crowds came and enjoyed our annual street party!

Aug 4 National Night Out Against Crime

Officers of the 20th Precinct were on hand to meet UWS residents.	Dee Rieber flanked by Community Affairs Officer Clark Tiger and Bob Madison, Treasurer, 20th Precinct Community Council	W75BA president Dee Rieber, Ian Alterman, VP of the 20th Precinct Council, an Anne Cunningham from NYC Council Member Gale Brewer's office

Oct 30 Meeting: Focus on Keeping Small Businesses in Our Communities

Bruce Stark, Beacon Paint and Hardware, and Sid Gupta, owner of Mughlai and Pappardell restaurants, are W75BA Merchant Sponsors.	NY Councilman David Yassky spoke on legislative plans to support our neighborhood mom and pop stores.	An attentive crowd at screening of 'When Twilight Becomes Night,' shoing the impact on communities when small businesses are forced out.

Annual Street Party, September 13, 2008
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An attentive crowd attended the meeting, which was held at Cosi's.	Peter Goldwasser of Transportation Alternatives with Dee Rieber, president of W75BA

Green Initiatives 2008
Park West Block

On June 1, W75BA was out in full force to make our block a greener, more beautiful and healthier place to live! Block Association volunteers planted some forlorn tree beds on the Park West block (W75BA brought plants, gardening gloves, tools) and welcomed new members to the Association from our newest "member" block. Here are some photos from the event (and be on the lookout for more to come!).

Staffed by Mary Wagner, Dorothy Greenberg, and Dan Rieder, the W75BA table attracted attention to the Assocation's activities as well as new members	Lou Kleinman helped to carry plant flats to empty tree beds on the Park West block.
After carrying flats down the block, the stalwartd Lou Kleinman settled down to serious planting.	Sharon planted several tree bed gardens and said afterwards how much fun it had been.
Josef, Sarah, and Laura were joined by Suellen Estey. The group devoted hours on June 1 to the W75BA tree bed plantings.	Josef Langel, a superintendent and resident on the Park West block, with his daughter Sarah, and neighbor Laura Jelinek.
Patience Freeman put a lot of muscle into planting tree beds on the Park West block. We trust the neighbor in the BG appreciates her work.	Besides toiling in the tree bed gardens, Joe Bolanos replenished top soil and also drinking water for thirsty volunteer gardeners.
A newly planted tree bed on the Park West block of the W75BA.	Suellen holds up the sign that will ID tree beds planted by W75BA.

Well ahead of the scheduled June 1 tree bed planting effort, residents of the W75BA Park West block had beautified their street! They certainly set a very fine example of ways to make the entire street more beautiful and welcoming. (Click on thumbnails to enlarge photos.)

Mother's Day
Sunday, May 11, 2009

W75BA partnered with Councilwoman Gale Brewer in front of Fairway and Citarella to hand out 800 free, reusable shopping bags designed by Upper West Side high school students. We also gave out tickets for raffle prizes donated by Fairway, Citarella, and Viand Cafe, and had our W75BA hats for sale.

W75BA members at the event included  (1) Dan Rieber and Mary Wagner at the table;  (2) Dee Rieber, seen here with Shula Warren, chief of staff for Gale Brewer, and Gale.

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Earth Day
Sunday, April 13

Check the Pet Corner to meet some endearing block pets who came out for Earth Day. (By the way, you can order your W75BA Park to Park hat at info@w75ba.org for $15.00 each ($10 for seniors). Be among the fashion setters who will be sporting these great hats!

Dorothy King with Charlotte and Catherine Jones at Amsterdam Avenue. .	Vicki Sutton, Lou Kleinman, and the roaming Catherine J. in the back; Dan Rieber seated, at the Columbus Ave table.
Dorothy King, Mary Beth Coudal, and W75BA president Dee Rieber at the Amsterdam Ave table. Charlotte and Catherine Jones are the kids.	Charlotte and Catherine show off the visors they painted for themselves.
Mary Wagner and Ruth Fifer staffed the table in front of Health Nuts on Broadway.	Webmaster Mary Ratcliffe, at the Amsterdam Ave table, warded off the chill with some hot coffee.

General Meeting
Feburary 28

Anne Cunningham of Councilwoman Gale Brewer's office accepted honorary membership cards for herself and Gale from Dee Rieber, W75BA president.	Helen Rosenthal, Community Board 7 chairman, addressed issues of huge new real estate developments.
Mary Ratclffe, webmaster and site designer, presented the new W75BA website ...	... with the assistance of Ed Poor, web technical advisor.

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