Bronx Park East Community Association Update

from Raphael Schweitzer:

May Community Meeting”
​Next Thursday, May 8th from 6:30-8:45pm
Our Community Meetings are on the 2nd Thursday of ​the month: Meetings Matter!​
Mark the 2nd Thursdays on your calendar ​: June 12th​ and​ July 10th.​ None in August.​​ ​

This Month’s ​Special Guest s​: ​
New York State Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson (pictured l.)
Ranking member of the ​NY ​Senate Judiciary​,​ as well as Crime Victims & Corrections Committees.
Represents the area of our community north of Allerton Avenue,
​which ​includ​es​ Parkside Houses and the Allerton Coops.- ​Community Board 11 District Manager Jeremy Warneke -Works with City Agencies to help deliver and improve Sanitation, Parks, Transportationand other vital services to our communities.​ A wealth of knowledge.​

​Location: ​ CenterLight Building, 2401 White Plains Road
(located across from Walgreens, near Waring Avenue)
Bx 39 bus to Waring Avenue,#2 Train to Allerton Avenue ​
and walk 2 blocks south (towards Pelham Parkway)​

On the Agenda:

1 – ​​BPECA ​Executive Board Nominations

Bronx Park East Community Association ​ “Team B-PECA”​ is expanding it’s Executive Board to 7 members,
and there are ​2​ openings!

If you would like to be a Team B-PECA Board Member,
come to the meeting to submit your name and run for the position.

All dues-paying members in good standing will be able vote in the June meeting’s Election
to decide who the two new Board members are.

​To Run: ​You must have attended 6 meetings between July 2013 and June 2014 to be eligible to submit your name for nomination. So, if you have attended 4 so far, you MUST attend the May and June meetings to be eligible.

We will do a roll call at next Thursday’s meeting to tell everyone who is eligible to run for Board member(having attended 4 meetings since July 2013).

​To Vote: ​If you are not yet a dues-paying member of B-PECA, come to this month’s or June’s meeting and pay your $20 yearly dues. All dues-paying members also must have attended 6 meetings between July 2013 and June 2014 to be able to vote in the June Election.

Questions? Reply to this email or call (347) 654-7044

2 – ​It’s My Park Day: Bronx Park East
Saturday, May 17th from 1 2​:00​p​m – 4:00pm at Waring Avenue

​Partnership for Parks’ Donielle Lee will be at this month’s meeting to recruit volunteers for our annual massive cleanup of our ​neglected treasure; Bronx Park East. Mark it on your calendar and help us advocate for much-needed renovations ​to the Waring playground, basketball courts and exterior fences​!

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