Tear down the Sheridan Expressway? Community advocates for and against the proposal to scrap the highway and build parks and housing in its place will discuss the issue on Monday night, July 26, on BronxTalk, Gary Axelbank’s long-running cable talk show devoted to public issues in the borough. Beginning at 9 p.m. on Bronxnet’s channel 67, Jaime Rivera from For a Better Bronx and Julien Terrell of Youth Ministries of Peace and Justice will discuss the pros and cons.
The latest graduates of Sustainable South Bronx’s job training programs received their certificates on July 20, allowing them to test the waters in the green economy. 33 students graduated from the BEST Eco (Bronx Environmental Stewardship Training) and BEST for Buildings programs, which train students of all ages for work in fields like bioremediation, environmental cleanup, solar thermal technology and tree pruning. The 3 1/2-month session that just ended was the twentieth for the BEST programs in all.