I want to report on CM Ferreras plan to improve the 111th Street highway because originally I had thought that the plan would be supported by all people around, but it turns out that not everybody is supportive of the plan. I want to explore why there is not an unanimous agreement to implement more protection for pedestrians and bike-riders. The conflict rests on whether enough community support will push this plan, because it seems as though the improvements are not immediate. I would like to explore what the city council for district 21 wants to do exactly with the street, and how some residents feel about it. I would like to reach out to realtors to see how it may affect the real estate, and how the highways construction actually does not need change. By reporting on both sides, it would be interesting to find out what may come of this proposal and how it will be resolved in the neighborhood.
Tag Archives: Pitch
Small-Business Pitch
I want to report on the laundromat as the small-business in my neighborhood because the laundromat business is well-supported in inner-city neighborhoods, and a necessity for many residents who don’t have one at home. It would be interesting to explore how their business thrives in the neighborhood because it is not as popular in the Manhattan area. With the plethora of laundromats in the area, I want to dive into how this specific laundromat separates itself from other businesses and how it maintains a consistent client-base that helps generate revenue. Known as one of the four businesses that exists in all inner-city neighborhoods (liquor stores, fast-food, cash-checkings and laundromats), i feel that this business has the most to offer and would generate a lot more responses than the other three businesses, while allowing me to explore why the business is important to the neighborhood.
Neighborhood Pitch
Reporting on Corona Queens, I will look further into the Italian community that reside around Spaghetti Park. Statistics from city-data exemplify the notion that with Corona growing as a pre-dominantly hispanic neighborhood, the Italian community is becoming smaller. More small markets and shops that are now opening in the neighborhood are run by hispanic owners while places like Corona Pizzeria, and more famously, the Lemon Iced King, remain with Italian owners. I want to interview someone from the Benfaremo family, owners of the famous Italian ice spot about the community and the regular customers that they draw. I would also like to talk about the change they have experienced in the community since the business has been around for over 60 years. In that span, Corona has experienced an evolution as an Italian neighborhood to Latin American community. To gain perspective, I would like to interview some of the employees about working the corner stand with the family and the people that they serve and speak to the regular customers that go there and spaghetti park. While over-development seems to be the bigger issue at hand looking at Corona and the Queens-county, the change in Italian residences is an interesting smaller-scale issue I would like to report on. From what I currently know, it may have an affect on other aspects of the neighborhood other than what smaller businesses are in the community.