Concrete Plant Park: rejuvenated by local community groups, such as YMPJ.

On November 21, 2001, an enthusiastic band of Bronx River activists gathered at the Bronx Zoo's Dancing Crane Café for the formal inauguration of the Bronx River Alliance. As NYC Parks Commissioner Henry Stern looked on, [Youth Ministries for Peace and Justice's] new head, Alexie Torres-Fleming, proudly unveiled its "fish and leaf" logo symbolizing the interrelationship of water and land.

[Commissioner Stern] announced an ambitious plan for a "Bronx River Greenway" based on a proposal in the Bronx River Restoration Group Master Plan twenty years before. The greenway would follow the river from the NYC border to the East River, and would make the revitalized Bronx River "our version of the Mississippi".

Today, the ecology of the river has made a resurgence, the community visits parks along it's banks, and even paddle and wade in it's waters! The Alliance thanks all of the supporters, contributors, advocates, and volunteers, that have given their time and energy to the revitalization of the Bronx River and for returning the river to a educational, recreation, and ecology resource for the community. Click here to read more about the Alliance's contributions over the past decade.

We would also like to thank our four key founders and honorees at this year's Upstream Soiree, Jenny Hoffner, Dart Westphal, Alexie Torres-Fleming, and Majora Carter for all of their contributions to the Bronx River Alliance and their committment to a healthy, thriving Bronx River and Bronx River community.

And finally, we would like to thank all of those who generously donated, gave sponsorships, or volunteered their time at our Upstream Soiree and for making our event a success. Please see Bernard Stein's editoral on the event in the Hunts Point Express, as well as Linda's guest blog on the American's Rivers website.  

Visit www.bronxriver.org/soiree for information on our 10th anniversary.

The Bronx River Alliance is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to improving, restoring, and protecting the Bronx River. Your support means everything to our work to restore our beautiful river - thank you!

$25 will buy two river birches for our Conservation Crew and volunteers to plant.

$50 will buy rubber waders for a staff member or volunteer to plant and maintain salt-marsh grasses at the Concrete Plant Park.

$100 will cover the clean-up of 25 bags of trash and bottles floating in the river.

$250 will clear invasive vines from an 80-foot stretch, replacing them with native plant.

$500 will send an urban school group for their first on-water nature excursion

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