CIVITAS welcomes new board member, Sharon Pope. Sharon is a long time resident of Roosevelt Island who served for 12 years as a full board member of Community Board 8 where she chaired its Housing Committee and represented the Community Board on the Advisory Council of Metropolitan Hospital Center. She now serves as a public member of Community Board 8.
A graduate of Morgan State University, Sharon aptly describes herself as a committed urbanist. She is a former environmental planner with the Department of City Planning. She is also a former President of the Roosevelt Island Residents Association, representing the interests of some 10,000 residents and 20 different building councils. Her passion is community-based planning. For CIVITAS members she has led several informative tours of Roosevelt Island and the newly opened Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park.
What attracted Sharon to CIVITAS? Her quick response – “CIVITAS is an effective organization.” She values its commitment and tenacity in promoting lively and liveable neighborhoods. Among many compelling issues now engaging CIVITAS, she plans to devote her considerable talents as an urban planner to continuing to draw attention to the waterfront. The East River Esplanade, she explains, “can be made into a jewel of a park where residents of the Upper East Side and of East Harlem can relax and enjoy themselves.”
To read the complete fall 2013 issue of CIVITAS News, visit http://civitasnyc.org/civitas-newsletters/
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