The Wife said "hey, Q, take a break from all the community stuff and write a goofy post like the old days." This is not that post, yet the advice obviously touched a nerve. Goofiness springs eternal, so soon I'll be back to may regularly scheduled silliness. In the meantime, hells-a-poppin' round these parts!
Anybody have news on the shooting last night? A reader tells me of a melee near 205 Parkside, perhaps in the oft-rowdy interior of Parkside Court, around 10 or 10:30 PM. Would love to know details if you have...
In a more encouraging development comes news that FEPMA (Flatbush from Empire to Parkside Merchants Association) is hosting a planning meeting for a Street Fair this very eve at Tafari Tribe (703 Flatbush). Here's the poster:
If you're a merchant along Flatbush, by all means come. The real significance to me lies in the hope that we'll see better coordination amongst the businesses along this avenue of exponential potential. I mean that. There's already tons of cool businesses; but there's trash, vacancy and, um, questionable commercial activity aplenty. Merchant's Associations can lead to BIDs, which can then leverage a city-led initiative to bring services to the neighborhood, including, say, a couple dudes from The Doe Fund's
Ready, Willing & Able program to help keep things clean. But for the time being, this is a great start. Go Team Flatbush!
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