Tom Kearney of the Committee for the Beautification of East Norwich was correct when he talked about the affect of the new street signs along Oyster Bay Road in East Norwich. He said, "When you stop and think about this whole beatification effort you'll see that people will take notice and it will spread. Look at the garden areas in Brookville and Muttontown. The Cold Spring Harbor waterfront was looking ratty and then they created a garden area there. The whole thing spreads, people get ideas and one feeds off the other and it's better for everyone."

He put it all succinctly.

We recently met William B. Kuhl, vice president/ managing principal at EDAW who is a landscape architect and urban planner. He created the wonderful streetscape work in Garden City on Seventh Street and Franklin Avenue among others. He said being in an incorporated village makes it much easier to do this type of project. He works with Sustainable Long Island who help to orchestrate this type of work.

Mr. Kuhl's project in Garden City had ripples in the Oyster Bay community. Mike Rich showed people photographs of what was done on Seventh Street which influenced an interest in that type of project locally. The Oyster Bay Chamber of Commerce tried to beautify West Main Street but the recession in the late '80s stalled the project.

Recently Island Properties funded the little walkway area between Audrey Avenue and West Main Street. It has turned out beautifully.

It is nice to see that in both Oyster Bay and East Norwich businesses have stepped up to fill the gap in the unincorporated areas. It just takes someone with a good idea and lots of energy to do the impossible.

Sean Rainey did a great job in East Norwich. On behalf of the East Norwich residents we want to say thank you Sean Rainey!

DFK