Paddlers Celebrate Bronx River at Annual Amazing Bronx River Flotilla
This past Saturday, NYC Parks Commissioner Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP, and Bronx River Administrator/Bronx River Alliance Executive Director Linda Cox, FAICP, joined Bronx River Alliance Vice Chair Joan Byron, community groups and dozens of paddlers in a flotilla of canoes and kayaks for a five-mile trip down the Bronx River to celebrate the river's revitalization and raise funds for the Bronx River Alliance's canoe program.
Paddlers Celebrate The Bronx During 11TH ANNUAL BRONX RIVER FLOTILLA
On Saturday, Commissioner Adrian Benepe and Bronx River Administrator/Executive Director of the Bronx River Alliance Linda Cox joined Assembly member Jeffrey Dinowitz, Councilmember Oliver Koppell, Bronx River Alliance Chair Joan Byron, community groups and nearly 200 paddlers in a flotilla of 86 canoes and kayaks for a five-mile trip down the Bronx River to open the paddling season and to celebrate the river's revitalization.