Friday

Friday was a busy day meeting with several people in Hyde Park -

Was first at the home of former town supervisor Nancy Alden. As a resource for historical material about Hyde Park, she has a vast knowledge. I will be meeting with her through out the year to talk further and view some of the material she holds.

Next, I met with Herb and Barbara Sweet at Cranberrys Cafe in Hyde Park. Herb passed along two dvd's worth of material that I need to look through from his collections. While Barbara passed on her ideas of who I should talk to further.

Barbara was also kind enough to walk over to meet Dot Chenevert at her floral shop. Dot organizes the Hyde Park Farmers Market, which takes place at the drive in. As it is Easter weekend, I'll be following up with Dot in the next few weeks.

Finally, I caught up with Greg Callahan at the Library to talk further. The library holds several files of images that relate to Hyde Park History. As a part of my efforts, I have promised to digitize those images for the Library.

Hyde Park Library Meeting

Last Thursday I had the privilege of meeting with Greg Callahan and his staff at the Hyde Park Free Library. As the sponsor of the project the library is going to play a important role in the project as a meeting and drop off place for the project. Those at the library are vital to making the project a success.
My goal for the meeting was focused on meeting the staff and familiarizing everyone with the project. We discussed the ideas behind the project and the process that will be implemented for accomplish my goals. There was some great feedback on how best to accomplish those tasks and who might be interested in the project. They gave me multiple contacts to reach and many ideas on how to proceed further. Their energy and enthusiasm gave me great hope.