Jeanne Casatelli papers,
- Author:
- Casatelli, Jeanne.
- Call Number:
- MSS APAP-150 local
- Abstract:
- The papers document Casatelli's interest in issue-based grassroots organizations in the late 1990s and early 2000s through her involvement in Community Action Network (CAN). CAN opposed the widening of U.S. Route 9 and 20 in East Greenbush through a vigorous campaign of public education and political action. The papers provide near-complete documentation of this campaign, including letters, e-mail, press releases, position papers, contact lists, and notes. Information on another organization of which Casatelli was a member, Citizens for Riverfront Action (CRA), is limited to CRA's involvement in coordinating Scenic Hudson's Great River Sweep in the community of Rensselaer. Not included in this collection are Casatelli's files on CAN's effort to save the Defreest-Church house from destruction by developers, which were transferred by Casatelli to the Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter. Since both CAN and CRA are grassroots organizations, there is virtually no information on organizational structure or membership, and no formal records of meetings.
- Historical Note:
- Jeanne Casatelli is a native of East Greenbush, New York, who has fought sprawl in her hometown for more than twenty years. She is a founding member of East Greenbush's Community Action Network. One of CAN's most visible activities was their campaign to prevent the widening of a stretch of U.S. Route 9 and 20, also known as the Columbia Turnpike, which passes through East Greenbush. New York's Department of Transportation (DOT) wanted to widen the road by a total of 34 feet, converting it from four lanes to five lanes. Casatelli and CAN argued that DOT's plan was not in keeping with new regulations that favored context sensitive design for highway projects. CAN's campaign was unsuccessful, and the road was widened. Casatelli is also involved in Citizens for Riverfront Action, an organization dedicated to protecting and providing access to the Hudson River in Rensselaer.
- Physical Description:
- 2.6 cu. ft and 4 videotapes
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Part of the Archives of Public Affairs and Policy. local
- Subjects:
- Environmental protection New York (State), Highway planning New York (State) Citizen participation, Highway engineering New York (State), Environmental protection, Highway engineering, and Highway planning Citizen participation
- Genres/Forms:
- Clippings. aat, Videocassettes. aat, Correspondence. aat, Photographs. aat, Notes. aat, Press releases. aat, and Fliers (printed matter) aat
- Names:
- Casatelli, Jeanne
- Corporate Names:
- Community Action Network of East Greenbush (N.Y.), Citizens for Riverfront Action, Scenic Hudson (Organization), and Scenic Hudson (Organization)
- Geographic Terms:
- Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.), East Greenbush (N.Y. : Town), Rensselaer County (N.Y.), New York (State), New York (State) East Greenbush (Town), New York (State) Rensselaer County, and United States Hudson River
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