The politicians have made a commitment to beautifying Hempstead Turnpike and the areas in their control, now what about everyone else? What can the people of Levittown do to clean up the neighborhood? This was the topic of discussion at the recent Levittown Community Council meeting.

The focus of people's concerns now seems to be on the businesses that don't care enough about the community to make an effort to clean up their store fronts and parking lots and the kids in the community who are too busy finding a spot where they can drink without getting caught that they don't care where they throw their beer bottles and debris.

The question is: How far are you willing to go to clean up your neighborhood? Are you willing to stop patronizing stores that show an obvious disrespect for the community? Are you willing to pay more attention to where your children are spending their time when they are away from home? Are you willing to get your hands dirty picking up trash or planting flowers? These are the things that need to be done in order to clean up Levittown and these are the questions residents need to be asking themselves if a beautification revolution is to take place in Levittown. People, whether they live or work in the community need to be held accountable for cleaning up the area where they spend their time.

All groups in the community, from the Scouts, to the high school students, to the civic organizations need to be willing to get involved in this effort. Everyone needs to do what they can to get rid of the eyesore areas on Hempstead Turnpike and make Levittown an area that everyone can be proud to live in.

It is your community. You are being challenged to do what you, as individuals and as a group, can do to make Levittown the beautiful neighborhood that it has the potential to be. Are you up to the challenge?

-Susie Trenkle