Listen: So our first week of the 2010 Neighborhood Project has come to end. And I have to say, while we've covered a lot of ground in first seven days, there's still a good deal of Martin Drive that's been left unexplored. Ideally, I could have walked house to house, getting thoughts and reflections and ideas from every part of the community, and then somehow turn that into a totally reflective collage of the neighborhood. But alas, time would never be so generous.
So, as a final tribute to Martin Drive, I'll leave you with some of the audio that I collected, but for one reason or another didn't get to edit. First, a piece that we aired, but I have yet to blog. Eric Mueller, a new resident of the neighborhood:
The Duncan family is a neighborhood's dream. Three siblings share a house in Martin Drive -- an MPS teacher, a Milwaukee Police Department policeman, and a student. Raymond, a teacher and an astonishing ball of energy, spends almost all of his other waking hours are devoted to making Martin Drive a better place. His home, which had once been a problem property for the neighborhood, is now a massive source of positive energy. Listen to an uncut interview with Raymond and his twin brother Joe:
Three more uncut interviews from Martin Drive neighbors. First, Lynn, who lives in her grandparents house and is a lifelong Martin Driver reflects a bit on the neighborhood:
Interested in Martin Drive? You can learn more about them on their Facebook neighborhood profile , and of course, you can always go and check it out for yourself !