Turnaround Friends Inc. is a 501(c) 3
nonprofit organization whose fundamental mission is to identify
degraded or abandoned properties and to work cooperatively with
others to form a "turnaround" plan to transform the negative
conditions into a source of pride and an asset to the community. The
goal and reasoning behind the mission is that a community’s social,
environmental and economic conditions are significantly improved if
its surroundings are enhanced with beauty, order and quality of
life.
During the past years the resources and talents of TFI and its board
have been directed solely toward the rescue, rehabilitation and
creation of the Seaside Nature Park located at the waterfront of
Great Kills Harbor, Staten Island. These concentrated efforts have
resulted in the preservation of open space and natural assets; they
have provided the public with a recreational resource in an
environmentally important setting.