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FHL interviews community leaders and others who have shaped the Meatpacking District, West Chelsea and Hell�s Kitchen/Clinton. To recommend someone for a community interview, please e-mail [email protected].
Featured Profile: Jamila Dphrepaulezz
 Jamila Dphrepaulezz has been a volunteer with Friends of the High Line since 2004, and has volunteered at countless FHL events, from the Summer Benefit to free family block parties. Jamila is a longtime resident of the West Village.
"For me, what is the most meaningful about supporting the High Line is that it is a really local project."
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 Since 1996, Jimmy Pelsey has been President of the Tenants Association at the Robert Fulton Houses, a large public NYCHA housing development in West Chelsea. Jimmy has lived in Chelsea for nearly 30 years. He has played a key role in fostering a dialogue between Fulton Houses' tenants and other residents, businesses, and organizations in the area. Read the Interview
 Florent Morellet has been a prominent figure in the Meatpacking District since he opened Restaurant Florent on Gansevoort Street in 1985. Florent has been a guiding force in the Meatpacking District community, spearheading the creation of the Gansevoort Market Historical District with Jo Hamilton. Read the Interview
 Debra Singer is the executive director and chief curator of the Kitchen, a West Chelsea based non-profit arts organization and performance and exhibition space. The Kitchen, founded in 1971 by experimental video artists, has played an important role shaping the American avant-garde movement. Read the Interview
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