Ford Execs Come To Yorktown's Crompond Elementary

YORKTOWN, N.Y. -- Students from Yorktown's Crompond Elementary School will present designs to executives from the Ford Motor Company for a new eco-friendly car that will meet the needs of the 2030 market.

Executives from Ford Motor Company will listen to presentations from fourth and fifth grade students who have designed eco-friendly cars for the 2030 market.
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Joe Jenkins

03/18/2014 3:30 p.m.

Ben Messmer, Ford 2013 Mustang Designer and Moray Callum, Vice President of Design for Global Product will be on hand to see presentations from Crompond's fourth and fifth graders who have been researching and designing their vehicles for two months.

The idea was born in 2007 when eachers from Yorktown wrote a proposal to Callum, who then became intrigued by the idea of having students design three-dimensional eco-friendly cars.

The presentation will take place at Crompond Elementary School, 2901 Manor Street, at 6 p.m.

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