Can it get any more beautiful than this? Wow...this weather is amazing.
It's been a while, but we have not forgotten about you! In fact, we've been planning some ways to get together again. One almost happened but we postponed it and one is in the making.
In this edition:
1. Poker Night
2. Brunch and Bikes (Spring 2011)
3. Soup for Halloween
4. Blog Stories - pigeons and more...
1. Poker Night - Friday, September 24th – 7:00 PM, 7085 Gladiola St - Smith's House
Mark your calendars for the next night of fun; feel free to invite friends and neighbors. Most of us haven’t played much poker so don’t worry if you are inexperienced as well. More info here.
2. Brunch and Bikes - Postponed. The idea was to fix bikes for neighborhood children while enjoying some great food and amazing weather! It's still a great idea, but we'll do it in the Spring of 2011 when everyone is ready to use their bikes once again.
I spoke to John, owner of Foothills Cycling and he was ready to donate 10 gently used bikes, PTA at EL Foster Elementary where our children attend (a Title 1 dual language Spanish/English school in East Arvada) was ready to bring some of their children that needed bikes, Einstein's Bagles was ready to donate bagels, I spoke to Mark and Cynda owners of Bread Winners Catering in Old Town and they were ready to donate delicious quiche and 4-5 neighbors.
3. "Soup on Halloween" Sat-Sunday, Oct 30-31. I spoke to one of our neighbors Scott who already does this as well as the president of Maple Valley HOA (right next to Shadow Mountain) and we're looking into opening different homes for Halloween weekend and making soup - split-pea, chicken noodle, chile and my favorite Tortilla Soup, like a "Halloween progressive dinner".
4. Blog Stories - our blog has had over 400 hits in just 3 months since our park event in June 2010. I also spoke to the Arvada City Manager and our blog will be under "Community Partners" on the Arvada City Website and the Old Town website.
I personally love Donna's story about the pigeon. I've also enjoyed the progress reports Scott has been posting regarding Maria's rebuilding (house that burned down last year), read updates here.
Btw, Maria's construction site was vandalized a few days ago, someone jumped the fence and cut down one of her trees. Why? No clue.
* If you hear of any vandalism, please let us know, we'll update the blog so we all can be on the lookout and help each other.
Other Quick Updates:
*A great book you may want to pick up on neighborhoods and community is "Community: The Structure of Belonging" by Peter Block.
*If you would like to co-host our neighbor's blog and post please let me know, I don't want to hog the blog : )
*I've received emails from many of you expressing gratitude for the connections that are being made on our homes and neighborhood. Thank you.
*The other day a neighbor knocked on our door as she was walking her dog, I had never met her before but she reads our blog. She told me "your car lights are on". That saved me having to get a jump the next morning while trying to drop children off. Thank you.
Glad to be your neighbor.
Please stop by anytime,
davidT
2. Brunch and Bikes - Postponed. The idea was to fix bikes for neighborhood children while enjoying some great food and amazing weather! It's still a great idea, but we'll do it in the Spring of 2011 when everyone is ready to use their bikes once again.
I spoke to John, owner of Foothills Cycling and he was ready to donate 10 gently used bikes, PTA at EL Foster Elementary where our children attend (a Title 1 dual language Spanish/English school in East Arvada) was ready to bring some of their children that needed bikes, Einstein's Bagles was ready to donate bagels, I spoke to Mark and Cynda owners of Bread Winners Catering in Old Town and they were ready to donate delicious quiche and 4-5 neighbors.
3. "Soup on Halloween" Sat-Sunday, Oct 30-31. I spoke to one of our neighbors Scott who already does this as well as the president of Maple Valley HOA (right next to Shadow Mountain) and we're looking into opening different homes for Halloween weekend and making soup - split-pea, chicken noodle, chile and my favorite Tortilla Soup, like a "Halloween progressive dinner".
4. Blog Stories - our blog has had over 400 hits in just 3 months since our park event in June 2010. I also spoke to the Arvada City Manager and our blog will be under "Community Partners" on the Arvada City Website and the Old Town website.
I personally love Donna's story about the pigeon. I've also enjoyed the progress reports Scott has been posting regarding Maria's rebuilding (house that burned down last year), read updates here.
Btw, Maria's construction site was vandalized a few days ago, someone jumped the fence and cut down one of her trees. Why? No clue.
* If you hear of any vandalism, please let us know, we'll update the blog so we all can be on the lookout and help each other.
Other Quick Updates:
*A great book you may want to pick up on neighborhoods and community is "Community: The Structure of Belonging" by Peter Block.
*If you would like to co-host our neighbor's blog and post please let me know, I don't want to hog the blog : )
*I've received emails from many of you expressing gratitude for the connections that are being made on our homes and neighborhood. Thank you.
*The other day a neighbor knocked on our door as she was walking her dog, I had never met her before but she reads our blog. She told me "your car lights are on". That saved me having to get a jump the next morning while trying to drop children off. Thank you.
Glad to be your neighbor.
Please stop by anytime,
davidT
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