Great news

Looks like we'll be getting some additional improvements over at River Hill Park! The Parks Department is going to be putting in a Frisbee/Disc golf course. This is a really fun sport that is growing in popularity. It will also (hopefully) help draw more people to use the park, which carries the added benefit of discouraging loitering and shady activity over there! More details to come.

Also I just got a notice from Councilman Myer's office that the Tatesbrook Neighborhood Association is holding an Ice Cream social tomorrow, 6/13 from 1-3 PM, at Tatesbrook Church at the corner of Trent Blvd & Appian Way. Councilman Myers plans to attend.

Neighborhood Notes:

Looks like spring has finally arrived here in the Bluegrass, and I wanted to update everyone about some neighborhood happenings.

1) Special thanks to Janice Fisher and all those who helped her with the beautiful landscaping at the front entrance. We will be applying for some of our matching funds to cover the cost of labor/materials for these improvements
2) Our winter meeting was very productive. We elected a new treasurer and welcomed some new members. We talked about what to do with the matching funds that the city awarded us for this year, and we selected a date for our neighborhood garage sale.
3) The neighborhood garage sale will be May 16th. We will advertise in the Herald Leader and place some signs in the area
4) We are looking for some generous neighbor to store our holiday decorations in their garage or attic. Ann & Rob are simply out of room and they have been kind enough to hold them for several years now.

Further bulletins as events warrant :-)

Winter Meeting Scheduled

Apparently the Tates Creek library is going through renovations in March, so our normal meeting place is unavailable. Instead I just decided to invite everyone to my house for the meeting. It'll be Monday, March 9th at 7pm, 1169 Narrow Lane. We're at the very end of the street - white house with a red front door. I'm hoping some of our new neighbors will join us for this.

There are still plans to re-schedule the (now twice post-poned) community pot-luck, which will be a get-together between several neighborhood associations in our district at the new community center. I'll post details as soon as I have them. Thanks!

Quick Update

My apologies for letting this blog go so long without updates, but we really haven't had much to report... until now!

• I received a copy of our matching funds agreement, signed by the mayor. This means we have 365 days to spend the money they have awarded us
• Our winter pot luck has been canceled due to weather... twice. This pot luck will be with several other associations in our district once we can finally get the weather to cooperate. It will be held at the new community center, and I will pass along details as soon as I get them.
• I have received several complaints about "abandoned" vehicles. Again, the association has no enforcement powers, but the Lexington Police do (258-3600). The LFUCG standard is that any car parked on the street for 24 consecutive hours qualifies as an abandoned vehicle.
  
• We need a new treasurer. We write about 20 checks a year, so mostly this job is just the person who keeps track of our account balances and logs when people have paid their dues.
  
• We'll be having a meeting before March Madness, I promise.
  

Winter is here!

And with the coming of winter we have also received the good news that the city has approved our matching funds request.  I'll be heading to City hall to pick up the check this Friday, and we'll be meeting soon to look at the style and location for a new neighborhood sign!

Please also make note of the following events:

12/12 - hearing downtown regarding the conditional use permit for one of our neighbors to offer day care to an additional 4 children.  You have all received fliers on this matter in the mail.

12/16 - Pot Luck with Gainesway and Tatesbrook neighborhood associations.  7:00 p.m. at the new Gainesway Community Center, which is on Milano Rd. (the back entrance to the Tates Creek Schools), off Centre Parkway.  All are welcome!

October Update

We've applied for funds from the city to purchase a new sign, and to do some landscape work. Once that is approved (and we anticipate it will be), we will have a meeting to discuss what kind of sign to purchase. We will also need to meet with Kentucky Utilities to get the sign location approved.

An unfortunate note to add, I received a report recently of some vandalism in the neighborhood to automobiles. Anytime you see suspicious activity in the neighborhood, or wish to report vandalism, call the Lexington Police non-emergency number at 859.258.3600.

We will be scheduling a fall meeting soon, and may try to coordinate (as we did last year) a pot luck to coincide with a televised UK football game. Watch this space!

Summer meeting August 5th

I reserved the community room at the library for our summer meeting on August 5th. It will be at 7pm. Please bring your ideas for projects/activities!