Goss-Grove Neighborhood Meeting
October 17, 2013
NEXT MEETING: WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 7 P.M. 1919 GROVE STREET
The meeting was opened by co-chairs, Jenny and Stephen, to a full house at Mary and
Maria’s. Every chair and sofa seat in
the house was filled. So great to see so many people greeting each other,
renewing friendship and offering new friendship. As usual, there were yummy desserts and lots
of excellent wine. Thanks to all who took the time to attend and to our
hostesses.
It was a happy and unusual event in that there were two
slates of candidates running for chair/co-chair. Michele and Jeffrey generously offered to
take the load off Jenny and Stephen. J
& S wanted to continue for one more year to continue some of the momentum
built up this year, which was supported by a vote. Also by vote, Michele
continues as secretary, and Jerri as treasurer. We look forward to next year
when Michele and Jeffrey step up again to lead.
The flooding of September was discussed with recounts of
events and damage to homes and property.
Neighbors would like to be more informed and more prepared during this
type of event. A thank you was signed
and sent to the city for the flood mitigation efforts they have done over the
last several decades to lessen the impact of flooding of Boulder Creek.
Several neighbors who had significant damage thanked those
people who helped during the cleanup.
The spirit of neighbor helping neighbor is strong in Goss Grove.
You can sign up for “reverse 911” notifications and get more
emergency preparedness information at http://www.bouldercounty.org/safety/emergency/pages/default.aspx
Mary will contact the company that owns the ditch that overflowed,
Jeffrey will contact the city for a speaker for the next meeting, and David
will look into preparedness information for the neighborhood. Michele will contact the city for a
comprehensive street sweeping to cut down on the fine dust that is causing some
respiratory distress for residents.
David suggested a field trip to sites around Boulder that
have ideas that could be used for Goss Grove (public spaces, gardens,
etc). Probably an hour and a half, so
nothing too time consuming. He has a 15
passenger van, and we could combine the event with some food/wine enticement,
too. We decided next Spring would be a
good time to do this…everyone is too busy through the end of the year. Any
suggestions of where to visit?
There is a new residential advisor at Snow Lion. Derrick Jones can be reached at djones@naropa.edu. He has been super responsive and helpful.
The gardening season is coming to an end for this year. Last compost pick up is at the end of the
month. Please get your plots cleaned
off. Research into maintenance will be
done by Michele, Christi, and Garrett.
There will be some plots available so contact Jenny if you would like a
plot for next year. Jenny will get compost bags to put in the tool box for when
the compost bin is gone. (late breaking news:
compost bin is still there!)
The compass rose was repainted by neighborhood residents led
by Jan, who is the artist who designed the feature. Thank you gift was approved for her
work. Mary had picked out a beautiful
dragon fly ornament as part of it.
Lovely!
GGNA has long discussed an informational kiosk for the
neighborhood and efforts will be renewed to design and construct this feature.
Neighborhood outreach was discussed. An informational brochure will be provided
digitally that neighbors can print on-demand to give out to their new
neighbors. Other methods of distribution
were talked about including partnering with off campus housing office,
distributing information on door hangers, etc.
Paige and David will work on this project.
The neighborhood email listserve is going away as of
February 1, 2014. This relieves Jenny of
administering it. The neighborhood blog will still be our “face” to the outside
world, but an automatic email will no longer be sent out when a new post is up.
Sign up to be informed, and to inform,
on http://nextdoor.com/ As of November 20, 2013, we have 56 signed up…our
target is 100 minimum. It is a great way to learn about the neighborhood and
communicate with other residents. Another way to help other people know about
NextDoor is to log in and invite others by postcard, email, etc. It’s a super nice way to reach out as you
just select the locations you want cards sent to. It’s free and you can a certain number a
month. Reach out and get someone else
involved.
GGNA will talk to Naropa about participating in improvements
of the 19th street pocket park.
We have talked in the past about a design class working up some ideas. Although there is general enthusiasm about
this idea, we have not gotten any real traction on this yet. Let’s revisit next meeting.
A new bike repair shop
in the neighborhood! Visit Ryan at
Standard Bike Repair, new in the neighborhood at 1823 Marine, 10-5 and by
appointment, 720-937-8984. Thanks for
joining us, Ryan! As I recall, he heard
about GGNA at Jalino’s. Interesting…we have not posted anything there for a
long time. (Or maybe I am remembering incorrectly.)
Several residents have noticed increased difficulty parking
this fall. Enforcement is lacking and
the hang tag permits that come with the parking sticker are being sold to non-residents. This puts more cars on the already full
streets. Mary will draft a letter to the city and collect data about the problem. Please let her know if you are having any
parking issues that she can pass on to the city.
The treasurer reported income from the garden plots and
donations and expenses for the garden and compass rose for this year.
Respectfully submitted by Michele Bishop
