Fellow neighbors,
On some warm weekend morning this Spring, you can expect Stephen and me (your new co-chairs) to be sitting at a table in a pocket park offering fresh pancakes to passersby. The bulletin board at 19th and Grove will have bright announcements of neighborhood social hour and meetings so you can plan well ahead to come meet your neighbors. We would like to:
• Work towards better and safer access for pedestrians and bicycles in and out of our neighborhood.
• Beautify the pocket parks – consider redesign around current or new benches
• Start a neighborhood group where members can commit to one hour per month of service in our community. There are many small things to do that can add up to making big differences in quality of life here.
• Create a Goss-Grove neighborhood Facebook page to enhance neighborhood communication.
This election cycle highlighted how divided our country is. Our wish is that we, in Goss-Grove, work to build more community, not less. We strive to provide opportunities for interaction between all of us.
All of this can only happen in baby steps. One small step is for Stephen and me to open our home (1935 Grove St) for a social hour from 6-7 p.m., January 10, 2017, immediately preceding the neighborhood meeting at 7 p.m. at 1919 Grove St. (You don't have to go to the meeting, btw, unless you want to). We invite you to join us for a glass of wine, beer, crackers and cheese. I’ll be reaching out to some of you in the neighborhood. Please join us.
P.S. We have met many of you on our many strolls around the neighborhood with Bella. She's like to meet you too.
Jenny and Stephen
Co-chairs, Goss-Grove Neighborhood Association
