Quartery Meeting with Champagne and Cheers

This Thursday--July 21 at 6 p.m. Hurd House/garden 2010 Goss St.
Quarterly meeting.
Champagne and cinnamon rolls to celebrate!!!!
Discussion will include celebration of change in land use that we've all been working on!!!!
Also--street mural, gardens, city environmental department closing, flash floods (with visitor from the emergency preparedness office), bike clinic and anything else on anyone's mind!!!!
It's time to show up and join in. Invite your neighbors. This one will be fun!!!

It's Official--Planning Board Also Votes YES!!!!

OK, it's a done deal.
We really, really won!
I attended and spoke at the Planning Board tonight because they had to consider the changes to the land use in Goss-Grove that City Council approved on June 7. In other words, they had to also approve the same boundaries. After some discussion, they did. Five members of the planning board had walked or biked the neighborhood and agreed that the boundaries looked odd on a map but made sense on the ground. The sixth member went along reluctantly.
July 21 at our quarterly meeting, we will have champagne. Come prepared to celebrate.
Quarterly meeting at Hurd house, 2010 Goss, at 6 p.m. I'm making cinnamon rolls this time, because it's summer and I'm tired of gumbo.
We will also have someone from emergency services talking about flood preparation.
Don't miss this meeting!!!!!!

Waking in the Night! Flashing Lights and Booms! ...but not in our neighborhood please....

Ahh, firework season.  Fireworks are illegal in the city of Boulder.  I love them in Folsom Field on July 4th, but hate them on our streets in the nights leading up to the 4th, and after...(got to light off the leftovers).  We called the police last night (no response) and Stephen went and shut down some of the lads over at 1905 Grove at 1 a.m.  If you are disturbed by fireworks, please call the police at 303-441-3333 (non-emergency dispatch line).  Over the years, we've been told by our neighborhood police to call, call, call if we want them down here.  Otherwise, they go patrol places where people do call them.

A Neighborhood Yard Sale?

Last year we did not have a yard sale, but a couple of neighbors showed up in the park on their own and sold their wares.  This year, we have had an inquiry about whether the neighborhood would have one. All it takes is one person to step up for it to happen....

And it does not take much.

Set a date and time.  We traditionally have done it the end of August when students are moving in/out.
Location 19th and Grove pocket park.
Send out an email to the neighborhood at goss-grove@googlegroups.com letting others know your intention and asking if anyone would be participating (if that is important to you).
Post a few signs on Canyon and Arapahoe letting people know.
Have fun!

Upcoming Neighborhood Events

Mark your calendars!  (You can always find latest postings on upcoming events at the  Goss-Grove Neighborhood Blog.

June 26th Free bike clinic, 12 - 4 p.m.

July 21 6 p.m. Jerrie and Jon's house with yummy gumbo! Quarterly neighborhood meeting

September 3rd. Come out and paint a neighborhood street mural at 19th and Grove!

October 20, Jerrie and Jon's, Quarterly neighborhood meeting and election of officers.

We Won!!!!! Land Use Change Passed City Council

Big thanks to everyone who came out to various meetings all year long in support of the land use change for Goss-Gove Neighborhood. Some of you have been working longer than a year on this issue----as in 30 years. In case you didn't get the news, on June 7th the City Council voted unanimously in support of the land use change, laying the groundwork for lower density in our neighborhood. Several City Council members spoke in our favor citing the example of Whittier neighborhood. When density was lowered there, that neighborhood began to improve in character and stability. Stability was cited as a reason to do this. People who buy homes in Goss-Grove need to be assured that they will not have a huge apartment building go in next to them. It was also noted that areas on the hill that have become all rental--mostly students--are problem areas in the city. Every neighborhood needs a core of residents who live there longer than the school year. It was also noted that our neighborhood association was key to getting this done. By that, we mostly mean May Hey was key to getting this done. She wrote the extraordinary and persuasive memos that even the council cited as among the best they'd ever read. Hip-hip-hurrah to Mary!

Save September 3 for Mural Painting

FYI
On the application to paint a mural at 19th and Grove (Geographic Center of Boulder and we're proud of it!) I had to pick a date when we want the streets closed.
I picked Saturday, September 3. This is a huge project. We will need all hands.
July Quarterly Meeting we will decide on the design. We already have two candidates--both good.
You will also want to be at July 21 meeting to help decide the design. I'm making cinnamon rolls and ice tea.
See you on both dates: July 21 and September 3!!!!!