26 Strong at 2nd Meeting!

Thank you everyone for making it to the second meeting! And thank you to the neighbors that helped distribute the fliers - we tripled our numbers and couldn't have done it without you. Honestly I am a little blown away that so many of us have the same concerns and a willingness to get involved - it's great and I don't want to loose the momentum.

So since we had 26 attendees I came up with 26 things that you personally can do to help out this group. If you want to volunteer for something send an email & I will mark you down - especially if it is for materials or to offer skills, and post your name next to the item.

I am adding another meeting to the month, specifically for group project events. Jim graciously offered to teach us how to repair our historic stone curbs ourselves as a first project - so even if you don't feel like shoveling you can come learn how it is done and bring the people who are shoveling something to drink or tell us jokes. These project meetings will take place the 2nd Sunday of the month, we will have to determine a good month for this project - TBA. We will need supplies, volunteers, location, and photos to get it done. The meetings on the last Sunday will be for open forum discussions.

Since our first project has been to do something about the burned down home at 936 Washington - I would like to follow up our efforts in this by an email letter campaign to the President of the bank that took over ownership of the property in Sept. 2009. This project is on the list below - click it and it will link you to the copy of the letter I sent. You can copy and paste if you wish - but please add something to make your voice distinctive and make sure to change the name.

26 Ways to Help Out in Our Group/Community

Email Coast Capital Group – about burned down home – 936 Washington

Distribute fliers for next meeting

Turn your porch lights on at night

Check your street for lights that need to be fixed – contact Edison with pole #

Count number of lights your street has compared to the # on 2nd street

Materials needed for first project - bags of cement, shovels, wheelbarrows, rocks

Location for first project, send in photos of your curbs ASAP (no high traffic streets)

Homeowner to contact city to repair their stone curb – comparison

Photo of burned down home on Washington

Call Graffiti hotline when you see it

Check out district map and history links on website - New

Photo of Pleasant View Historic sign (close-up)

Contact city about Earth Day Event – shade tree for meeting spot anyone??

Join Arbor Foundation for $10 – get 10 free flowering trees as gift

Submit photos to Shutterfly photo site – help with event planning calendar

Suggestions for group: projects, areas of concern, local events

Neighborhood Watch volunteers

Walking Group coordinator

Note taker at meetings

Need Street Lighting map – can get through Jeff Starkley (909) 930-8483 - $13

Become a member of our website and email list

BYOU – bring your own umbrella & chair to next meeting

Potluck at meetings – bring something easy to share with neighbors

Code enforcement education

Ideas for dealing with rising # of empty homes in area

Find better way for us to interact on the web – Facebook not an option

pleasantviewneighbors@gmail.com