June Updates

On May 24th many members of our group showed up to the Upland city council meeting to introduce our group and our concerns to the officials. The two main concerns that were addressed were the need for a crosswalk on the bike path at Campus, and a plea for the city to step in and get involved with the demolition of the burned down home at 936 Washington Blvd.

If you would like to do something to support the group's campaign

for a crosswalk on the Bike Trail and Campus - please contact

Rene Guerrero rguerrero@ci.upland.ca.us (909) 931-4235 (calling is better)

Ask him when he intends to call for a Street Safety Advisory Committee meeting with City Council members regarding crosswalk. Our group asked for this action to be followed through at the city council meeting earlier this month.

About the burned down house - everyone we have contacted through the city seems to be in agreement that their is nothing that can be done by the powers that be to speed up the demolition of the house. On September 15th, the right of redemption period will be over, where the owner of the foreclosed home has the right to buy back the house. If you have questions regarding this issue please direct them to

Dan Peelman City Attorney Info: Tel: (909) 815-6133.

Also in May our group had a write up story in the Inland Empire Weekly.

Click link to read http://www.ieweekly.com/cms/story/detail/joys_n_the_hood/3227/

We are working on a Contractor Referral page for this site so if you would like to recommend someone that you personally have had a good experience with and who does quality work - please visit the link on the right. Stuff to include:

Company Name, Contractor Name, Contact Info - phone, email, website

Type of Work - Specialty

Price - cheap, fair, expensive

Was estimate given and more or less in end

Length/time of repairs.

Photos of work done if you want

Was work subbed out -

Specialty licensing - historical home experience?

And anything else you want to include

Any complaints

And lastly we are trying to create a co-op of sorts for community/neighborhood shared equipment. Our first and most requested item we are trying to obtain is a community push lawnmower in good condition. Until we can get one donated, many neighbors wrote in that they had a lawnmower that they are happy to lend out if needed. Thank you! So if you need to borrow one please send in an email - (pleasantviewneighbors@gmail.com) & we will send you contact info for who has one to lend. Or if you have something you wish to donate - wheel barrow, edger, hole digger, shovel, compost, hoses, paint, brushes, fencing - please contact us.

We would like to get more contributors to the website, please make comments, add to the contractor referral page, or volunteer to head up a section of the site if you have the time.