Monsoon Rains in Our Chicanes

These photos were taken by neighborhood residents on Sunday, July 24th during one of the larger monsoon storms. You can see that the stormwater running down the street easily fills up the chicanes and greenway easement. The idea is that the stormwater can be utilized to water the native plants in the chicanes.

August 2011 Meeting Overview

Here are some of the highlights of August 3rd's neighborhood meeting.

• A plan to discuss weeding and maintaining the chicanes on Elm St. was discussed, but since the Watershed Management Group training program hasn't started yet, we decided to table action until next month. The idea of "adopt a chicane" was brought up, and we were encouraged to do our own minor maintenance and trash clean up in the chicanes.

• We set a date to do a cleanup of the pocket park at Linden and 6th Ave. It will happen at 9AM on Saturday, August 27th. Bring tools and gloves for weeding, etc.

• We may participate in the fall National Night Out (in October) with Feldman's Neighborhood. More info to come.

• There are two more "Welcome to Northwest Neighborhood" signs to hang somewhere in the neighborhood. They will likely be placed near the Northeast corner and Southeast corner of our neighborhood boundaries.

• A celebration of the 5th Ave Greenway project will likely take place on September 10th or September 17th. More info to come.

• Richard Sanders at the Northwest Neighborhood Center needs 40 kids (ages 5-12) to sign up for KIDCO for the fall or the program will be canceled at the center. Center info and contact info for the center is HERE

Nine residents and Richard from the center were in attendance. TPD did not send a representative for the second month in a row. Despite all of the agenda topics, the meeting went fairly fast and wrapped up in about an hour. Please come to the next monthly meeting on September 7th at 6PM.

Elm Street Chicanes

As part of our neighborhood improvement projects we recently had chicanes installed along Elm Street between 1st and 6th Ave. These chicanes narrow the road and help to calm traffic for pedestrians and cyclists. Plants and rock work have been placed inside of the chicanes. These chicanes utilize passive water harvesting design to allow stormwater to feed the native trees and plants.

You can see pictures from our chicane planting event HERE