Building a Strong Neighborhood Together

We’re going to get together on the last Saturday of this month to spruce up our neighborhood. Residents of all ages are welcome to attend and be a part of steering the neighborhood in the right direction. Let’s flex some neighborhood muscle!!

Event Details: On April 27, 2013 at 9am, we’re going to meet on the corner of Croydon & Mather Field Rd to paint the “Cordova Towne” letters white. If you look closely at each corner, you can see they need to be re-painted since they were freshly installed nearly 2.5 years ago. Additionally we’ll walk around the neighborhood to pick up garbage. We have a limited number of paint brushes, so please bring a brush or paint tray if you have one. Additionally, if you have bags to bring for garbage, please bring those too. If anyone would like to donate coffee or water, speak on. We’ll have some people stay to paint and others walk around on garbage duty. We’ll meet for 90 minutes most likely (or 2 hours at the most). Come and go as you please.

What can you do? Come to the event of course. But on top of that if you have a project you’ve been planning for the front yard, why not kick it off during the last week of the month? Or if your yard is looking tired or unkempt, why not give it some attention? We’d love to see small improvements throughout the neighborhood. After all, it’s is up to all of us to steer the neighborhood in the right direction.

By the way, here is a video of Mayor Linda Budge talking about ways to make Rancho Cordova beautiful and dealing with simple things like abandoned shopping carts, bulk trash pick-ups, etc… Give it a quick watch below.

Neighbors, let’s get together on Tuesday August 7 for “National Night Out”. This is an event across the country where neighbors will meet up to stand for strong communities and against crime. We certainly want our neighborhood to keep growing in the right direction, so this is a great opportunity for all of us.

Please join other residents on Tuesday August 7, 2012 to do some grilling and mingling. This is a potluck, so you’re invited to bring something to share if you can. We’ll provide hot dogs, buns and a grill. Let us know if you can help with things like music, pop-up tents, drinks, tables, games, or anything else.

When: August 7, 2012, 6:30-8pm-ish
What: Potluck BBQ for the entire family
Where: 10267 Croydon Way
Why: Meet some neighbors & and eat together
Cost: Free. Bring some food to share if you can.

Contact Ryan & Jenny 595-3735 for details.

The Rancho Cordova Police Department would like to set up acommunity meeting with the Cordova Towne neighborhood regarding the recent crime activity residents have been talking about on the neighborhood eGroup. We will meet at 6:00pm on Wednesday January 11, 2012 at the  Rancho Cordova Police Department, Canfield Conference Room, 2897 Kilgore Road Rancho Cordova CA.

Topics to be discussed will include developing NeighborhoodWatch groups, status of the investigation and crime reporting.

We have great news!! City Hall has given us the green flag to move ahead with our plans for the sign. A few days ago they approved the design that Ainor Signs graciously donated to us.

What happens now? If all goes well, we’ll hope to install the sign in mid-November to early December. Before that though, we do need some help with several things. Here are four ways to get involved. Don’t be shy. This project will ONLY happen if we get the following things done:

1) Pass out flyers: We need a group of people to canvas the neighborhood to pass out flyers in the neighborhood. We may do two rounds depending on what we need to communicate.

2) Plan the celebration: We need help planning a party to officially welcome the new sign (we’ll invite media too). It would be great to have one resident volunteer to help be the planner and then others volunteer to help with logistics. This is not a major block party or huge undertaking, but rather something low-key and connective to sip on drinks and eat a bit. If nobody steps forward, we’ll axe the idea.

3) Fence installation crew: We need a few more residents to help install a new fence on the property behind where the sign will go. Thank you to those who have volunteered already. This will be the backdrop to the sign.

4) Clean-up help: We need a handful of residents to help clean up the general area surrounding the sign. There is quite a bit of debris. It would be ideal to have 5 people volunteer.

Thank you for your support. Let’s keep moving forward. Please join the eGroup if you live in the neighborhood. We need residents to talk with each other, report crime and stand strong together.

The yard sale is here!!! Thank you to Sue Q and so many Mills Park Drive residents and others who pulled together to make this happen. Thank you to everyone in the neighborhood and from all over Rancho Cordova who donated. A special thanks to FCCP, the Cordova Community Council and Cordova Church of Christ for tables, marketing and handling some logistics. The sale will go from September 16-18 from 8am-5pm at 2958 Mills Park Drive. If you have not yet seen the incredible amount of donated items or the amazing organization that Sue Quackenbush and neighbors put together, watch these videos: (Video # 2 today) and (Video # 1 yesterday).

How to Get Involved over the next 3 Days:

1) Come buy something at the sale (or just come to say “hi”).
2) Volunteer a few hours to help with logistics. Yes, we could still use help.
3) Write a tax-deductible check to “Cordova Community Council”.
4) Be on call for any details that may arise that need immediate attention.
5) Invite your family and friends to the yard sale.
6) Share a video link above via email or on Facebook.

It takes a whole lot of hard work to get things done in the community. Change never happens without intention. Thank you again to all those who have planned, donated, prayed and sweat to make this a reality. Thank you also to those who have not yet done anything, but will soon arise to integrate into the stream of community life. Let’s work hard to raise $2,500+ so we can get a new sign, and thereby rebrand our corner after such a tragic situation.

Sincerely,

Ryan L & Sue Q

Here is the latest video. We have SO MUCH STUFF.

You want a glimpse of some of the stuff we’ll be selling at the yard sale? Here is a brief video to give a mini preview into only some of what we are offering at the sale. We’ll have way more and this yard sale will be a well-oiled machine thanks to Sue Q and neighbors. We are still accepting donations and we still have slots available for residents to volunteer with logistics on Friday through Sunday.

September 16-18, 2011 8am – 5pm @ 2958 Mills Park Drive Rancho Cordova CA

What are you doing on October 8, 2011 from 10am-2pm? White Rock Park will be re-opening and it’ll be a huge reason to celebrate as a neighborhood. Please see the image below from CRPD for details.

Next Tuesday is “National Night Out”, which is an event across the country where neighbors will get together to stand against crime to promote strong neighborhoods. We certainly want our neighborhood to keep growing in the right direction, so this is a great opportunity for all of us.

Please join other residents on Tuesday August 2, 2011 to do some grilling and mingling. This is a potluck, so you’re invited to bring something to share if you can. We’ll provide hot dogs and a grill. Let us know if you can help with things like music, pop-up tents, drinks, dessert, plates or napkins.

When: August 2, 2011, 6-8pm-ish
What: Potluck BBQ for the entire family
Where:  10267 Croydon Way
Why: Meet some neighbors & PD and eat dinner together
Cost:  Free. Bring some food to share if you can.

Contact Ryan & Jenny L at 916-595-3735 or email through the neighborhood website.