Building a Strong Neighborhood Together

We have some “I Love Cordova Towne” stickers coming soon. The “Love” will actually be a red heart symbol, so it’ll look really nice. They’ll be fairly small at 5.5″ x 1.38″ and perfect for a mailbox, car window, bumper, binder or whatever you’d like. Let’s show some neighborhood pride and put up some stickers. We’ll get them in about ten days. If you want a few, just let us know.

On Saturday, August 21st from 8-12pm we will get together as a neighborhood and paint the wall and plant new plants in the planter boxes on Croydon & Mather. We invite you to come out with us for however much of the time you’d like. Additionally, we’ll put a new fixed “T” up in the “Cordova Towne” lettering (only if someone steps forward to do make a new “T” – money can be provided). New paint will really help the wall look nice. We may only be doing a portion of the painting (taping and cutting along the edges of the brick pillars), but we’ll know more soon about that.

Please mark this date in your calendars. All ages are invited to come out to paritcipate. Also, if you have a green thumb and can give input on what type of plants to put in the planter boxes, we need serious help with that. Details will unfold soon. Let us know if you can make it through the “contact” page. Thanks.

Lastly, way to go Leadership Rancho Cordova!!! Thank you for spear-heading this project.

Photo Credit: Janel, a Cordova Towne resident.

On Saturday, April 10, 2010 from 9-10am, Mayor Ken Cooley has invited residents to take a walk with him. Meet at White Rock Elementary School at 9am and walk for one mile in the neighborhood. Rain or shine.

I’m very excited to announce Project 680′s upcoming “Biking for Socks” event on May 8, 2010. We are doing a community bike ride in order to accomplish three things: 1) Bring awareness to the problem of student homelessness in the FCUSD; 2) Collect socks for homeless kids in the FCUSD; and 3) Gather up a few bucks to be able to give to the District Liaison for Homeless Services so she can meet the needs of students on an “as needed” basis – meaning that when the neediest of students come to her, she can simply take care of some of the things they need – whether clothing, deodarant, shoes, study materials, etc….

If anyone would like to be a “drop-off” location for the sock drive, let me know. It would be great to have some Cordova Towne representation this time around.

You can sign up for the bike ride on Facebook too if you’d like (or just comment below or visit the Project 680 website at www.project680.org.

In case you did not know, Project 680 was birthed in our neighborhood a couple of years ago. Please have a look at the video below and let me know if you have any questions, ideas, or a desire to get involved in any way.

Next week on Wednesday March 17th, 2010 at 6:30pm, come meet in the American River North room at City Hall to discuss an exciting tile project for our neighborhood. The Rancho Cordova Leadership Class has selected our neighborhood for a community beautification project, and they’re reaching out to us to get something great done in our neighborhood. This project will take place near Croydon & Mather Field Road and should be fantasticfor the look of our neighborhood as well as any passersby in Rancho Cordova.

In a nuthshell, Rancho Cordova Leadership will present ideas for a tile or mural project to us, and so we need to pitch in our thoughts as well as talk about how to pull this off. The Leadership Class is looking for our input, ideas as well as hands-on assistance. If we all put in just a bit of effort (not much), we’ll be able to sincerely beautify this entrance corner to the subdivision.

A few years ago we painted the wall along Mather Field Road and this was a roaring success for our community and Rancho Cordova. Let’s take things to the next level now and do something special in our neighborhood and for our community.

Please consider sending someone from your household to this very important meeting if you are able. Your opinion and ideas count. Contact Stephanie DeShon of Rancho Cordova Leadership at 916-875-9627 or you can contact us through the website (click “contact”).

By the way, if it’s been a while since you’ve seen this video, give it a quick watch. Let’s remember the great things that have happened, are happening and will happen in our neighborhood.

Here is a new audio post. As we consider goals for the new year, let’s consider being intentional about being good neighbors in very practical and simple ways. Our neighborhood has seen some great things in years past. Let’s keep it that way in the future!!! Life is better when we get to share the journey with people around us – even neighbors. Let me know if you have tips to add to the list.

Hey Everyone I just wanted to share a great experience I just had with one of our neighborhood businesses.

I don’t know if you’ve heard of Max Bounce House or not, they have provided a bounce house at some of our past neighborhood events. My daughter’s first birthday party was this weekend and being that she was only turning one I didn’t want to waste money on a venue when she wasn’t going to remember it anyway. But we were having some older children there who would need to have something fun to do. I remembered that there was a bounce house company in the neighborhood, so I contacted Ryan, as he knows everyone and he provided me with their contact info.

I contacted Misty Spaeth and her brother Matt over a month before the event and she answered all my questions very quickly. I told her I was concerned about the weather as the party was in late February and Misty was very accommodating let me know that could accept booking up to a day prior to the event as long as they weren’t already booked. Of course the week of the party we had perfect weather, but the forecast indicated a chance of rain over the weekend and I literally waited until the last minute and Misty and Matt couldn’t have been more helpful! They came 10 minutes prior to the party to set up and go over the rules and came and took down the bounce house when the party was over as well as gave me a GREAT price!

I would definitely recommend them to anyone looking to rent a bounce house and I will be using them again in the future! Thanks again Max Bounce House!

Have you heard of Rancho Cordova Mayor Ken Cooley’s “20 Tons in 2010″ campaign? Have a look below at information from www.20tonsin2010.com.

Rancho Cordova has launched a program intended to promote a healthier community by building awareness for those who live, work, play, or pray here. You are encouraged to join our commitment to get healthy, stay fit and have fun! 

If one of YOUR goals for 2010 is to lose weight and/or get fit, then you are NOT alone. What’s more, you are about to be joined by what could amount to be the ENTIRE CITY of Rancho Cordova. On February 1, 2010, Mayor Ken Cooley announced a program to lead the City on a quest to lose 20 Tons in 2010.

So here’s the Challenge:

• For individuals who live, work, play, or pray in Rancho Cordova to lose 10 pounds in 10 months (February thru November 2010)
• For the Rancho Cordova community as a whole to lose a combined total of 20 tons in 2010. That’s a minimum of 4000 people losing 10 pounds in a city of over 50,000 people!

We need YOUR HELP to achieve this goal!

The WINS for YOU are:

• You will be 10 pounds lighter and that much HEALTHIER. NOTE: we are not limiting you to 10 pounds. There will be prizes for the “biggest losers”!
• You will be eligible for monthly PRIZES donated by local businesses. ALL registered participants are entered each month and you don’t even have to LOSE to WIN!
• You will be part of a city-wide effort to get fit and HAVE FUN! There will be events, giveaways, incentives, and some fabulous prizes. (Worth repeating!)

Register HERE to be a part of the health challenge. All information above minus the first paragraph was taken verbatim from the 20 Tons in 2010 website.