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.

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.

We are asking all residents throughout the White Rock area of Rancho Cordova to vote on what to do about the eastern pillar on Mills Park Drive. Additionally, we would like to get input from any locals in Rancho Cordova too. A Mills Park Drive committee has formed as a result of the Community Safety Forum a couple weeks ago. Our committee has adopted a tremendous two-phase plan that we’re submitting to you for approval. Vote “yes” or “no” on the right side of sidebar (on the White Rock website) after watching the video below (or HERE).

Questions? Call Ryan at 916.595.3735 or Linda at 916.206.6539.

Please check out the new White Rock Neighborhood website. This site will serve the entire White Rock area, of which Cordova Towne is a part of (southwestern corner of White Rock). You can get on the email list for Mills Park Drive updates too.

www.WhiteRockNeighborhood.com.

We are looking for some residents willing to pass out flyers to the community to help invite local White Rock residents to the Community Safety Forum. It’s so important that we gather and really voice our opinions on what needs to be done to improve safety in our neighborhood. If interested, you can pass out flyers on a particular street or area. Just let us know. Call 595-3735 or comment below.

Also, thank you to Mayor McGarvey who has provided funds for 1000 flyers to be printed for this event. We sincerely appreciate the Mayor’s quick response and availability of funds to do this.

Strong neighborhoods happen when we are a team. Let’s keep finding very practical and simple ways to grow together as a team for the sake of our neighborhood.

We are very excited to be on Facebook now. Nicole created a page for us and it’s going to be a great way to stay in touch. We’d love to have you “like” the page when you have a moment. Just click on the following link and click “like” at the top of the page. www.facebook.com/cordovatowne

We are very sad to hear of the murder of Rajneet Kaur Singh, a White Rock area resident. May she rest in peace. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family, friends, and neighbors. As time unfolds, our hope is to be able to open up conversation about how we can come together as a community to stop crime like this. It’s an outrage and a very sad and difficult situation. 

From News 10′s website:

A group of residents got together today to cut out new wooden letters that say “Cordova Towne”. The old letters on the northern corner of Croydon & Mather Field Road have been looking very unpolished in light of their age, so it was time to spruce things up a bit. Nice job Orv, Rich, Brandon & Ryan. With a little intention, we can get a lot done in a community. We all benefit in the neighborhood when people step forward to use their abilities and give a few minutes here and there.

If you’d like to help prime, paint or hang the letters, speak on. We’ll be doing this in the next two weeks and we’re looking for volunteers. See you at the installation party on September 25 at 10:30am.