Rooted Together Nashville Information Session
5/28/24
From: Kia Jarmon, Nonprofit Equity Collaborative a partner in Rooted Together Nashville 615-592-6377
I hope this letter finds you well. As a valued member of our community and leader with the Salemtown Neighborhood Association, Rooted Together Nashville is reaching out to invite you to an upcoming information session focused on addressing food insecurity in North Nashville, and it’s local and systemic impact on the health and well-being of the community.
We would like for you to invite at least 10 neighbors to attend this session with you.
Date: Thursday, May 30
Time: 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location: Dedicated Senior Medical Center located at 3727 Clarksville Highway in the community room
At this session, we will be discussing the progress of our ongoing efforts to identify food insecurity and map food access points across 37208, 37207, and 37218, as well as providing updates on future opportunities for your partnership. Your input and participation are crucial as we continue to work towards creating a more food-secure community for all residents.
5/28/24
From: Kia Jarmon, Nonprofit Equity Collaborative a partner in Rooted Together Nashville 615-592-6377
I hope this letter finds you well. As a valued member of our community and leader with the Salemtown Neighborhood Association, Rooted Together Nashville is reaching out to invite you to an upcoming information session focused on addressing food insecurity in North Nashville, and it’s local and systemic impact on the health and well-being of the community.
We would like for you to invite at least 10 neighbors to attend this session with you.
Date: Thursday, May 30
Time: 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Location: Dedicated Senior Medical Center located at 3727 Clarksville Highway in the community room
At this session, we will be discussing the progress of our ongoing efforts to identify food insecurity and map food access points across 37208, 37207, and 37218, as well as providing updates on future opportunities for your partnership. Your input and participation are crucial as we continue to work towards creating a more food-secure community for all residents.
A Very Special Thanks
05/20/24 community message from Cindy Edwards.
Time flies when you are having fun! I can't believe we are just days away from hitting the halfway mark for 2024. I would like to extend my sincerest thanks to the Board members who have worked endlessly to make our year, thus far a tremendous success!
My sincerest thanks to the SNNA Board of Directors: Carolyn Freyer, VP, Derek Lisle, Member at Large, Brad Snider, Treasurer and Courtney Schroeder, Secretary, their endless contribution is greatly appreciated.
To all who attended the SNNA Fun Events, Clean-ups, Board and Community meetings, thank you for your support! These events are made possible by those who contributed to the 2024 donation contribution and those who volunteer their precious time to participate on SNNA committees.
Suggested donation contribution ~ $30.00
If you have not donated for the 2024 year, recommended donation is $30.00, please consider doing so to allow us to continue to make Salemtown a great place to live. Click this link JOIN TODAY to make your contribution.
If you are not sure if you have contributed for 2024, email [email protected]
EVENTS: Stay informed about SNNA scheduled events
Please visit the SNNA website calendar of events. Click here 2024 to see what we have planned for the rest of the summer.
Looking forward to seeing you at the Salemtown Summer Kickoff Party 5/31/24 and other fun events scheduled for this summer!
Warm Regards,
Cindy Edwards
SNNA President
201 694 0067
05/20/24 community message from Cindy Edwards.
Time flies when you are having fun! I can't believe we are just days away from hitting the halfway mark for 2024. I would like to extend my sincerest thanks to the Board members who have worked endlessly to make our year, thus far a tremendous success!
My sincerest thanks to the SNNA Board of Directors: Carolyn Freyer, VP, Derek Lisle, Member at Large, Brad Snider, Treasurer and Courtney Schroeder, Secretary, their endless contribution is greatly appreciated.
To all who attended the SNNA Fun Events, Clean-ups, Board and Community meetings, thank you for your support! These events are made possible by those who contributed to the 2024 donation contribution and those who volunteer their precious time to participate on SNNA committees.
Suggested donation contribution ~ $30.00
If you have not donated for the 2024 year, recommended donation is $30.00, please consider doing so to allow us to continue to make Salemtown a great place to live. Click this link JOIN TODAY to make your contribution.
If you are not sure if you have contributed for 2024, email [email protected]
EVENTS: Stay informed about SNNA scheduled events
Please visit the SNNA website calendar of events. Click here 2024 to see what we have planned for the rest of the summer.
Looking forward to seeing you at the Salemtown Summer Kickoff Party 5/31/24 and other fun events scheduled for this summer!
Warm Regards,
Cindy Edwards
SNNA President
201 694 0067
Community Safety Meeting Update
Meeting Date: 3/30/24 @ 10:00am NMPD North Precinct
From: Cindy Edwards
I wanted to share some of the major takeaways from the Community Safety Meeting:
1.) Report, Report, Report – Metro is data driven, that said if you do not report an incident, it does not show up in the system. When MNPD requests more resources the data gets reviewed, if the data does not support the need, then the request gets denied. There are several ways to report an incidence:
If you do not report an incident, it never happened.
2.) Lighting – Lighting deters crime, NES is replacing all streetlights with LED lights that will self-report outage, until this is completed, please report any outages to NES, you will need to provide the pole number.
3.) Extra Patrols have been added, Unit 72 is a dedicated team whose only job is to look for thieves. This unit begins its surveillance at 10:00 p.m. in marked and unmarked cars. Their entire focus is to seek out suspicious looking individuals.
4.) Mental Health Help, 95 CAR is a police car staffed with the police officer and a mental health professional to assist with homelessness and individuals with mental illness.
What is the City doing?
A lot of dialog took place and will be ongoing. The MNPD is diligently working on making us feel safe.
Meeting Date: 3/30/24 @ 10:00am NMPD North Precinct
From: Cindy Edwards
I wanted to share some of the major takeaways from the Community Safety Meeting:
1.) Report, Report, Report – Metro is data driven, that said if you do not report an incident, it does not show up in the system. When MNPD requests more resources the data gets reviewed, if the data does not support the need, then the request gets denied. There are several ways to report an incidence:
- Call emergency or non-emergency MNPD
- Utilize the HUB system online or call
- Visit the North Precinct Police Department
- Office: 615-862-4420
- Cell: 615-668-9069
- Email: [email protected]
If you do not report an incident, it never happened.
2.) Lighting – Lighting deters crime, NES is replacing all streetlights with LED lights that will self-report outage, until this is completed, please report any outages to NES, you will need to provide the pole number.
- Streetlights can be added to existing poles – check around your area to see if some can be added for extra protection. Call NES with the pole number you would like additional lighting.
- Light up your property
3.) Extra Patrols have been added, Unit 72 is a dedicated team whose only job is to look for thieves. This unit begins its surveillance at 10:00 p.m. in marked and unmarked cars. Their entire focus is to seek out suspicious looking individuals.
4.) Mental Health Help, 95 CAR is a police car staffed with the police officer and a mental health professional to assist with homelessness and individuals with mental illness.
What is the City doing?
- Increased rate of hiring
- License plate readers are in procurement stage
- Enhancing HUB capabilities
- Researching Sky Cop cameras
A lot of dialog took place and will be ongoing. The MNPD is diligently working on making us feel safe.
Nashville Rescue Mission Town Hall Update #1
From Cindy Edwards
Date: 2/27/24
Location: Nashville Rescue Mission
Time: 6:00 – 7:30
Nashville Rescue Mission Panel:
Discussions:
A lot of dialog regarding unkept promises communicated to the Salemtown Association by Glenn Cranfield, Mission CEO to relocate the playground and picnic areas to a center court yard, removing it from being accessible from the street, offering protection to the guests and avoid loitering of visitors. Today those areas remain in the same location as before. The Mission panel had no idea that was “supposed to be the plan” as they are all relatively new to the Mission.
Loitering of guests on private property was a hot topic
Trash – plastic bags attached to the fence, overflowing with debris
The alley next to the church is being used for vendors to solicit for cell phones purchases adding to the loitering problem also the alley is being blocked by emergency vehicles, both obstructing the owners from being able to access their property.
Lack of lights by the courtyard
Security – there is a tremendous lack of security. The Mission currently has one woman who patrols the Mission property on a golf cart during the week. The Mission has several security positions open unfortunately they have not been able to fill.
Resolutions discussed:
1)Security issues:
The Mission and the Community are committed to work together to resolve the issues, which will be ongoing and of different nature as time goes on. We need to schedule follow-up Town Halls to keep everyone accountable and be able to assist each other in resolving the issues at hand. It was suggested another Town Hall be scheduled in approximately 6-8 weeks.
A fundraiser was suggested – I will follow up with that person.
The Mission has a tremendous need for volunteers, if anyone can spare an hour or more any time is greatly appreciated.
I spoke with Joy and offered to follow-up.
Response from Nashville Rescue Mission – from Joy Flores, V.P. Ministries
Thank you Cindy, for following up and for these exceptional notes!
We are thankful for such a great turn out of folks who care about this neighborhood and are committed to help address these concerns. It will take us continuing to work side by side for change to happen.
I want to send a follow up email to the folks who were in attendance and provided their emails, this week has just been exceptionally full. I did want to give you a few updates on the things.
Security: I have gone over the job description with our current staff member who does rounds on NRM property regarding vaping and being on her cell phone. Hopefully this will improve. I have an interview next week with another potential candidate, we are hopeful.
Loitering: I have received contact information for the mobile crisis unit supervisor for our area. We call the hotline regularly for guests who are having a mental health crisis, and they are good to respond. I am setting up a meeting with the mobile crisis supervisor and will share our mutual concerns. Hopefully she has some helpful tips or ways they can support us moving forward. I am also looking to schedule a meeting with MPD, OHS, MDHA and potentially Jacob to discuss our larger issues of homelessness in Nashville and how we can address women and children. More to come on this.
Playground:
I have asked our operations team to move the picnic benches closer to the playground and away from the street. They will also start cleaning up the back grass area.
We have signed a contract with a fence company who is backlogged. They will install a new fence, although similar to the one currently there, it will be completely contained and will be locked at night. This will minimize risk of trespassing specifically at night.
We are open to the idea of planting trees along the fence on Garfield just as we have done on 7th street. If you can please send any information you have from Root Nashville that would be amazing.
Cement trash cans have been placed in the playground area and plastic bags hung on the fence have been removed.
The lighting that is out is a black lantern streetlight on 7th that belongs to the city. I have gathered the information from the streetlamp and have an email to NES & others in regard to getting this fixed. I started the conversation with our VP of Operations regarding more lighting, potentially solar paneled mountable streetlights. These might not work in Nashville as well as CA but we will continue the conversation and explore other options.
Cindy, I know this list will grow and change, it will take time to build trust as we get to know each other. I heard everything that was said on Tuesday, and I take these concerns very seriously. Even though it's only been 2 days, I have been working on all of these above everything else because I am committed to making change, bringing order and restoring safety to our neighborhood.
One more thing I forgot to mention. Mark Bernsdorf, with assurance wireless/cell phone provider, will be in tomorrow and regularly at about 10am. We have created a space for him inside our day room to meet with our guests. If any neighbor sees another cell phone provider setting up anywhere off NRM property, can you please let me know? Hopefully they will not be in the alley or on the church grass moving forward.
Thanks
Please feel free to email me any time,
thanks
Joy
Joy Flores
Nashville Rescue Mission | Vice President, Ministries
639 Lafayette Street
Nashville, TN 37203
Office: (615) 312-1542
nashvillerescuemission.org
From Cindy Edwards
Date: 2/27/24
Location: Nashville Rescue Mission
Time: 6:00 – 7:30
Nashville Rescue Mission Panel:
- Joy Flores, V.P. Ministries
- Mary Deloach, V.P. HR
- Denise Aikoriegie, Director Case Management
- Sam Siple, VP Development & Marketing
- Community Resource Officer, McClain
- North Precinct Community Coordinator, Sergeant James Freeman
- Salemtown
- Hope Gardens
- Buena Vista
- Germantown
Discussions:
A lot of dialog regarding unkept promises communicated to the Salemtown Association by Glenn Cranfield, Mission CEO to relocate the playground and picnic areas to a center court yard, removing it from being accessible from the street, offering protection to the guests and avoid loitering of visitors. Today those areas remain in the same location as before. The Mission panel had no idea that was “supposed to be the plan” as they are all relatively new to the Mission.
Loitering of guests on private property was a hot topic
Trash – plastic bags attached to the fence, overflowing with debris
The alley next to the church is being used for vendors to solicit for cell phones purchases adding to the loitering problem also the alley is being blocked by emergency vehicles, both obstructing the owners from being able to access their property.
Lack of lights by the courtyard
Security – there is a tremendous lack of security. The Mission currently has one woman who patrols the Mission property on a golf cart during the week. The Mission has several security positions open unfortunately they have not been able to fill.
Resolutions discussed:
1)Security issues:
- Reevaluate budgets to Increase wages to attract candidates, currently they are offering $15-$18 per hour
- Outsource security to licensed security firm – this may be cost prohibited
- Utilize part time employees as well as full time employees
- Work with Crisis Intervention
- Call police if the loitering is on the surrounding residential properties
- Install ring doorbell on residential properties to be able to talk to the trespassers
- Increase police presence
- Have patrol car on the Mission property
- Work with crisis intervention to help with guests with mental illness
- A new fence is being installed – hopefully it will be private and secure
- Move the playground and picnic areas further onto the property
- Plant trees – free from Root Nashville
- Contact emergency services to make them aware they are blocking residents
- Contact vendors and allow them to use the Mission parking lot
- Garbage cans have been ordered waiting on delivery
- The Mission will follow up with NES to get the proper lighting installed
The Mission and the Community are committed to work together to resolve the issues, which will be ongoing and of different nature as time goes on. We need to schedule follow-up Town Halls to keep everyone accountable and be able to assist each other in resolving the issues at hand. It was suggested another Town Hall be scheduled in approximately 6-8 weeks.
A fundraiser was suggested – I will follow up with that person.
The Mission has a tremendous need for volunteers, if anyone can spare an hour or more any time is greatly appreciated.
I spoke with Joy and offered to follow-up.
Response from Nashville Rescue Mission – from Joy Flores, V.P. Ministries
Thank you Cindy, for following up and for these exceptional notes!
We are thankful for such a great turn out of folks who care about this neighborhood and are committed to help address these concerns. It will take us continuing to work side by side for change to happen.
I want to send a follow up email to the folks who were in attendance and provided their emails, this week has just been exceptionally full. I did want to give you a few updates on the things.
Security: I have gone over the job description with our current staff member who does rounds on NRM property regarding vaping and being on her cell phone. Hopefully this will improve. I have an interview next week with another potential candidate, we are hopeful.
Loitering: I have received contact information for the mobile crisis unit supervisor for our area. We call the hotline regularly for guests who are having a mental health crisis, and they are good to respond. I am setting up a meeting with the mobile crisis supervisor and will share our mutual concerns. Hopefully she has some helpful tips or ways they can support us moving forward. I am also looking to schedule a meeting with MPD, OHS, MDHA and potentially Jacob to discuss our larger issues of homelessness in Nashville and how we can address women and children. More to come on this.
Playground:
I have asked our operations team to move the picnic benches closer to the playground and away from the street. They will also start cleaning up the back grass area.
We have signed a contract with a fence company who is backlogged. They will install a new fence, although similar to the one currently there, it will be completely contained and will be locked at night. This will minimize risk of trespassing specifically at night.
We are open to the idea of planting trees along the fence on Garfield just as we have done on 7th street. If you can please send any information you have from Root Nashville that would be amazing.
Cement trash cans have been placed in the playground area and plastic bags hung on the fence have been removed.
The lighting that is out is a black lantern streetlight on 7th that belongs to the city. I have gathered the information from the streetlamp and have an email to NES & others in regard to getting this fixed. I started the conversation with our VP of Operations regarding more lighting, potentially solar paneled mountable streetlights. These might not work in Nashville as well as CA but we will continue the conversation and explore other options.
Cindy, I know this list will grow and change, it will take time to build trust as we get to know each other. I heard everything that was said on Tuesday, and I take these concerns very seriously. Even though it's only been 2 days, I have been working on all of these above everything else because I am committed to making change, bringing order and restoring safety to our neighborhood.
One more thing I forgot to mention. Mark Bernsdorf, with assurance wireless/cell phone provider, will be in tomorrow and regularly at about 10am. We have created a space for him inside our day room to meet with our guests. If any neighbor sees another cell phone provider setting up anywhere off NRM property, can you please let me know? Hopefully they will not be in the alley or on the church grass moving forward.
Thanks
Please feel free to email me any time,
thanks
Joy
Joy Flores
Nashville Rescue Mission | Vice President, Ministries
639 Lafayette Street
Nashville, TN 37203
Office: (615) 312-1542
nashvillerescuemission.org
Nashville Rescue Mission Update #2
3/5/24
From: Cindy Edwards, SNNA President
To: Joy Flores, VP Ministries
Hi Joy,
Thank you for the list and the update!
Lighting: I will reach out to Jacob to see if he can provide us with a contact at NES to resolve the lantern issues.
Security: Glad to hear your security employee had a positive response to your feedback and fingers crossed for the new hire.
Loitering: I am very appreciative of the Crisis Co-Response training offering, the suggestion of monitoring the times when the loitering takes place and her offer to work with the community.
Trees/PLayground: Once I have something solid on any tree donations I will reach out to you to loop in the Ops VP. The fence will be a great enhancement.
Your quick responses have been refreshing. I know you have full let me know how I can be of assistance.
Regards,
Cindy
From: Joy Flores, VP Ministries
To: Cindy Edwards, SNNA President
Date: 3/5/24
Hi Cindy,
I wanted to touch base with you and keep our communication going. A few things, I am attaching the sign in sheet like you requested, thank you for handling that as I am way over capacity.
Streetlight: I spent over an hour on the phone with someone from NES and she was able to put in a request for the streetlight that is out on Garfield. They sent a technician out and reported back that they do not think this type of lantern is under their jurisdiction. I tried to explain to her that the light does not belong to NRM and that there are 19 other lanterns in the area. On the NES website it shows this type of lantern. Since it was not attached to a utility pole and did not have the same uniform number, they would not fix it. She also told me some bulbs have been on back order for serval months. I am not sure if Jacob Kupin has a fast track to finding out who the right person is to connect with. I was hoping I could have already had this resolved once I got a live person on the phone but that was not the case. I am happy to reach out if we find the right person to contact.
Security: I believe I mentioned I spoke with our current gal who does rounds of our property about vaping/being on her cell phone etc. She was very receptive and apologetic for the way she had been perceived by the neighbors. I am hoping for those who do observe her, they feel as though she has made improvements. We also had a productive interview with a potential candidate yesterday and will be extending an offer. If all goes well, he will be working Monday- Thursday 2pm-12am. We hope this will ease some of the concerns although we know the weekends are still open and we are actively working on recruiting for this position.
Loitering: I had a great conversation with Aisha Robinzine, The Crisis Co-Response Supervisor for North and South Precincts. Aisha works with the Mental Health Cooperative. She was willing to help in any way they could and once we set a date for our next town hall meeting her team is willing to come. We also talked about co-hosting a trauma informed care training for any neighbors who might be interested. She had a very helpful idea about police making rounds. She said if we have specific times of day that loitering seems to be a problem we can call North Precinct and ask for extra patrol during this time. She said the officers are given these their rounds at the beginning of their shifts, so if we just ask for patrol they will usually come at the end of that shift. If we have specific times this could be very helpful. I would be happy to work with MPD in this area if you could gather what days or times folks are having the most problems. I believe this idea, paired with our new Guest Specialist and a stronger partnership with the crisis co- response team will definitely help.
Trees/playground: Please let me know if you make headway with nurseries donating trees etc. I will need to include our VP of Operations in these decisions and for planting. The fence for the playground is still in que although we have signed the contract. Once installed it will be locked at night and hopefully decrease the risk of folks finding their way into the playground after dark.
Thanks again and please feel free to reach out with any further concerns.
thanks
Joy
3/5/24
From: Cindy Edwards, SNNA President
To: Joy Flores, VP Ministries
Hi Joy,
Thank you for the list and the update!
Lighting: I will reach out to Jacob to see if he can provide us with a contact at NES to resolve the lantern issues.
Security: Glad to hear your security employee had a positive response to your feedback and fingers crossed for the new hire.
Loitering: I am very appreciative of the Crisis Co-Response training offering, the suggestion of monitoring the times when the loitering takes place and her offer to work with the community.
Trees/PLayground: Once I have something solid on any tree donations I will reach out to you to loop in the Ops VP. The fence will be a great enhancement.
Your quick responses have been refreshing. I know you have full let me know how I can be of assistance.
Regards,
Cindy
From: Joy Flores, VP Ministries
To: Cindy Edwards, SNNA President
Date: 3/5/24
Hi Cindy,
I wanted to touch base with you and keep our communication going. A few things, I am attaching the sign in sheet like you requested, thank you for handling that as I am way over capacity.
Streetlight: I spent over an hour on the phone with someone from NES and she was able to put in a request for the streetlight that is out on Garfield. They sent a technician out and reported back that they do not think this type of lantern is under their jurisdiction. I tried to explain to her that the light does not belong to NRM and that there are 19 other lanterns in the area. On the NES website it shows this type of lantern. Since it was not attached to a utility pole and did not have the same uniform number, they would not fix it. She also told me some bulbs have been on back order for serval months. I am not sure if Jacob Kupin has a fast track to finding out who the right person is to connect with. I was hoping I could have already had this resolved once I got a live person on the phone but that was not the case. I am happy to reach out if we find the right person to contact.
Security: I believe I mentioned I spoke with our current gal who does rounds of our property about vaping/being on her cell phone etc. She was very receptive and apologetic for the way she had been perceived by the neighbors. I am hoping for those who do observe her, they feel as though she has made improvements. We also had a productive interview with a potential candidate yesterday and will be extending an offer. If all goes well, he will be working Monday- Thursday 2pm-12am. We hope this will ease some of the concerns although we know the weekends are still open and we are actively working on recruiting for this position.
Loitering: I had a great conversation with Aisha Robinzine, The Crisis Co-Response Supervisor for North and South Precincts. Aisha works with the Mental Health Cooperative. She was willing to help in any way they could and once we set a date for our next town hall meeting her team is willing to come. We also talked about co-hosting a trauma informed care training for any neighbors who might be interested. She had a very helpful idea about police making rounds. She said if we have specific times of day that loitering seems to be a problem we can call North Precinct and ask for extra patrol during this time. She said the officers are given these their rounds at the beginning of their shifts, so if we just ask for patrol they will usually come at the end of that shift. If we have specific times this could be very helpful. I would be happy to work with MPD in this area if you could gather what days or times folks are having the most problems. I believe this idea, paired with our new Guest Specialist and a stronger partnership with the crisis co- response team will definitely help.
Trees/playground: Please let me know if you make headway with nurseries donating trees etc. I will need to include our VP of Operations in these decisions and for planting. The fence for the playground is still in que although we have signed the contract. Once installed it will be locked at night and hopefully decrease the risk of folks finding their way into the playground after dark.
Thanks again and please feel free to reach out with any further concerns.
thanks
Joy
Morgan Park Community Center
February 29, 2024
Hello Friends and Neighbors,
The Germantown and Salemtown Neighborhood Associations met today with the Administrators of the Morgan Park Community Center. This meet and greet was put together to let people know more about this great facility. We met with Allison and Robert the center administrators, they are anxious to meet with the community and show all the amenities they have to offer as well as develop programs to encourage neighborhood participation. They will be scheduling an Open House for the neighborhood to go in and tour the facility. Please join their Facebook or Instagram page(listed below) for all planned programs and activities.
Please note: The Instagram page listed below is NEW and the old page is no longer being updated.
Did you know: That unlike Trix that are just for kids, the Morgan Park Community Center is for all members of the neighborhood?
Here are some of the features that are available to the community 5 days a week and open most nights until 8:30.
Please check out their Instagram and Facebook pages:
www.instagram.com/morganparkcommunitycenter/?igsh=MTBvdmZsMHF2MDc4dg%3D%3D
Facebook
February 29, 2024
Hello Friends and Neighbors,
The Germantown and Salemtown Neighborhood Associations met today with the Administrators of the Morgan Park Community Center. This meet and greet was put together to let people know more about this great facility. We met with Allison and Robert the center administrators, they are anxious to meet with the community and show all the amenities they have to offer as well as develop programs to encourage neighborhood participation. They will be scheduling an Open House for the neighborhood to go in and tour the facility. Please join their Facebook or Instagram page(listed below) for all planned programs and activities.
Please note: The Instagram page listed below is NEW and the old page is no longer being updated.
Did you know: That unlike Trix that are just for kids, the Morgan Park Community Center is for all members of the neighborhood?
Here are some of the features that are available to the community 5 days a week and open most nights until 8:30.
- A full-court basketball court
- Pickleball
- A Racquetball Court
- A full-size Nautilus gym
- Exercise Bikes
- A game room with a Pool table, Ping Pong Table, and Card and Board Games
- A Tot Time program for young families to bring their children ages 1-4 and meet with other neighborhood families.
- They are currently running a basketball tournament for kids ages 4-11. There are multiple divisions. The championship games are coming up soon.
Please check out their Instagram and Facebook pages:
www.instagram.com/morganparkcommunitycenter/?igsh=MTBvdmZsMHF2MDc4dg%3D%3D
Volunteers Needed
SNNA has lots of exciting happenings planned for 2024 and needs your help. Get involved and have lots of fun! We are currently seeking:
~Co-Captains for:
~General Volunteers
~Specific event volunteers
~Spontaneous volunteers
~Cross committee volunteers
Please review the committees and details below in the January 2024 SNNA Board Update and be ready to sign up 2/13/24 @ the community meeting. Not sure what committee is right for you, reach out to any of us.
You can offer to volunteer at any time. We are grateful for whatever amount of time you can contribute to making 2024 a success!
Looking forward to seeing you,
Cindy Edwards, President 201-694-0067, [email protected]
Carolyn Freyer, VP 760-333-7107, Social Events Committee, [email protected] [email protected]
Brad Snider, Treasurer – Membership Committee, [email protected]
Derek Lisle, Member At Large 615-390-5535, Safety & Beautification Committee, [email protected]
Courtney Schroeder, Secretary, Communications Committee, [email protected]
SNNA has lots of exciting happenings planned for 2024 and needs your help. Get involved and have lots of fun! We are currently seeking:
~Co-Captains for:
- Safety Committee
- Tree Planting Committee
- Neighborhood Cleanup Committee
~General Volunteers
~Specific event volunteers
~Spontaneous volunteers
~Cross committee volunteers
Please review the committees and details below in the January 2024 SNNA Board Update and be ready to sign up 2/13/24 @ the community meeting. Not sure what committee is right for you, reach out to any of us.
You can offer to volunteer at any time. We are grateful for whatever amount of time you can contribute to making 2024 a success!
Looking forward to seeing you,
Cindy Edwards, President 201-694-0067, [email protected]
Carolyn Freyer, VP 760-333-7107, Social Events Committee, [email protected] [email protected]
Brad Snider, Treasurer – Membership Committee, [email protected]
Derek Lisle, Member At Large 615-390-5535, Safety & Beautification Committee, [email protected]
Courtney Schroeder, Secretary, Communications Committee, [email protected]
JANUARY 2024
UPDATE FROM THE SNNA BOARD
Hello Salemtown Neighbors!
SNNA first Board of Director’s Meeting, open to the community, was quite a success! Thank you to those who visited, we even had a surprise visit from Mayor Freddie O’Connell. The meeting took place 1/9/24.
Check out what we have planned for 2024, thus far. We need volunteers to make these events happen. See what activities below excite you and volunteer your expertise. Not sure what committee is good for you? Reach out to me and/or any Committee Leader to help you figure out what committee is best for you. Also, save the date 2/13/24 for our SNNA Community meeting at Industrial, 5th & Taylor at 6:00 p.m.
Social Events Committee, Carolyn Freyer is working on the following:
Membership Committee, Brad Snider is working on the following:
Safety & Beautification Committee, Derek Lisle is working on:
Communication Committee, Courtney Schroeder is working on:
Warm regards,
Cindy Edwards, President, [email protected]
201-694-0067
Carloyn Freyer, VP, [email protected] [email protected]
760-333-7107
Brad Sneider, Treasurer, [email protected]
Courtney Schroeder, Secretary, [email protected]
Derek Lisle, Member at Large, [email protected]
615-390-5535
UPDATE FROM THE SNNA BOARD
Hello Salemtown Neighbors!
SNNA first Board of Director’s Meeting, open to the community, was quite a success! Thank you to those who visited, we even had a surprise visit from Mayor Freddie O’Connell. The meeting took place 1/9/24.
Check out what we have planned for 2024, thus far. We need volunteers to make these events happen. See what activities below excite you and volunteer your expertise. Not sure what committee is good for you? Reach out to me and/or any Committee Leader to help you figure out what committee is best for you. Also, save the date 2/13/24 for our SNNA Community meeting at Industrial, 5th & Taylor at 6:00 p.m.
Social Events Committee, Carolyn Freyer is working on the following:
- SNNA Trivia night at Monday Night Brewing
- Spread & Larder charcuterie board making classes & wine tasting
- 5th & Taylor cocktail making
- Spring Fling like the End of Summer Bash
- Flamingo Parties
- Suggestions from the neighborhood is to start earlier in the season, break during the mid-summer heat and then resume
- End of Summer Bash
- Baseball Day
- Blood drive sponsored by Blood Assurance
- Friendsgiving feast with a Food Drive focus
- Old School Field Day @ Morgan Park
- 8x8 or 6x6 events to help neighbors meet and enjoy each other
Membership Committee, Brad Snider is working on the following:
- Approach Salemtown and Germantown businesses to sponsor events and join SNNA
- Locate Airbnb owners to join SNNA
- Welcome basket for new Salemtown residents
- Summer Golf Scramble
Safety & Beautification Committee, Derek Lisle is working on:
- Neighborhood Clean-ups scheduled for:
- March, June, August & October plus piggyback on Germantown’s clean-ups
- Scheduling the Community Resource Officer to attend the Community meetings
- Learn more about the Garbage can program
- Connecting with the Facilities Manager of the Mission
- Trees for Neighborhood Yards – free trees for your property
Communication Committee, Courtney Schroeder is working on:
- Recurring newsletter
- Posting the minutes of the meeting on the website
- Sending out emails about meetings, events and other happenings
- Communicating updates for the website
Warm regards,
Cindy Edwards, President, [email protected]
201-694-0067
Carloyn Freyer, VP, [email protected] [email protected]
760-333-7107
Brad Sneider, Treasurer, [email protected]
Courtney Schroeder, Secretary, [email protected]
Derek Lisle, Member at Large, [email protected]
615-390-5535
2024 KICKOFF MESSAGE FROM THE SNNA BOARD
2024 SNNA BOARD GOALS & COMMITTEES
Happy New Year SNNA Members!
We want to begin by extending a special thanks and to acknowledg Derek Hoevel, outgoing President, for his dedication and commitment over the past several years to the betterment of the Salemtown Neighborhood.
Thank you for your support and electing the new 2024 Salemtown Board of Directors.
Below is a recap the 2023 events. Thank you to those who volunteered to make the events a success and thank you to those who attended and contributed to the fun!
Moving forward in 2024, It will be our honor to serve you and to facilitate our goals, outlined below. We certainly need your help and support to accomplish the goals. We encourage you to get involved and share your ideas. Please contact me or one of the board members listed below. We welcome your input and support.
2024 SNNA Goals:
Below are the the dates for the Board Meetings and Community meetings, you are welcome to attend all. The location of the meetings will be announced prior to each meeting, check your email and/or the website, www.salemtownneighbors.org
2024 Meeting schedule:
Once the agenda for Salemtown Neighborhood Events is created it will be published on the website, and you will receive an email prior to the events. We cannot do it without you! We are looking forward to a fun and fabulous 2024!
Warm regards,
Cindy Edwards, President
[email protected]
201-694-0067
Carolyn Freyer, Vice President
[email protected]
[email protected]
760-333-7107
Brad Snider, Treasurer
[email protected]
Courtney Schroder, Secretary
[email protected]
Derek Lisle, Member at Large
[email protected]
2024 SNNA BOARD GOALS & COMMITTEES
Happy New Year SNNA Members!
We want to begin by extending a special thanks and to acknowledg Derek Hoevel, outgoing President, for his dedication and commitment over the past several years to the betterment of the Salemtown Neighborhood.
Thank you for your support and electing the new 2024 Salemtown Board of Directors.
Below is a recap the 2023 events. Thank you to those who volunteered to make the events a success and thank you to those who attended and contributed to the fun!
- 13 Pink Flamingo Happy Hour Neighborhood parties
- End of Summer Party
- Halloween Party
- Blood drive sponsored by Blood Assurance
- Food drive for Second Harvest Food Bank
- 4 Neighborhood clean-ups
Moving forward in 2024, It will be our honor to serve you and to facilitate our goals, outlined below. We certainly need your help and support to accomplish the goals. We encourage you to get involved and share your ideas. Please contact me or one of the board members listed below. We welcome your input and support.
2024 SNNA Goals:
- Increase communication with the members & the community:
- Increase membership:
- Meet your neighbors and have fun:
- Increase Safety and Beauty in Salemtown:
Below are the the dates for the Board Meetings and Community meetings, you are welcome to attend all. The location of the meetings will be announced prior to each meeting, check your email and/or the website, www.salemtownneighbors.org
2024 Meeting schedule:
- 1/9/24 Board Meeting
- 2/13/24 Community Meeting
- 3/12/24 Board Meeting
- 4/9/24 Board Meeting
- 5/14/24 Community Meeting
- 6/11/24 Board Meeting
- 7/9/24 Board Meeting
- 8/13/24 Community Meeting
- 9/10/24 Board Meeting
- 10/8/24 Board Meeting
- 11/12/24 Community Meeting
- 12/10/24 Board Meeting
Once the agenda for Salemtown Neighborhood Events is created it will be published on the website, and you will receive an email prior to the events. We cannot do it without you! We are looking forward to a fun and fabulous 2024!
Warm regards,
Cindy Edwards, President
[email protected]
201-694-0067
Carolyn Freyer, Vice President
[email protected]
[email protected]
760-333-7107
Brad Snider, Treasurer
[email protected]
Courtney Schroder, Secretary
[email protected]
Derek Lisle, Member at Large
[email protected]
