New Police Chief Gary Tittle to Speak at Annual Meeting on September 21st
Join us for our Annual Meeting on Tuesday night, September 21st to hear our new Police Chief share an update on public safety in our city. The meeting will begin at 6:30 pm and the location is TBD. Following a brief business meeting to select our NCPNA board members for 2022, we will hear from our special guest speaker. If you are interested in attending, becoming active with the NCPNA, or if you have a topic for Chief Tittle to address, please contact Robert Grinsfelder at rmgrins@aol.com.
We want a big turnout for Chief Tittle and will have appropriate COVID guidelines in place.
North College Park Neighborhood Facebook Group
NCPNA has an active private Facebook group. One of the administrators will quickly approve your admission to the group. Click here to go to the group page: facebook.com/groups/ncpna
Yard of the Month
Our dedicated judges again roved the neighborhood looking for yards to feature for the Yard of the month.
The Runner-up for August, Cristian Marquez, 1001 Morningstar. They received a $25 Bruce Miller’s Nursery gift certificate.
The Winner for August, Rodolfo Ruiz, 1103 Horizon, they received $25 Bruce Miller’s Nursery gift certificate.
Step-tember
Who is ready to get back to steppin’? We’re excited to announce our 2nd annual neighborhood step competition.
All you need to do to join is track your daily/weekly steps on any device (phone pedometer, smart watch, Fitbit, etc). By 3pm each Sunday, post a screenshot/picture of your step count through Saturday on one of our community Facebook page or email to April Anderson at adawn0105@gmail.com. The person with the most steps at the end of the month receives a $50 Amazon gift card and the person with the 2nd most steps qualifies for a $25 Amazon gift card (for the runner-up). You will also be entered in a drawing for an Amazfit Band 5 Fitness Tracker if you submit on time each of the 4 Sundays in September and have all your final numbers submitted by Saturday October 2nd at 3pm. We will have an end of event celebration for all the steppers At Glenville Park once winners and final step counts have been collected (date TBD).
To join simply email April Anderson at adawn0105@gmail.com so we know you’re joining us. We look forward to stepping up and out with our neighbors starting Wednesday September 1st!
National Night Out
We’re excited to announce that National Night Out is returning for 2021! This year NNO will be hosted in a number of parks around the city and Glenville Park has been selected for our neighborhood. We have registered as an organization, so there is no action for you to take individually. We will have additional details about the event in the September newsletter so for now mark your calendars for Tuesday October 5th in the park to celebrate your Richardson Police Department with your neighbors!
Booster Signs
If you want a “booster” sign, please let Vicki Bean V.Bean@att.net know and we will get you a sign.
Book Club Update
Our next neighborhood book club meet-up is Sunday, September 26th from 1:30-3pm. Location is April Anderson’s front yard at 1111 Morningstar Trail. We look forward to discussing “Loving Frank” by Nancy Horan a debut novel about a clandestine love affair between Mamah Borthwick Cheney and Frank Lloyd Wright. We’d love to have you with us. You can join any time by emailing April Anderson at adawn0105@gmail.com.
Small Business Spotlight
Ioana is one of our neighbours that lives on S. Briarcrest Dr with her husband and two fur babies.
She is an interior designer and together with two talented friends, Hannah and Sara, opened Line + Scale Design. They are a full-service design studio that specializes in residential projects (kitchens, bathrooms, furnishings, art & accessories, window treatments, color/paint consultations). Line + Scale creates functional and aesthetically pleasing interiors that reflect their clients’ personalities and lifestyles. They make the process easy and stress-free for their clients by meticulous planning from the beginning and by following a vetted process.
Their formal design education taught them to look beyond aesthetics. They create spaces that are functional, code-compliant, and protect the health and safety of their clients. They have the technical skills to design spaces that are logical and make use of every inch square.
Ioana, Hannah and Sara can be found on Instagram at line + scale design (@lineandscaledesign) and their website is lineandscale.com
If you have a small business you want to highlight, please email April Anderson at adawn0105@gmail.com for consideration. We want to support you!
Crime Watch Report
We met with our Crime Patrol officer and he reports that we continue to do very well.
Theft from vehicles continues to be a problem. Surprising theft of catalytic converters from vehicles has taken an uptick. Some vehicles are more vulnerable than others. The best defense is to park your vehicle in a garage or in a location where it is very visible. It takes only seconds to cut a converter out of a car with cordless power tools. In your driveway, motion sensing lighting can make a real difference.
Visible items like laptops, purses, wallets will get taken and a window broken if the door is locked. Don’t make it easy for thieves.
Be alert for porch pirates and remove your items promptly. Enlist a neighbor to pick up things if you won’t be home.
Stay alert, if you see activity in the neighborhood which does not feel right, call 911. We can always use additional crime patrol volunteers, on foot or in your vehicle. Contact our crime patrol coordinator for more information. Doug Freeman at d1004free@aol.com
Welcome Baskets
The Welcome Basket Committee is made up of Linda Brown 214-693-1612, Ioana Bates 469-396-5480 and Vicki Bean 214-949-7805 strong V.Bean@att.net. We put baskets with home items and food together for our new neighbors and invite them to join the North College Neighborhood Association. Please contact us if you know of a new neighbor on your block! The baskets are sponsored by the NCPNA.
Newsletter
This newsletter is the collaboration of several of your neighbors. It would not be possible without their support, thank you!
If you did not receive this newsletter in your email, you can easily sign up to receive your very own copy. We send out a newsletter every month with an occasional special email. We promise to not share your email address and we won’t drown you in emails. Go to http://ncpna.org/enews and fill out the form. Be sure and look for the confirmation email and confirm the subscription.
About North College Park Neighborhood Association
NCPNA is a neighborhood association and, unlike a homeowner’s association, we do not have any authority over anyone’s property. We sponsor activities and projects to help make our neighborhood a more pleasant and safe place to live. Volunteers are always needed, and we look forward to hearing about new ways to achieve our collective goals.
Contact Robert Grinsfelder at rmgrins@aol.com if you can help with any of these activities.
John Slaughter
NCPNA Newsletter Editor