Happy New Year to all our neighbors from The North College Park Neighborhood Association Board!
As we enter a new year in the greatest neighborhood, we want to express our gratitude to every volunteer and participant in our 2024 neighborhood events. We can only do what we do because of your participation and enthusiasm!
We’d love you to hear from you on our 2025 offerings: Complete 5-minute Survey
Included within this newsletter issue (click on hyperlink to jump to section):
- January Annual Membership Drive
- January Annual Meeting/Membership Rally (save the date!)
- Recap – 2025 Neighborhood Planning Event
- Recap – December YOTM selections from our Cocoa & Cookies Event
- Monthly Engagement Updates – Book Club, Crime Patrol, Financial Update, House Number Project
- Connect with us!
Let’s dive right into the new year!
January Annual Membership Drive
It’s that time of year to Become a Member or Renew your NCPNA Membership for $25 per household (or $65 with the discounted flag program offering through NCPNA). Please email john.e.slaughter@gmail.com with any membership questions or issues.
Your annual $25 per household membership dues provide these benefits and much more:
- FREE Annual Amigo’s Dinner with guest speaker(s)
- Spring Celebration (games, egg hunt, Easter bunny photo op, food for purchase member specials)
- Porch Crawl (discounts on commemorative glass, food, and beverages)
- National Night Out (Berkner band performances, emergency personnel meet & greets, free and discounted member food specials)
- Holiday Cocoa & Cookies Event
- Monthly Book Club
- Crime Patrol
- Yard of the Month
- Flag Program (for an additional $40 per year discounted rate as a member you receive 5 flag deployments)
January Annual Meeting/Membership Rally
(FREE for active members!)
Please save the date of Thursday, January 30th, 2025 6-8pm in your calendars! We will host our annual meeting and membership rally at Amigo’s Restaurant in Richardson. The dinner is FREE for all active members. You can renew or join right here or renew/join in person at the event.
North College Park Neighborhood Association is supported by voluntary contributions from residents. The stated goals of the association are to promote safety, integrity, beauty, quality of life, a sense of community, and the value of our homes. We meet these goals through our annual events, monthly offerings, crime patrol, and flag program.
You may pay your membership by PayPal, Zelle™ or personal check. Details on the membership page: ncpna.org/join. If you pay by Zelle™, be sure and include your name and street address in the message block so we can match your payment with you!
NCPNA is a great place to be a resident and we look forward to electing our board, enjoying friendship and fellowship together over dinner, and learning about exciting developments ahead in Richardson throughout 2025.
Recap – 2025 Planning Event
Residents and board members gathered at the Grinsfelder home in December to finalize our 2025 calendar of events. We discussed membership benefits, all 2025 events, and volunteer recruiting. We’re excited about all the great ideas that came from this meeting to set us up for success in the year ahead.
If you didn’t click above, please complete this survey so we can understand what would make you most excited to participate in throughout the coming year as a member, volunteer, and/or idea generator! We want to grow events and offer new and exciting events and programs each year, but we can only do that with your feedback and support.
Recap – December YOTM selections from our Holiday Cocoa & Cookies Event
Congratulations to our December Yard of the Month holiday winners! These were selected by neighbors who brought their ballots to the Cocoa and Cookies event held at Briarcrest Court on December 15th and hosted by the Maldonado Family. 50+ neighbors and friends enjoyed the delicious hot chocolate bar and cookies!
First Place winners are Rosa and Mark Simpkins at 810 Windsong
Runner-Up winners are Mike and Kathleen Uremovich, 1119 Sundial
Thanks to all our neighbors who have added a festive look to their yards during the holidays!
Monthly Engagement Programs Update
Monthly Book Club
Book Club Starts back up in January – Our Annual Kick off & Christmas book exchanged is on January 25th from 1-3pm at 1118 Sundial (Hannah Spate’s home)
Read our Latest Monthly Book Club Newsletter
Join anytime by emailing Hannah Spates at spateshannah@gmail.com
Crime Patrol
Often a newsletter article that reports: “There is no report” is bad news!! Except for Crime
Watch Patrol in North College Park, where that is great news!
Our Richardson Police Department Officer communicated to the assembled Crime Watch Patrol
meeting attendees (11 in number) at Rocco’s Italian restaurant on January 2, 2025 that there
were “No reported crime events in Noth College Park in December”. We celebrate that
report and our Crime Watch Patrol for their ongoing efforts regarding our safety.
Update: The response to the Richardson Police Department’s call for the Richardson Citizen’s Police Academy was brought huge amounts of interest. The class is now full and closed for applications. But don’t give up, you can apply to join this program next year.
Our next Crime Watch Patrol meeting is set for February 6th, 2025 at 6 PM at Rocco’s Italian Café next
to Kroger. We are ready to welcome you. Please email Doug Freeman at d1004free@aol.com to join!
House Number Project
We have an incredibly special house number project in NCPNPA. Volunteers will create a handmade wooden sign for your back fence to comply with city regulations. This service is FREE to members. These signs make it easier for emergency services to find your residence. Contact Doug Freeman, d1004free@aol.com for yours if you don’t have one!
Connect with us!
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
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