HNA E-News: Multi-Block Yard Sale 4/26???; 3001 Telegraph plans; ; Crime watch reports; etc.
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Halcyon Neighborhood Association E-Newsletter
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Items appearing in the HNA E-Newsletter are deemed to be of general interest to neighbors but do not necessarily reflect the views of Halcyon Neighborhood Association (HNA), its Steering Committee, or the Editor. The Editor's introductory comments express her personal viewpoint.
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1. Spring Cleaning: Who's Up for a Multi-Block Yard Sale, Sunday, April 26?
2. New Development Coming to 3001 Telegraph (at Ashby), Project Review at ZAB, Thursday, April 9, 6 p.m., Old City Hall
3. Whole Foods Market: Meeting with HNA Reps and Monthly Report
4. Crime Watch Reports: Car Break-ins on Prince Street and Halcyon Court
5. Crime Watch Report: Possible Prowler Along Prince Street
6. Prince Street Neighbor Offering Free Tai Chi Chih Refreshers at 11 a.m. at Halcyon Commons on Sundays 4/12 and 4/19
7. Warm Water Pool Update, Including Meeting Thursday, April 2
8. A Few More Volunteers Needed to Help Deliver HNA Flyers
9. City Council to Consider Proposal to Prioritize Undergrounding of Wires on Ashby and Other Major Streets, Tuesday, April 21
* For Your Calendar: HNA Dates Scheduled for 2009
* Disaster Prep Supply Cache Wish List
* City of Berkeley: Useful Contact Information
* Halcyon Neighborhood Association's Guiding Principles
Editor's Introductory Note:
With spring, I'm noticing the pace of items being submitted (and events planned) is picking up, so the E-News will be coming out a bit more frequently again. There are also a number of HNA-sponsored events coming up this spring (see the calendar placeholder after the news items for a list of events planned for the year). Please be sure to submit reports of both good news and any crime-watch incidents to <halcyon92@gmail.com> so we can keep the neighborhood informed.
-Nancy Carleton, HNA Co-Chair and E-Newsletter Editor
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1. Spring Cleaning: Who's Up for a Multi-Block Yard Sale, Sunday, April 26?
A Wheeler Street neighbor who was intending to hold a family yard sale but heard about our very successful multi-block yard sales from past years (which draw much bigger crowds than individual sale) has expressed willingness to help organize a multi-block yard sale for Sunday, April 26, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. (individual households could set up later or end earlier, but that would be the announced time frame; note that for advertised sales, dealers often show up half an hour to an hour earlier than the official start time.)
For HNA to sponsor a multi-block yard sale that day, we'd need to know that there's interest from at least 10-12 households (and ideally 18-20, or even more). If you've been doing your spring cleaning and would welcome the opportunity to make a little cash selling it -- and you'd be able to participate on 4/26 -- please email back to <halcyon92@gmail.com> by next Thursday, April 9. If there's enough interest, we will list sign-up information in our April flyer, which will give more households the chance to participate. We will also need a few volunteers to help the Wheeler Street organizer with some simple tasks that help ensure customers (painting large signs for intersections on Shattuck, Ashby, Adeline, and Telegraph and putting them out Sunday morning of the sale; posting flyers on poles and bulletin boards in this and surrounding neighborhoods in the week prior; etc.).
If the sale goes forward, each participating household would need to contribute $5 toward HNA expenses in advance of the sale (ads and duplication of flyers), and someone from HNA would go around on the day of the sale to request voluntary contributions from your sales proceeds (to go toward our disaster supply fund). Households that signed up by the cut-off date (likely the week before the sale) would be included on a map of sales, which would be available at participating households.
The multi-block yard sales are a great way to build community as we walk around checking out one another's sale. Please reply as soon as possible (and no later than 4/9) to <halcyon92@gmail.com> if your household would like to participate; expressing your interest now is the only way we can no if the event will fly, so pleas don't put the decision off! (This multi-block would be open to households in the Halcyon territory bounded by Adeline, Ashby, Telegraph, and Wheeler.)
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2. New Development Coming to 3001 Telegraph (at Ashby), Project Review at ZAB, Thursday, April 9, 6 p.m., Old City Hall
ZAB Project Preview for 3001 Telegraph Avenue
Thursday, April 9, 6 p.m. (note new time just announced)
Maudelle Shirek Building (Old City Hall), 2134 MLK, Jr. Way, 2nd floor
ZAB will hold a public hearing on the project preview of the use permit application for 3001 Telegraph (east across Telegraph from Whole Foods Market, in the vacant lot).
The application is to construct a 5-story mixed-use building with 38 dwelling units, 4,039 square feet of ground floor commercial space, and 42 parking spaces. (The application allows for a fifth story where only four would be otherwise permitted, and additional height, to accommodate the project's density bonus. It requests a use permit to provide 4,081 sq. ft. of open space where 7,6000 are otherwise required, and a use permit to provide 42 off-street parking spaces where 47 are otherwise required.)
The use permit application, which contains more details, may be downloaded at the following link (scroll down for this project):
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=360
(This 54-page report includes discussion of various issues plus some small drawings; full plans are scheduled to be posted to the website Friday.)
Public comment may be made verbally at the public hearing and in writing before the hearing:
Email: zab@ci.berkeley.ca.us
Questions: Aaron Sage, Project Planner for City of Berkeley: 510-981-7410 or <asage@ci.berkeley.ca.us.
[Editor's Note: HNA has no formal position on this project, and according to our Guiding Principles, reproduced at the end of each E-News, we only take positions on such issues when there is near-unanimity among neighbors. We are unlikely to take a position on height/density issues because of a range of opinions in the neighborhood, but we will pass on comments from neighbors, and we will be requesting that the developer/architect hold an informal meeting for neighbors in the surrounding areas: Halcyon, Bateman, Willard, and Le Conte neighborhoods all border this anchor corner. If you have comments you wish to have considered at the 4/9 hearing, please email <zab@ci.berkeley.ca.us> and feel free to cc <halcyon92@gmail.com>. We'd like to have a sense of neighbors' thinking on what's proposed for this important corner.]
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3. Whole Foods Market: Meeting with HNA Reps and Monthly Report
[Editor's Note: John and I, Caleb, Shael, and David met with Whole Foods Market Team Leader Mike Howard and Community Relations Rep Nick Heustis to continue tracking neighborhood concerns about parking, trash, graffiti, noise abatement, lighting, crime watch, and other issues. It was a very productive meeting. Thanks to David's participation, we were able to bring up issues relevant to Ashby neighbors and Webster Street neighbors whose backyards face Ashby. In addition to tracking progress on the concerns raised with an Excel spreadsheet, Nick has agreed to submit a monthly report, which I'll pass on in the E-News, with friendly news from Whole Foods. If you have issues or concerns (or praise) related to Whole Foods, feel free to submit them to <halcyon92@gmail.com> and we will pass them on, either with your contact information or anonymously, as you prefer.]
Hello, Friends,
Things have been going well over the last few months. The feedback from yesterday's neighborhood meeting conveyed a sense of progress and appreciation for communication on all sides. I definitely feel that we can all be assets to each other as neighbors and look forward to expanded conversations on this topic.
Crime Report:
The only report of criminal activity occurred 4/1/09, where an individual stole both license plates off a team member's car parked on Webster. Police were notified.
New recycling of plastic #5-
Through our partnership with Preserve, Organic Valley and Stonyfield Farms we now have "Gimme 5" bins at our store where you can recycle #5 plastic containers, such as sour cream tubs. They are turned into new preserve products such as toothbrushes and razor blades.
New organic certifier- CCOF
We now have a new Organic certifier for our store- California Certifed Organic Farmers. Being a certified organic grocer insures that organic integrity is maintained from farm to basket.
Whole Planet Fundraiser
We just concluded our Whole Planet Fundraiser for March. We were able to raise approx. $15,000 through customer and store-based donations for this amazing cause. Many thanks to all that supported. This will allow many more people in developing nations to receive micro-credit loans for entrepreneurial projects. Our goal at Whole Foods Market is that we support all the communities around the globe where we source products with this program.
Wellness for Life FREE Cooking Classes are taking off
Our new program for FREE cooking classes was initiated last month to a very positive response. The classes take place 2x per month on Tuesdays at the Alta Bates Cardiac conference room. Please check out our website or in-store calendar for info (http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/stores/calendars/BRK.html). These are short 1-hour classes that are fun, accessible and showcase easy ways to be healthy without spending a lot of money.
Raw Food Classes
Our community has been asking for raw food classes and we have been very happy to deliver. We have had informal talks, presentations and intensive cooking classes. This month we have classes on sprouting, juicing and a 2-hr. living foods cooking class.
Last month Whole Foods Market Berkeley supported the following non-profits/local schools with donations:
East Bay Community Scholarship Fund, Lunafest, Lifelong medical Care, Emerson Elementary, Peralta Elementary, Oxford Elementary,Montessori School, Berkwood Hedge School, MESA- sustainable agriculture, California Center for Public Health Advocacy, Jack and Jill of America, CAL cooking Club, Whole Planet Foundation
Nick Heustis
Whole Foods Market
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4. Crime Watch Reports: Car Break-ins on Prince Street and Halcyon Court
Editor's Note: Two reports (see below) were submitted from neighbors living in the 2300 block of Prince Street. Past experience indicates that car break-ins come in waves. If thieves are successful in scoring valuable items, they keep coming back. Here are some ways to break the cycle: Do not leave any valuables in your car (especially ones that are visible). Call the police if you notice anyone suspicious appearing to case your car or neighbors' cars. Post hand-made signs reminding visitors that there are car break-ins in the area and telling them not to leave valuables in their cars. Call the police to report any incidents (even if it seems like they can't do much, it does help them track patterns and results in beat officers coming by more often to patrol our neighborhood).
"Thought you might include this in your Crime Watch in the next HNA email: My car was broken into, actually while parked [in the middle of Halcyon Court on the evening of March 16th]. I have had a number of break-ins over the years in this neighborhood. This
one was a little different. The interior was in great disarray. They were determined to find something. Alas, there was nothing of value to take. I'm always grateful they don't steal the car registration."
"My neighbor suggested that I would drop you a note to let you know that 2 cars (from our building) were broken in to one, a couple of weeks ago and the other Saturday [April 4]. Please let people from the neighborhood know."
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5. Crime Watch Report: Possible Prowler Along Prince Street
A neighbor submitted the following report:
"At 11 a.m. on Thursday March 26th I observed a person walking down Prince Street west from Deakin, who appeared to be casing the area, walking slowly and looking into people's yards and down driveways. He was a black male, about 40 years old, short hair, medium build, about 5 ft 10 or 6 ft, wearing light-colored pants, black sweatshirt-jacket, gray baseball cap, who when I looked at him returned with a hostile gaze. I called police and then followed him from my vehicle, observing him go into the backyard of a house in the 2100 block of Prince St. I called police again with this update and BPD officers arrived in about one minute. The BPD dispatcher told me that the officers performed a "stop," locating this person. I was told by a neighbor that when officers find someone in someone's yard, they cannot arrest him/her unless there is a "no trespassing" sign on the property (especially if the home owner isn't home), so they may have let the person go, but not without first making identification of the individual. Good reason for us all to put "no trespassing" signage on our fences/gates, to help facilitate arrests."
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6. Prince Street Neighbor Offering Free Tai Chi Chih Refreshers at 11 a.m. at Halcyon Commons on Sundays 4/12 and 4/19
Free Tai Chi Chih Refresher Practice with Judith Schwartz
Sunday, April 12, and Sunday, April 19, 11 a.m.
Halcyon Commons (Halcyon Court at Prince)
In preparation for World Tai Chi Day on Saturday, April 25 (which will be celebrated with Free Tai Chi Chih practice at 10 a.m. in Halcyon Commons park, and at locations around the world), Prince Street neighbor Judith Schwartz has offered to lead two Sunday morning refresher practice sessions featuring Tai Chi Chih. After the April 25 event, some neighbors along with Judith may decide to schedule regular free Tai Chi Chih practice at Halcyon Commons.
The refresher practice (as well as the World Tai Chi Day event on April 25) would be for those who already know the twenty basic forms (i.e., not appropriate for beginners) and who want a refresher or just a chance to practice while we build community and anchor good energy in our common space. If there are people who are totally new to Tai Chi Chih, they can contact Judith to see about attending a class (for a fee) in her Prince Street backyard this spring or summer.
Judith would appreciate getting some sense of who intends to show up on April 12 (11 a.m.), April 19 (11 a.m.), and April 25 (10 a.m.), so please email or call her in advance if possible (but feel free to show up on any of the dates if you know the Tai Chi Chih forms):
Judith Schwartz <juditte44@yahoo.com>
510-843-2062
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7. Warm Water Pool Update, Including Meeting Thursday, April 2
Prince Street neighbor Yolanda Huang forwarded the following information:
The Pools Task Force has agreed on the Preferred option, which calls for the construction or 3 new pools and the renovation of Willard Pool and locker room. The Willard dive pool would be changed into a shallow pool for younger kids. A new competition size 25 meter pool would be built at King, and West campus would house 2 indoor pools, one warm/therapy pool, ad a second 84 degree instructional pool. The price tag is close to $30 million, and the costs of maintenance significantly exceed the current budgeted amount. The proposal is for the construction costs to be placed as a bond measure on the 2010 ballot. The pools task force is now grappling with less costly alternatives, and are considering closing either West or Willard and replacing it with the warm/therapy pool. The following are the public meeting times. Anyone interested is invited to provide comments and suggestions.
Upcoming Meetings
Thursday April 2: King Neighborhood Meetings - Live Oak Community Center 7 - 9 p.m. - Arts and Crafts Room
Meeting Purpose: To take comments on the Task Force Recommended Plan for King Pool
School Board Review of Draft Master Plan - April 15
City Council Work Session - April 21 - 5 p.m.
City Council Meeting - May 5
Task Force Meetings, as needed
Financial Subcommittee Meetings, as needed
E-Mail Updates to Task Force
Tina Stott, Planning/Outreach/Project Management
work: 510/420-0803 cell: 510/459-0399
The link to the pools master plan page is:
Scroll down the page until you come to the Draft Master Plan link.
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8. A Few More Volunteers Needed to Help Deliver HNA Flyers
Many thanks to the two neighbors who volunteered to help out with flyer delivery after the announcement in the last E-News. Because of neighbors moving or dealing with health issues, we need a few more new folks to help with this important communication link in our neighborhood. It's a simple task but makes a big difference. Flyer distribution takes place five or six times a year (the next flyer will be going out mid-April). We've divided the neighborhood into territories, each of which takes about half an hour to cover. Our flyer distribution system allows us to highlight HNA-sponsored events and to invite those who don't have email (there are still some!) as well as those new to the neighborhood to participate. We especially need more distributors for the western side of the neighborhood (Wheeler west to Adeline). Please email <halcyon92@gmail.com> if you can help out by regularly dropping neighborhood flyers! (You'll receive advance notice and the flyer packets will be dropped off to you to be distributed over the next five to seven days.)
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9. City Council to Consider Proposal to Prioritize Undergrounding of Wires on Ashby and Other Major Streets, Tuesday, April 21
[Editor's Note: I recently received the following announcement (which I've abridged here). Note that HNA has not taken a position on this issue but encourages neighbors to share their views with elected officials (contact information can be found at the end of each E-News). Visit http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/ContentDisplay.aspx?id=9868 for Council agenda packets as the 4/21 meeting date approaches.]
City Council Meeting
Tuesday, April 21, 7 p.m.
Old City Hall (2134 MLK)
Berkeley City Council will consider a proposal to prioritize undergrounding the telephone/electric poles and wires on Ashby, Sacramento, and Dwight at its April 21st meeting. The City's Share of Public Utility Funds (collected as fees on all our utility bills) should be used to underground the major, most traveled streets, which are most important in a disaster both for citizen emergency hospital access and safety evacuation and for first responders' access to danger or restoring basic services. . . . For forty years the City has allotted these public funds through a cumbersome system of first come, first served. This proposal streamlines the process, confirms the City's determination of greatest public benefit in street selection and most importantly, sets the most traveled major streets connecting hospital services as the City's first priority.
Friends of Public Benefit undergrounding (<shumer3@comcast.net>)
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* For Your Calendar: HNA Dates Scheduled for 2009
Dates set as of April 2009 (verify a couple weeks before event by checking HNA E-News):
Saturday, April 18 , 2009, 9 a.m. Earth Day Clean-up at Bushrod Park, Shattuck Avenue at 60th (Shattuck side)
Saturday, April 25, 2009, 10 a.m., T'ai Chi Chih Practice in the Park with Judith Schwartz on World Tai Chi and QiGong Day, Halcyon Commons (Halcyon Court at Prince Street); this will be the beginning of free ongoing neighborhood practice (days/times TBD)
Sunday, April 26, 2009, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Multi-Block Yard Sale (if enough households sign up)
Saturday, May 9, 2009, 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Work Party in Halcyon Commons (Halcyon at Prince)
Sunday, May 31 (tentative date), afternoon (2-4 p.m.), Training in Urban Self-Defense Strategies, Halcyon Commons (Halcyon at Prince)
Sunday, June 14, 5:30-8 p.m., Community Potluck, location TBD
Sunday, July 26, 2009, 10 a.m. - 12:30, Work Party in Halcyon Commons (Halcyon at Prince)
Tuesday, August 4, 6-8:30 p.m., National Night Out Against Crime (Potluck 6-7:30; Safety Walk, 7:30-8:30), Halcyon Commons (Halcyon at Prince) and surrounding neighborhood
Saturday, August 15, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. SNCPC Garage Sale at Bushrod Park, Shattuck side between 60th and 59th Streets (Neighborhood Rummage Sale to raise money for Crime Prevention Council, with HNA's participation)
Sunday, September 13, 4-6 p.m., Neighborhood Celebration with Live Music and Potluck in Halcyon Commons (Halcyon at Prince)
Saturday, October 10, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Big Work Party in Halcyon Commons (Halcyon at Prince) and surrounding neighborhood in coordination with Cal student volunteers from the Berkeley Project
Thursday, October 29, 7 p.m., SNCPC Annual Meeting (elect sector representatives to Crime Prevention Council), North Oakland Sr. Center, 58th St. and MLK Jr. Way (with HNA's participation)
Sunday, December 6, 4-5:30 p.m., HNA Steering Committee meeting to set dates for 2010, John Steere's house, 2329 Webster
Sunday, January 24, 2010, 5:00-8:45 p.m., Post-Holiday Progressive Potluck, four locations TBD
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* Disaster Prep Supply Cache Wish List
HNA's Disaster Prep Supply Cache contains items intended to benefit the entire neighborhood in the event of disaster. You can help us have what we need on hand in two ways: (1) Make a tax-deductible financial contribution to Berkeley Partners for Parks (BPFP, our nonprofit fiscal sponsor), earmarked Halcyon Disaster Prep, which will go toward purchasing additional supplies, and mail or drop off to HNA Treasurer Susan Hunter, 3044 Halcyon Court, Berkeley, CA 94705. (2) Contribute any of the following items in-kind (supplies MUST be new or in GOOD condition):
Duct Tape (this is a versatile supply that allows us to improvise with common household items in the event of a disaster: lots needed!); Batteries (AA, C, D), regular & rechargeable; Battery Recharger for AA (LOTS of these needed!), C, D; Quality Walkie-Talkies with 8-mile range, 22 channels (i.e., Motorola Talkabout T5500 two-way radios); Axes; Crow Bars, Hard Hats; Other Tools for Search & Rescue; Head Lamps; Heavy-duty Flashlights; Bullhorn; Flashcard (for storing neighborhood database to transfer to laptop); Sheets (freshly laundered or new; good for first aid); Blankets; First Aid Supplies; Gas Siphon (for extracting gas from cars to run generator); 5-Gallon Drums for long-term gas storage; Work Gloves; Large Camping Tents (with all parts!); Coleman or similar Gas or Propane Stove; Shelving for Shed; Two-Foot Lengths of 2x4s and 4x4s (good for cribbing and creating fulcrums for removing heavy objects during search & rescue operations).
Contact HNA Co-Chair and Cache Coordinator Nancy Carleton at <halcyon92@gmail.com> or 644-0172 to contribute supplies.
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* City of Berkeley: Useful Contact Information
Police
Police Emergency Number: 911 (from landline); 981-5911(from cell; preprogram with this number to reach Berkeley emergency from a cell)
Police Nonemergency Number: 981-5900
Link to beat maps and a list of beat officers:
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/police/department/beatinfo/beatlineup.html
In Halcyon neighborhood, west of Fulton is Beat 10, east of Fulton is Beat 9.
Link to crime stats:
Berkeley: http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/police
Link to police bulletins:
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/police/crimestats/policebulletins.html
Other City Departments:
City Manager's Office: Jim Hynes <jhynes@ci.berkeley.ca.us> 981-2493
Public Works Customer Service: 981-6620 (streets, sidewalks, graffiti, sewers, litter, storm drains, street lights)
Tree Trimming/Planting (Forestry)/Parks: 981-6660
Written Communication with City Council:
To comment to City Council, cut and paste the following email addresses:
City Clerk <clerk@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Mayor Tom Bates <Mayor@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Councilmember Linda Maio <LMaio@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Councilmember Darryl Moore <DMoore@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Councilmember Max Anderson <MAnderson@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Councilmember Jesse Arreguin <JArreguin@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Councilmember Laurie Capitelli <LCapitelli@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Councilmember Susan Wengraf <SWengraf@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Councilmember Kriss Worthington <KWorthington@ci.berkeley.ca.us>,
Councilmember Gordon Wozniak <GWozniak@ci.berkeley.ca.us>
Representatives for Our Neighborhood:
Councilmember Max Anderson (District 3) 981-7130
West side of Wheeler Street to west (except for Woolsey between Wheeler and Shattuck)
Councilmember Kriss Worthington (District 7) 981-7170
East side of Wheeler to east (includes block of Woolsey from Wheeler to Shattuck)
Mayor Tom Bates 981-7100
Zoning Adjustments Board:
To comment to the Zoning Adjustments Board regarding projects on their calendar, email:
Zoning Adjustments Board <zab@ci.berkeley.ca.us>
(best to submit your comments 10 days prior to meeting for inclusion in the advance packet to board members, but late submissions will be distributed the evening of the meeting)
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* Halcyon Neighborhood Association's Guiding Principles
HNA is a community group dedicated to stewardship of the Halcyon Neighborhood in South Berkeley (bounded by Telegraph, Ashby, Adeline, and Woolsey). We encourage positive, proactive, partnership-oriented approaches to improving the well-being of our neighborhood, with an emphasis on the following goals:
- Community building (such as regular potlucks, special events in the park, mutual support among neighbors, and multiblock yard sales);
- Ongoing care of Halcyon Commons (a park conceived of and created by the neighbors who founded HNA) under the nonprofit umbrella provided by Berkeley Partners for Parks and in partnership with the City of Berkeley;
- Continued greening and care of the neighborhood (planting trees, cleaning litter off streets, graffiti removal, and helping maintain public landscaped features);
- Strengthening neighborhood watch (crime watch, community safety walks, emergency preparedness, and disaster supply cache);
- Networking with the larger Berkeley community (nearby neighborhood groups, neighborhood businesses, City staff, and elected officials);
- Sharing information and empowering residents to become proactive in addressing neighborhood needs and in expressing individual viewpoints regarding civic affairs (spreading news through meetings, flyers, and the HNA E-Newsletter, and providing contact information).
To fulfill these goals, HNA provides a sanctuary from partisan politics so that neighbors with diverse viewpoints feel welcome to participate. Thus, HNA only takes stands on larger issues when there is near-unanimity among neighbors. By focusing on immediate local concerns, we find we can have a greater impact and get better results from the time we invest.
Guided by these principles, HNA invites neighbors who are willing to work together in a spirit of partnership to participate at whatever level makes sense for them. Opportunities for serving on our volunteer Steering Committee and project-oriented committees are available to neighbors who are willing to roll up their sleeves and work together in a nonpartisan spirit. Neighbors are invited to step forward into leadership positions defined by the work they do in accordance with HNA's primary goals and guiding principles.
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The Halcyon Neighborhood Association E-Newsletter: The HNA E-Newsletter forwards occasional crime-watch notices as well as items of general interest to neighbors in the Ashby/Telegraph/Woolsey/Adeline area of south Berkeley (HNA's borders), including announcements about community-building potlucks, greening projects, disaster preparedness meetings, and work parties in Halcyon Commons Park. If you're receiving this email, you probably either signed up at a neighborhood event or a neighbor forwarded it to you. Please note that to prevent spam, HNA always uses bcc and does not share your email address with third parties. If you wish to be removed from this list, please reply to HNA Co-Chair Nancy Carleton/Halcyon Neighborhood Association at <halcyon92@gmail.com>. Feel free to pass the HNA E-Newsletter on to other neighbors you think might be interested.
To submit items for the newsletter: Email unformatted content or links (no graphics or attachments please!) to HNA E-Newsletter Editor Nancy Carleton at <halcyon92@gmail.com>. Crime-watch reports and news about neighbors (births, new jobs, announcements re home businesses) is especially welcome. Please note that due to the volunteer nature of the endeavor, the E-Newsletter does not typically include "letters to the editor" or "commentary," but will gladly include links to such items written by neighbors in the Ashby/Telegraph/Woolsey/Adeline area and published elsewhere (the Berkeley Daily Planet has a large section devoted to opinion).
HNA Halcyon Safety Walk Listserve: For those who'd like to participate in night-time and daytime safety "dog" walks (dogs not required) to build community and serve as eyes on the street, please reply to Halcyon Neighborhood Association <halcyon92@gmail.com> indicating your interest, and you will receive an invitation to join. For everyone's safety, be sure to include your full name, address, email, and phone.
HNA Blog: If you would like to view previous newsletters online (and comment via a blog format, though this is a low-activity blog), please visit http://halcyoncourt.blogspot.com/
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