NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH vs Neighborhood Meetings

So what is the difference? Should we have only Neighborhood Watch Groups or just our Neighborhood Meetings? OR BOTH!! That will be the question to answer at our Neighborhood Meeting 26 April, 2011 - Twin Oaks Ave Baptist Church, corner of Twin Oaks Ave and Mariposa Ave., Citrus Heights. 7pm

Let's really find out what it takes to form a Neighborhood Watch. It won't surprise you to find out that you would need to talk to your Neighbor - all your neighbors on your street in order to see if they want to support this effort. You need everyone's buy in to make it work. Let's talk and see what will work and how to start.

Our Police Department has alot of experience in this area. Let's see how we can take their information and experience and make it work - IF WE WANT TOO!!

ART in City Hall?

Citrus Heights City Hall features the exhibitions of local artists in various buildings in the Citrus Heights Civic Center Complex located at 6237 Fountain Square Drive.

The current show is a "Student Art Exhibit" which features artwork by Sylvan Middle School and Mesa Verde High School students who participate in the San Juan Unified School District Arts Community. A model of sustainability, the students in the San Juan Arts Community reused the frames purchased with a City grant for last year's Student Art Exhibit in order to share 16 new pieces of artwork with the community. The Student Art Exhibit will remain on display until June 2, 2011. 

A new exhibition is featured every two months and generally includes the work of two to three artists. The public is invited to view the art collection at City Hall during regular business hours. To receive email notifications when there is a new exhibit, sign up for the City's e-notifer service.

If you are interested in showing your art in a future exhibit, email historyandarts@citrusheights.net


City of Ctrus Heights, California

Sunrise MarketPlace ONLINE

... from the City of Citrus Heights website:

Sunrise MarketPlace has partnered with Mallfinder to launch an entirely redesigned Web site promoting more than 400 merchants and services in the Citrus Heights business improvement district. The new site, www.shopSMP.com, establishes the online presence of Sunrise MarketPlace as a premier shopping destination for the Sacramento metro area.

complete story:  http://www.citrusheights.net/home/index.asp?page=10&recordid=1665

WOW!!!  I am really impressed with the website.....  very nice!!

Outgrowing Sayonara Drive Community Center

The current Sayonara Drive Community Center, run by Campus Life, has been operating successfully for more than six years. The center has outgrown it current facilities. The City is proposing to construct a small neighborhood center and park on the City-owned parcels on either side of Ming Way and Sayonara Drive. You are invited to attend a community meeting to provide input on the center's design and function.

Tuesday, May 10, 2011
7:00-8:00 p.m.
Sayonara Community Center
7861 Sayonara Drive
Citrus Heights, CA 95610

To view the flier download this link http://www.citrusheights.net/home/index.asp?page=10&recordid=1674&ref=10.

Possible "Community Meeting Center"

Currently there is a need in the Citrus Heights community for a flexible meeting space for local service clubs, resident groups and non-profits. The City is proposing to construct a small neighborhood center at 7521 Community Drive, the former Lions Clubhouse site, at the intersection of Sylvan Road and Community Drive. You are invited to attend a community meeting to provide input on the center's design and function.

Community Meeting: Neighborhood Center Construction
Thursday, May 5, 2011
7:00 -- 8:00 p.m.
City Hall
Trellis Hall (behind the General Services building)
6237 Fountain Square Drive

Click on the link below to see the flier.                                                            http://www.citrusheights.net/home/index.asp?page=10&recordid=1672&ref=10

 Let me know what you think? Try to attend the meeting or give me some feedback.

Keep California Beautiful - Recycle Friday April 22

On Friday April 22, 2011, do your part to recycle with Keep California Beautiful (KCB), California Electronic Asset Recovery (CEAR) & McDonald's. Between 8 am and noon, 13 McDonald's locations across Northern & Central California, including the McDonald's in Citrus Heights located at 7632 Sunrise Boulevard (corner of Sunrise Blvd. and Old Auburn Rd.), have partnered with KCB and CEAR to conveniently and responsibly recycle your e-waste for FREE. Proceeds will go to support the ongoing efforts of KCB.

It's as easy as 1, 2, 3:
1. Put your e-waste in your car
2. Bring your e-waste to one of the locations on this card
3. Pop your trunk - you won't even have to get out of the car

Items that can be dropped off at any of the e-waste collection sites include:

·  Monitors, televisions (including LCD, LED, and projection)

·  Desktop and laptop PCs, keyboards, mice, and other computer peripherals including cables and power supplies

·  VCRs, CD, and DVD players as well as video game consoles

·  Home and car stereo equipment, speakers, wires, and adapters

·  Cell phones, PDAs, Digital cameras, calculators, and home telephones

·  Techno Trash: CD's/Video Cassettes/Beta/DAT Tapes

·  Printers, copiers, scanners, and fax machines

·  Microwaves and other small kitchen appliances

·  Servers, mainframes, circuit boards

·  Hair dryers, straighteners, electric razors, and electric toothbrushes

·  Electric space heaters, humidifiers, electric fans, and vacuums

·  Almost any other electronic or corded small appliance

Items that CANNOT be dropped off at any of the e-waste collection sites include:

·  Large appliances such as refrigerators, stoves, dishwashers, washers, or dryers

·  Lawn mowers, weed eaters, or edgers

·  Air conditioners

For more information on the event, visit www.keepcabeautiful.org/.

YIPPEY!!! SPEEDMINDERS ARE BACK.

WHOOOPEY!!! YAHOO!!! Have you noticed that two of our three speedminders are back and working. YES!! I said working. (and I am sure it is due to the hard work from Mary Poole and General Services for Citrus Heights - special thanks!)

LOCATIONS: One Speedminder is on Twin Oaks Blvd just off Sunrise Blvd. ....  it is located on the pole on Twin Oaks Blvd and Victory. Check it out.

The other working Speedminder is on a pole on Mariposa Ave at Walnut. You will see it going south on Mariposa - turning on Mariposa off Twin Oaks, it is  just before Mariposa Elementary School.......... 

Our third one on Twin Oaks Blvd., turning off Auburn Blvd, going east. This one is still being worked on and is not functional yet, but hopefully soon. Let me know if you see it up and running.  

Watch that speed............  remember all the children, and our wandering "herds" of turkeys, lots of people walking and others on bikes.......  Please drive the speed limit, Be a good role model..

Please remember that the speed limit on any of our streets within the neighborhood is 25 miles per hour. We do have a problem on Twin Oaks Blvd especially because it is a 'cut through' from Auburn Blvd to Sunrise Blvd and back again. So residents need to show the way to the people that are cutting through- they need to remember this is a neighborhood, with family's and lots of children and we want everyone to be safe. PLEASE DRIVE 25. You be the role model maybe it might rub off.

We still have some lawn signs for reminding drivers they need to obey the speed laws. If you would like one for your lawn please feel free to contact me. slbenward@comcast.net

FREE Preservation of Family Photographs and Records Workshop

The Citrus Heights History and Arts Commission is offering a FREE one day basic archives workshop for the community to learn how to properly care for family photographs and records. The class will be instructed by Teena Stern and Laren Metzer.

Teena Stern is an archival and historical consultant with over thirty years of experience in the profession. Currently, she is chair of the History and Arts Commission of the City of Citrus Heights and Vice President of the local historical society. Laren Metzer is currently the Deputy State Archivist for the California State Archives and has thirty years of working in the profession and a wealth of teaching and writing experience.

The Preservation of Family Records and Photographs Workshop will be held at the Citrus Heights Civic Center Complex, located at 6237 Fountain Square Drive, in Trellis Hall on May 25, 2011, from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Space is limited and reservations will be accepted on a first come first serve basis. To reserve your spot today, call (916) 725-2448 or email historyandarts@citrusheights.net.