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Letter from the President

by Luanne Cullen, 2010 GNA President

Dear Neighbors,

Your Glenlake Neighborhood Association Board is excited about the coming year and opportunities to contribute to the quality of life in Glenlake.

Last year was a big year for GNA, with the major LCRA accomplishments that Mary mentions in her summary, as well as other work done. In particular, the work on landscaping and gatehouse maintenance have received well-deserved praise from residents throughout the year. Mary’s summary does leave out one very important person – Mary herself. In serving as President for 2 years, Mary has contributed countless hours monitoring and addressing neighborhood issues and questions and leading the team. She has worked closely with the Sheriff to increase security in Glenlake. We thank her for her leadership and will value her advice in the future.

Moving forward in 2010, the GNA Board has put together some clear goals and areas of focus. We welcome ideas and volunteers to help direct and make these programs happen. Our plans include:

Continuing to build communication among neighbors. For example:

  • Annual Membership Picnic – a popular event to be held again this year.
  • National Night Out -- a program new to Glenlake, we’d like to participate in this night of “get to know your neighbor” block parties that promote community and raise awareness of security. Texas supports National Night out on October 5th this year.
  • Revitalizing the way we welcome new GNA residents – Welcome Committee chair Gillian McLean has drafted a letter that is easily updateable for new residents.

Schedule Some Neighborhood-Wide Action Days. For example:

  • A coordinated “walk-your-property day” can help enhance neighborhood safety and security.
  • Fire ant treatment days, when coordinated, historically helped the entire neighborhood control stinging pests.

Develop a Neighborhood Calendar – scheduling events early so that neighbors can plan. A first draft of this follows:

  • March – get-together (restaurant or brown-bag) with guest speaker(s)
  • May (tentatively, first weekend) -- Picnic in Woodland Park
  • October 5th, 2010 – Texas Celebrates National Night Out
  • October (third week) – General Meeting (elect 2 new GNA Board Members)

Make it easy to access neighborhood resources. Examples:

  • GNA Gatehouse Library: make books in the gatehouse available to members using a code-accessible lock.
  • Facilitate networking between neighbors by publicizing exercise groups, Bible study, gourmet clubs, or other informal groups. This suggestion came from our summer survey.
  • Publicize the official GNA clubs such as Garden Club

Explore whether there are community programs that the neighborhood qualifies for already, or that GNA homeowners feel it would benefit us to be part of. For example, we might explore:

  • G“Green Neighborhood” designation (earned by Jester Estates)
  • “Fire-Wise Neighborhood” designation (earned by River Place)
p>Increase communication, visibility, and neighbor-provided feedback around community issues and the organizations that track them. For example:

  • Austin Neighborhood Council
  • 2222 CONA

Increase visibility around what the GNA Budget does to enhance the neighborhood, and increase motivation to join and participate in the Neighborhood Association.

Stay abreast of local development issues, utility service issues, and resources that the County should provide.

We look forward to working with the neighborhood on these goals and programs.

Please contact us any time you have ideas or want to help. Here’s to a great 2010!

president@glenlakehoa.org

 

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