Posted in Upcoming General Meeting Announcement, news on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Our next general meeting is Tuesday, January 15, 2008 at the Menello Musuem at 7p. Please join us. We will have updates on the Alden Road Development, our neighborhood sign project and much more.
Posted in Alden Road Development, Alden Road Realignment, Philadelphia/Alden Pollution cleanup, news on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Please note the pdf document with possible Alden realignment options we discussed in our October meeting is posted here.
If Alden is realigned properly, it could help create a good streetscape and buffer from Orange and public transportion such as Lynx and commuter rail. We will be discussing this further in upcoming meetings.
Posted in Neighborhood Matching Grant Committee, Neighborhood Signs on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
We generated the final monies needeed; $1600.00 for our Neighborhood Sign project! We have made our goal and created a buffer for paying for cement and any unforeseen expenditures. Congratulations to all! Thank You to the neighborhood for supporting this project so generously.
Posted in Newsletters on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Here’s our most recent newsletter in pdf format. Other newsletters, past meeting minutes and more can be found in our YahooGroups archives section.
July 2007 Newsletter
Posted in Alden Road Realignment, Florida Hospital on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Update from Gordon Spears, 10/2/07:
I think that the main points that I want to bring up with the FH planners are:
1) The neighborhood’s preference for mixed use along the alden corridor (rather than Commercial as FH has proposed) in keeping with the city’s comp plan vision for the rest of the Alden corridor.
2) Ways that [...]
Posted in Lake Formosa on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
—–Original Message—–
From: Kevin.McCann@CityofOrlando.net;
Louise,
I looked at lake Formosa yesterday and there is a heavy algae bloom which is the result of a combination of high temperatures and excess nutrients. Otherwise it looked healthy from a wildlife standpoint. I saw a pair of otters and numerous fish feeding on minnows, in the short time I was out [...]
Posted in Annual Lake Cleanup, Lake Formosa on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Each year we have an annual lake cleanup of Lake Formosa. Stay tuned for more information in this location. Generally it takes place in April on a Sunday afternoon for two hours. Keep Orlando Beautiful donates supplies and we often have other participating volunteer organizations.
You can contact the Lake Cleanup Committee chairman Emily anytime at [...]
Posted in Mills Park Developement, Traffic Committee on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
We need to monitor traffic in and out of the neighborhood to create a benchmark to show traffic impacts from the Mills Park Developement.
Please contact Gordon Spears at j_g_spears@earthlink.net if you would like to volunteer.
Posted in Neighborhood Matching Grant Committee on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Our neighborhood sign committee has worked hard in making our neighborhood signs become a reality.
Update: 9/12/07: This past weekend, we generated the final monies needeed; $1600.00 for our Neighborhood Sign project! We have made our goal and created a buffer for paying for cement and any unforeseen expenditures. Congratulations to all! Thank You to the [...]
Posted in Philadelphia/Alden Pollution cleanup on October 29, 2007 | No Comments »
Hello everyone:
Here is the latest on the Petroleum Cleanup on Philadelphia Avenue…Things are proceeding and there is success, but some difficulties continue with this very ambitious remediation system…The good news is the results are starting to show on the cleanup of most of the petroleum byproducts…But we had to call again yesterday to report the [...]
