March 2008 Greetings

SCNA has had a long history of educating residents about what’s going on at the city and in our neighborhood, promoting it, and advocating it as a great place to live, work, and play!

Bridging boundaries and working with our sister neighborhood to the east, the Lind-Bohanon neighborhood for joint meetings like the recent Winter Block Club Social, summer Tour de Camden, and year-long Youth Engagement Project have brought many benefits to our organizations and community.

Coming up in March, SCNA will have a table at the Northside Housing and Home Improvement Fair on the 15th at North High School to promote our neighborhood and the work we’re doing. Over 1000 residents and potential new homeowners attend. There is typically over 50 vendors tabling with ideas for all your home project ideas. So stop by and say hello and register for a free drawing!

April is a busy month! SCNA will be hosting our 14th Annual Shingle Creek Cleanup on April 19th. It’s a fun day for the whole family and a great way to give back to the community! Clean-up starts at 9:00 with lunch from 11-noon. Also on April 15th we’ll have our annual meeting and elections of new board members. Hard to believe it will only be a year this May since being elected chair. The board has done tremendous work this year on behalf of the neighborhood and we couldn’t have done it without them! Any resident of Shingle Creek is eligible to be a board member. So if you have two hours a month, ideas or talents to share please consider becoming an SCNA Board member.

Also the Common Ground Community Garden is looking for volunteers. Green thumb not required! This garden has been a community asset for nearly twenty years!
Vegetables, raingarden, hearty Minnesota prairie grasses, it’s all there! Contact Linda Eriksson if you’re interested in volunteering! 763-566-6618.
Our neighborhood signs will be springing up in March! Be watching for more details soon!
Til next month! See you in the neighborhood!
Brock Hanson
SCNA Chair