As the saying goes, "How do you eat an elephant? One bit at a time." One way to keep our neighborhood an enjoyable place to live is to organize the area into manageable sections. The FHHHNA board has divided our large neighborhood into 14 manageable zones and several people have volunteered to become our Volunteer Neighborhood Zone Captains. With over 800 homes in our neighborhood, it can be a huge task to manage. As the city is constantly changing, it can be challenging to maintain our excellent quality of life in Forest Heights/Holly Hills and Kentwood Estates. Although we have made progress, there is still much work to be done. The zones will allow us to focus on particular areas for action- whether it´s neighborhood garage sales, neighborhood cleanups, block parties, code violations or dealing with rooming house situations. The Volunteer Neighborhood Zone Captains will periodically walk their areas to help maintain the objectives of the association, including:
The Volunteer Neighborhood Zone Captains´ contact list and a map of the 14 zones will be available on the association website (www.forestheights-hollyhills.com). The Captains are already working on gathering data on various areas so we can get a good picture of where we are as a community. Now is the best time to refocus and stay involved in ensuring that Forest Heights/Holly Hills and Kentwood Estates area remains a great place to live– in good times and in challenging ones. Remember this quote as we move though our economic storm, "And this too shall pass." This has always been one of my favorite quotes and I hope it is something that encourages you.
"If you don´t know your neighbor, make the first move and go meet them."
Bert A. Mitchell – President
It´s fun; it's easy. We bring the "picker uppers and bags".
Meet at 9 a.m. at the Winn Dixie on High and Tharpe Street. Breakfast at Bruegger's Bagels Bakery - 1625 W Tharpe St. afterwards.
Mr. Olu Sawyerr, Traffic Engineer for the City of Tallahassee, will be the speaker at our Membership Meeting on Tuesday, April 28th. This will be an opportunity to discuss questions and concerns we have about traffic issues in our neighborhood. One concern is the City´s plan to place a traffic light on Tharpe at Rosedale Streets. Neighbors, particularly on Sharon Road and other Forest Heights streets, oppose this traffic light because it will increase cut through traffic and speeding to avoid the Tharpe and High Road intersection. Speeding and high traffic volume on High Road is still a problem. Traffic calming on Myrick and Raa was approved by the City but has not been implemented.
Please attend and join the discussion with Mr. Sawyerr about these and other traffic concerns.
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