Flyer to distribute in neighborhood with critical information?

[Kari]

Hi,

 

I am checking in on a flyer w/ info re: the connector road, who to contact to oppose, how one can get involved/who to write, info: re the Save Golf Course efforts, etc.  Double sided is fine.  I will hand deliver if I have one to as many homes in Buck Lodge/White Oak Manor as I can as well as Acredale.  However, I am not planning on drafting one for many reasons. 

 

I understand the need to continually write our elected officials in opposition, but that is of little value if the masses are not alerted.  As far as I know, there are only 20 people in the Buck Lodge-White Oak Manor listserve and I believe half of them, or more, are either elected officials or their staff.  Considering this neighborhood abuts the connector road, is on the other side of College Park Woods, and will be one of the most greatly impacted neighborhoods, I think it would be critical to reach out to this neighborhood with something like 500 homes.

 

Otherwise, right now, the elected officials are hearing from all the same people, and likely just a small percentage of all those who oppose it – how many take time to write their elected officials. 

 

If someone has a flyer, I will print and distribute.  Frankly, there should be a flyer in any event available that could be distributed quickly as many homeowners in this neck of the woods are still not on-line.   

 

Thank you.

 

Kari Fisher   

[Suchitra Balachandran]

Hello Kari.

I agree.  We are gearing up in West College Park (the Woods).   We have a meeting scheduled for October 27th.  Norm - can you or Lisa or someone from the "save the golf course" attend the meeting?  Joseline will be there, of course.  It would be good to have language for a flyer that we can adapt and distribute. 

I did send out emails about CB-64 in to our community and will be asking them to email Rushern.

Suchitra Balachandran
President, West CP Civic Association

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[Pat Myers]

Hi

We are having a meeting on October 30……Joseline is speaking here too.

If you make a flier up, we could distribute it too….either with the printed newsletter….which is hand delivered and reaches everyone in the area…..of at the meeting.

 

Thanks.

Pat Myers

President, Hillandale Gardens/Knollwood/Adelphi area Citizens Association

[Kari]

Hi,

 

Hillandale Gardens is also planning a meeting (that is the default Buck Lodge-White Oak Manor association and serves many civic associations in Adelphi, which is on the other side of West College Park).  Pat – when is your meeting?  I don’t want to infringe on Pat’s agenda but having a MGCC member attend that would probably be fruitful.  And on the flip side, the other strong civic group in Adelphi is CSTCA. 

 

This flyer is really helpful, but it doesn’t mention the connector road.  While I am in strong support  of saving the golf course, I think folks in the Woods and BLWOM will be more immediately concerned with the connector road.

 

I think the flyer is a great page 1; but before I distributed it, I would want more info on 1) upcoming meetings like both the Woods and Hillandale meeting later this month – so that locals can get involved in person; also more info re: the road; and how to join the local listserves; maybe Doyle’s info can be added as points; I have to reread to see if there was info on the roads.

 

I am kind of thinking out loud, but I would not distribute the flyer unless it included info on the connector road and at least Pat’s meeting as well as how to join the area listserves.

 

So I will think further on that.

 

Thanks.

 

Kari

 

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Subject: Re: Flyer to distribute in neighborhood with critical information?

 

Hi Suchitra...good morning...also to Kari and to MGCC members Lisa, Harold, Brian, and Steve.

I did send the one-page flyer with contact information to Kari...attached herein.

As far as your meeting goes on Sunday, October 27...I would ask that one of the local MGCC members (Lisa Holt, Harold Freeman, Brian Bayly, and Steve Cibor) get back to you on their availability to attend your meeting.  (Thanks MGCCers...I hope one of you can attend!)

My best,

Norm Starkey
2013 Chair, Friends of the University of Maryland Golf Course; Maryland Golf Course Coalition (MGCC)

www.saveumdgolfcourse.com

www.facebook.com/SaveUMDgolfcourse

Twitter @SaveUMDgolf

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Subject: Re: Flyer to distribute in neighborhood with critical information?

[Suchitra Balachandran]

Please give me some time to look at the flyer and I will get back to you all with suggestions.  West CP has fought the road for over a decade.  I have a lot of information, SHA reports etc.  I agree that it is crucially important to have the road be part of the conversation.   My recollection is that analyzing SHA numbers in 2005, we figured that the road would remove at most 6% of traffic from Rte. 1 on a daily basis.  That's a huge investment in one road that would destroy the Woods, while Rte. 1 waits for funding for engineering fixes to smooth traffic flow and prevent pedestrian death.  It needs to be a large part of the discussion.

Suchitra Balachandran

[Pat Myers]

Hi Kari and all,

I had sent our the email below on Monday to our list serve announcing our meeting and the topics for discussion.

I hope people on our list served received it.

 

I’ll be writing a newsletter for our area hopefully this weekend.

I’ll be putting something in it about the golf course.

I agree with Kari…..the major impact on our area is going to be the roads and traffic and that has to be loud and clear.

 

I HAVE NOT RECEIVED A DRAFT COPY OR COPY OF ANY FLIER!

Please let me know if there is one to be had!

 

Thanks…..

Pat

 

 

 

 

 

From: Pat Myers [mailto:patm...@verizon.net]
Sent: Monday, October 07, 2013 6:10 PM
To: 'HillandaleGardens_Kn...@yahoogroups.com'; 'blca_ad...@yahoogroups.com'
Cc: Police District 6 - Bryan Addis; Police Dist. 1 Mark S. Hudson 10-2012
Subject: COMMUNITY MEETING - Wed., OCT 30 -- MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!
Importance: High

 

 

Hi All,

We’ll be having a meeting…..Wed., October 30  7-7:30              Opportunity to ask individual questions

                                                                       7:30-8:35         Meeting

 

Preliminary topics – not in any order yet:

·         Status – Adventist Hospital

·         Crime update for our areas - Police District 6 and 1

·         Update – Knollwood Community Park (end of Edgefield Drive in Old Knollwood) – we testified before MNCPP Board – presented by Nancy Randall

·       What’s the situation with MD U Golf Course – possible land sale, road development, traffic and changing public opportunities to give opinions – Delegate Joseline Pena Melnyk

 

PERHAPS --- either this time or most probably next time: 

State Highway -- Construction information and time schedule for repaving Powder Mill Road necessitating lane closures….

 

PLEASE SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH NON-LIST SERVE FOLKS!

IT IS ALWAYS IMPORTANT TO HAVE A FULL HOUSE SO WE REMAIN SEEN AS A COLLECTIVE ACTIVE CITIZEN ASSOCIATION!

[Suchitra Balachandran]

Pat,

Pat,

The Friends of Golf Course flyer is attached.   It has a useful list of contacts to send letters to.  I agree with Kari that this will have to be modified before distributing to our neighborhood.  I'll take a stab at it later this afternoon.

Suchitra