South Four Corners Citizens Association

It was great to see so many neighbors at the  bi-monthly SFCCA community meeting on Monday.  We are looking forward to 2013 and all the great events we have scheduled at this time. We are also hoping to increase our membership in 2013 and make it one of the best years yet. Dues are still only $15 and you can click on the membership page to see the many options to make it easy!

Happy 2013! We are here if you need anything!

We’ll post the minutes from the meeting in a few weeks.

The bimonthly SFCCA meeting will take place on Monday, November 12, 2012 at 7 p.m. at the Schweinhaut Senior Center located at 1000 Forest Glen Rd.

The Four Corners area has been identified as one of Montgomery County’s High Incidence areas for pedestrian collisions. Last year Montgomery County, with the help of Blair High School students, launched a pedestrian safety campaign aimed at improving pedestrian safety in the Four Corners area. In the spring, a professional photographer was invited to take pictures of competing student’s eyes. The eyes of the student two winners were featured on posters with the theme “Hey You, I’m Looking at You!” that will soon be appearing on Ride On buses.  This year, the County will again be working in the Four Corners area to education pedestrians about safe behavior.

Please note that for the next several weeks, police will be enforcing pedestrian safety laws throughout the Four Corners area. Avoid getting a $50 ticket by making sure you follow the law. Here are some tips for how to be a safe pedestrian and driver:

Pedestrians

• Cross the street at marked crosswalks and intersections.
• Begin crossing the street on “Walk” signals; never on a solid or flashing “Don’t Walk.”
• Use sidewalks. If none are available, walk facing traffic so you see vehicles, and drivers see you.

Drivers

• Stop for pedestrians at crosswalks and intersections.
• Don’t block crosswalks when stopping at intersections.
• Slow down and obey the posted speed limit.
• Obey speed limits, signs, signals and markings, and never run red lights.
• Be careful when passing stopped vehicles. They might be stopping for pedestrians.

We hope to see you on Sunday, Oct. 28th for yet another great community event.

The parade will leave a few minutes after 4p.m. from the South Four Corners Park (Dallas and Forest Glen) walk up Portland make a right at Lanark Way and back down Dallas Ave.  After the parade we’ll return to the park and enjoy some sweet treats.

We had such a great turn out last year. I hope to see lots of ghosts, pirates, princesses, witches and super hero’s again this year.

We hope to see lots of neighbors on Saturday at these various gardening/landscaping events.

Saturday, Oct. 6
Plant Swap has been moved to Saturday from 9:30 to 10:30 at the Forest Glen Project site at Argyle Park. There will be a table set up – bring a plant(s) to swap or give away.There are containers for placing plants in in front of Jeanne’s home at 408 Gilmore.

Forest Glen Project
David Meininger will be at the project site (Argyle Field on Forest Glen Road) from 9 to 11 AM on Saturday, October 6th. Please join him in removing the debris. Water will be provided. Bring your own gardening gloves.
http://southfourcorners.com/2012/09/29/forest-glen-project-that-will-bring-beautiful-spaces-to-south-four-corners/

Garden Tours
We have 2 gardens to visit starting at 1:00pm. There is much to see and learn in the fall garden. We hope you will join us.
We will begin at Michael Lucy’s garden at: 9904 Markham Street. He has an established rain garden and a newly planted rooftop garden.Then we will visit another neighbors garden on Rogart Rd.

Sunday, Oct. 7
Ice Cream Social Cancelled – Mr. Shake cancelled so we’ve decided it’s best to reschedule for early 2013.

Minutes from the September SFCCA has been posted. Stay up-to-date and check them out. http://southfourcorners.com/minutes/

I am very pleased to announce that a group of community and SFCCA volunteers have been meeting to bring about aesthetic improvements along Forest Glen Road from Sligo Creek Parkway to Sutherland. The volunteers are David Nettleton, Jeanne Berman, Nancy Baranek, Michael Lucy, Luke Jessup, Karen Michaels, Susan Bailey, Dom Quattrocchi, Luke Jessup, Bhagwant Khalsa, Kathy Duan, Marty Mahr, Jennifer Chambers and David Meininger. This group has met at least multiple times over the past few weeks.

On Oct. 6, Oct. 13 and Oct. 20 removal of under growth and pruning on Forest Glen Road will begin.