Tower Grove South

This month's meeting is a block party training exercise designed to allow current and potential block captains to get their feet wet helping to throw a FUN block party.

We will meet one hour earlier than usual, at 6 p.m., to 8 p.m., Monday, June 29, on the 3900 block of Connecticut -- our block party theme is an Ice Cream Social (since one of our neighbors won an ice cream party from Edy's!!)

To ensure we have enough food, drink and supplies, please RSVP to awgondzur@mac.com If you would like to help us organize or want to contribute please mention that in your RSVP.

This month's meeting is early due to the Memorial Day Holiday falling on our usual last Monday of the month.

Monday May 18
7 p.m.
4168 Juniata

Topic: Street Department, Traffic Division
Plus an Update on SLPS and Mann School

See you there,

Andrew
TGS Block Capts Steering Cmte.

Andrew Gondzur, TGS Block Captains Coordinator
TGS Neighborhood Meetings are open to ALL
You do NOT need to be a block captain to attend
Meetings are on the LAST Monday of the month
7:00 p.m., 4168 Juniata St., Grand Oak Hill Comm. Ctr.

REVISED 5-1-2009
Specific Yard Sale Locations NOW plotted on this map.

Follow the link below to the GoogleMap that also lists the addresses and what's for sale!

REVISED AGAIN, 5-1-2009, 3:47 p.m.
".jpg image file" of 2009 TGS Yard Sales List showing addresses and types of stuff for sale at each participating location. You may need to click on the image to enlarge it, download it or print it, in order to see it in large enough type.

Map of the neighborhood can be found here:

April 27 Meeting will be from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at 4168 Juniata (Grand Oak
Hill Comm. Ctr.)

- Dale Sweet of Gravois Park will speak about innovative tactics
they have used to "observe and report" neighborhood nuisances. They
have had notable success with their "CSB Patrol", calling in nuisances
they spot while riding the neighborhood.

- Kelly Moore of the International Institute will talk about the
diversity that is TGS, and give an update on the number of refugee
families living here

- We have also invited but have not yet confirmed a rep from Streets

Project Blitz engages volunteers in cleaning up city neighborhoods

Tower Grove South is part of Region 3 South

Region 3 South--April 18, 2009: Boundaries: Highway 40 & Wabash R.R. on the north; Grand on the east; Meramec & Chippewa on the south, and Macklind, Arsenal, & Kingshighway on the west.

More Information on Operation Brightside

Operation Brightside makes neighborhoods more livable, downtown more vibrant and the entire region more sustainable.

20 homes have responded and registered their sale for this Saturday!!! 20@$5 ea.= $100 raised (to pay for ads, flyers/maps, signage, etc.)

Money spent so far:
- newspaper ads = $39.95

Ads have been taken out in the Suburban Journal (for Wednesday), St Louis Post-Dispatch (Saturday) and stltoday.com (ongoing)

Also posted (for free) to craigslist, find it here:
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/gms/1141901148.html

The city's Curbside Recycling Cost-share Program is great, and a real bargain, especially now, because they are experimenting with single-stream recycling, and thus allow co-mingling; no separation needed! And they pick up every Friday in 63116 -- all for$45 per year.

It's much simpler than keeping things separated, loading up the car and driving to your favorite drop-off location. Try it, you'll love it!

More details, click here <----