Tower Grove South

March Tower Grove South Neighborhood Meeting sponsored by the Block Capts.
Monday March 30, 7 p.m.

Topics to include:
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- Operation Brightside/Project Blitz Alley Clean-up
http://stlouis.missouri.org/501c/brightside/enter-operation.html
- Gateway Greening
http://www.gatewaygreening.org/index.asp
- Capt Gerald Leyshock, new commander of 3rd District
http://www.slmpd.org/

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

TGS BLOCK CAPTAINS MISSION
We work with our neighbors for the betterment of our community, while always treating them with courtesy, dignity and respect.

DEFINITION OF A BLOCK CAPTAIN
Block captains are action-oriented individuals who use their observation, listening, communicating and problem-solving skills to work with their neighbors for the betterment of the community.

EXPECTATIONS OF A BLOCK CAPTAIN:

Dear Block Captains, Co-captains, Curious neighbors who are considering block captaincy, and their family and friends:

We would like to invite you to attend our annual potluck social on Monday Jan 26th, 7:00 p.m, at 4168 Juniata, GOH Comm. Ctr. (Juniata at Bent.)

Invite your neighbors to come along, too!

Bring a dish to share. You can even bring your kids!

We also play a "rob your neighbor" game. If you want to play, bring a wrapped white elephant gift (something you want
to re-gift, humorous or otherwise).

MEETING REMINDER
There will be no block captains meetings in November or December.

See you in January for our annual social, 1/26/09.

Happy Holidays!

Andrew

Andrew Gondzur, TGS Block Captains Coordinator
TGS Block Captains Meetings are held
the LAST Monday of every month, 7:00 p.m., at:
4168 Juniata St., St. Louis MO 63116
Corner of Bent and Juniata
(Grand Oak Hill Community Center)
Tower Grove South = Grand - Arsenal - Kingshighway - Chippewa

A great revision of an oldy but a goody, courtesy of Joe Thele and our friends at the City of St. Louis' Neighborhood Stabilization Team!

CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW TO SEE AN ELECTRONIC COPY OF THIS VALUABLE BOOKLET...

How to Organize Your Block

Given we have many new residents who may not have been to a Block Captains meeting and don't know how to respond when a nuisance appears on their block, here's a recap.

If there's a house on your block that is a chronic nuisance (loud noise, suspected drug dealing, kids out after curfew, people loitering in the front and back, fighting, etc.) call 911 and say the following:

"I am calling about a nuisance property and their address is ______________."
Describe the behavior and people involved. Be prepared to give specifics about Who, What, When and Where.

The best way to get a fire truck to your block party is to put your request in writing EARLY. Even doing that won't guarantee a truck depending on number of requests for that date and unpredictable but expected emergency calls that would obviously take precedence.

Block Party Ideas to help you plan a fun and exciting get together for your block.
This file is in MS Word format and will require MS Word or a viewer program like the one that can be found here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=95E24C87-8732-48D5-8689-AB826E7B8FDF&displaylang=en