Tuesday March 25, 2025 at Hope/Veritas Church (500 Hickory)
Board Members in Attendance: Tanza Everding, Karin Manovich, Sarah Dugan, Nick Vanderpool
Call to order: 7:00 pm by Nick Vanderpool
Introductions.
Police Report. None.
City of Dayton Community Engagement Report – Martha Rodriguez
- Sat April 5th 8:30-1:30 pm Dayton will host a Neighborhood Conference at Westwood Elementary School
February 2025 General Meeting Minutes approved without change.
- Presidents Report- Nick Vanderpool
Emerson Academy Traffic update– construction being done to divert problematic student pickup/dropoff traffic from Hickory Street to Buckeye Street (north of the school). In progress. - Limestone block from the demolition of a portion of the upper parking lot retaining wall was donated by Emerson to HSPI so it could be sold; most has sold ($500) and monies are in the HSPI operational budget. 3 large pieces still available.
- Earth Day Neighborhood Cleanup – April 26th 8-12pm, meet at Hope/Veritas Church. Great way to help clean up the neighborhood and meet others.
Committee Reports
Social– Sarah Duga., New flyer to be handed out. Highlighting 3 events: (1) Sat April 19 Easter Egg Hunt 10am in South Park Green (2) Sat April 26 Neighborhood Earth Day Cleanup (see President’s Report above) (3) Sat May 17th 1-5pm NATO Nations Party- Neighborhood progressive party. Families welcome. 5 different houses offering ethnic food and drink. Tickets $10 adults; children free.
Block Captains– Jayne Walton. Block captains will be handing out the flyers with the spring events
Parks– Nick Vanderpool – Cleaning and planting in our garden beds/landscaped spaces has started. See Nick or Jill to volunteer- all welcome. Getting quotes for rain barrels at the Gazebo. And getting quotes to repair/retuck bricks at the Gazebo.
Housing and Development– Karin Manovich.
- COA needed for anyone putting up a fence on their property
- 913 Wayne Avenue (next to Branch & Bone) is still a public nuisance. Owners can only enter to take measurements per the City of Dayton.
- House on 600 Block of Hickory (near Theobald)- Montgomery County Landbank owns it and they will start renovation this spring and sell it as part of the Ohio Welcome Home Program.
- Preservation Dayton Inc. report- mailers going out to promote all the Dayton historic districts
No Announcements
Meeting Adjourned 7:20 pm