Sell Your Stuff at the Street Sale

Olde North Charleston Neighborhood Council will host its 4th Annual Olde North Charleston Village Street Sale on May 19th.  The fundraiser benefits the Olde North Charleston Neighborhod Council and the Band Booster Club of North Charleston High.

The Village Street sale is a community-wide yard sale and craft market on pedestrian-friendly East Montague Avenue in the Old Village between Jenkins Avenue and O’Hear Street.

Visit www.villagestreesale.com for all of the details.

Registration for vendor booths and table rentals is going fast!

Download a registration form and please share the information to sell and SHOP on Saturday May 19th.

What: Village Street Sale

When: Saturday, May 19th 8:00am-12:00pm

Where: East Montague between Jenkins Avenue and O’Hear Street.

Coffee at the newly opened Richard’s Coffee n’ More will be available from 6:00am -2:00pm.

CONTACT:

Christine Beddia

843-557-3871

beddia2@yahoo.com

Kate Besta

katembesta@hotmail.com

April Meeting Highlights

NOTES

 

-23 people were in attendance at the last meeting which is an awesome turnout.

-If you want to speak at any of our future meetings, please contact our president, Christine Beddia at least one week prior to our meeting date.

- $500 donation was given to our council from Army Wives/Beach Company

-4^th Annual Village Street Sale will be May 19^th.  Go to villagestreetsale.com to get information on renting a spot on E. Montague to sell your stuff.

-Mixson’s new owners, Green Street, were in attendance and their rep, Jodi Mansbach shared with us the new vision of the neighborhood.  They have expressed that the current homes will not be duplicated in style.  There is a new master plan that will still be an urban community with dense living.  There will be a mix of single family, townhomes, condos, rentals and retail space.  They will be putting an urban streetscape on Mixson Ave and the neighborhood will also house a pool club.  They will be submitting the plan to the city and look forward to begin construction Summer 2012 for some areas to be completed by Spring 2013.

-Maker’s Mart is held at Mixson the 1^st Sunday of the Month where you can purchase local crafts and art.

-Sidewalks on Jenkins Ave will be addressed soon.

-Homeowners can still keep their leaves and yard debris in plastic bags as the city has outsourced another company to handle them instead of going to the county landfill.

-NC will be celebrating its 40^th Anniversary this year on June 12.  There will be an event on June 29^th at the Performing Arts Center.

-Our Code Enforcement officer’s name is William Holley and his contact information is 740-2681 or wholley@northcharleston.org

 

BRANCH HIGHLIGHTS

 

-Crime Watch Branch:  The Crime Prevention Officer is named Marie Leahey and they plan on having her at the next Branch Meeting.  She was at our council meeting to introduce herself to the entire council and its members and let us know that her services include a home visit to discuss areas of concern.

-Beautification Branch: ONCNC has applied for another grant from Coastal Community Foundation to help fund our Adopt-Your-Block program.  Our goals for this grant are to fund this project with signage and prizes for best yards. 

-Membership Branch:   The new neighborhood sign is almost in production.

-School Branch:  Council is still seeking a volunteer to be the Branch Leader and to help foster the 3 goals that the group initially outlined: regular communication with ONC residents about volunteer opportunities, scheduled school athletic calendar events to increase community support, and resourceful connection building are the main volunteer responsibilities. 

 

Our Branches and contact information for the Branch Leaders are:

        School Branch-TBD

        Beautification Branch-Kate Besta  katembesta@hotmail.com

        Crime Watch Branch-Paul Ristau  paul.ristau@comcast.net

        Membership Branch-Christine Beddia beddia2@yahoo.com

**please contact the leaders if you are interested in improving our neighborhood through one of these groups**

 

Please come to our next Neighborhood Meeting, Tomorrow May 8^th at 6:30 pm, The Meeting Place

 

Our regular scheduled meetings are 2^nd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm, 1077 E. Montague, The Meeting Place

 

Neighborhood Watch Meeting – This Wednesday PM

As a reminder there will be a Neighborhood Watch meeting this Wednesday, May 2nd, at The Meeting Place.  We will be meeting from 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm.  Should you have any questions please feel free to contact Paul Ristau at (843) 860-0208 or paul.ristau@comcast.net.  Thanks and see you all there!

Saturday is Clean Cities Sweep

The Great American Cleanup Clean Cities Sweep 2012 is THIS SATURDAY!!!  

 

This Saturday, April 28th, from 9:00AM-1:00PM we invite you to help us clean up the traffic triangle located at Lambert Street, Justice Street, and Beaver Street.  Work gloves and water will be provided.  We are asking that if you are willing and able to please bring a rake and/or shovel with your name clearly marked on it so that we will have plenty of tools to share.  Also, if you would like to reach out to fellow neighbors, invite them.  We would love for them to join us as well as any other family or friends.  

 

Help out for an hour or for the entire event.  

 

We’re looking forward to joining hands with you all as we work hard to “Keep North Charleston Beautiful”.

 

For more information, contact Project Coordinator Christopher Dunivan at 843-377-6043.

 

Neighborhood Watch Meeting Update/Change

Please join us on Wednesday, May 2nd at The Meeting Place to meet our new representative from the North Charleston Police Department, Maria Leahy.  We hope to discuss the Neighborhood Watch program and discuss how best to integrate it into our organization/neighborhood.  Please join us, bring you neighbors and any ideas or questions you may have.

 

March Meeting Minutes

Please come to our next Neighborhood Meeting, Tomorrow April 10^th at 6:30 pm, The Meeting Place

-Council proposed some changes to our bylaws at the last meeting regarding officers and their duties and the new Branches which encompass our Council.  There was a unanimous vote accepting all new bylaws and verbiage changes.

-Hursey Elementary’s Montessori program is growing and the school is always looking for more volunteers.  The Garden Project has also been very successful but they need more funding to keep it going.  In an effort to help Hursey Elementary, they have asked that we collect Box Tops and bring to any of our neighborhood meetings.

-The Citizens Advisory Council plans on having a June workshop to help strengthen neighborhood councils and provide them with effective ways to grow

-Reps from Odfjell came to introduce themselves and give a brief overview of their company.  They are a bulk terminal facility for ships transporting material cargo for their private customers, with about 1-2 ships per month.  Construction will begin this month with an open date in the 3^rd quarter of 2013.

-4^th Annual Village Street Sale will be May 19^th.  Go to villagestreetsale.com to get information on renting a spot on        E. Montague to sell your stuff.

BRANCH HIGHLIGHTS

-Crime Watch Branch:  The Crime Prevention Officer is named Marie Leahey and they plan on having her at the next Branch Meeting.

-Beautification Branch: The Beautification Branch has suggested implementing a program called Adopt-Your-Block.  Our goals for this project will be to have a block captain on all participating blocks to help facilitate a group effort to keep their block swept, edged and beautiful;  and at the end of each quarter, a “Yard of the Quarter” will be acknowledged.  We are currently seeking another grant to help fund the initial setup of this project.  Our efforts will entail getting signage and helping fund any small improvements.

Clean Cities Sweep is fast approaching and will be April 28^th from 9-1.  We will be cleaning up the triangle shaped green space at Beaver/Lambert/Justice.  We are seeking more volunteers, please contact Christopher, atcrduni81@yahoo.com  or call 377-6043.  Christopher has been working hard at getting both volunteers and donations from local businesses to help our efforts.

-Membership Branch:   This branch has a contract with a local sign company to create an Olde North Charleston Neighborhood sign and most likely will be placed on Spruill Ave as you are entering into our neighborhood of PC.

-School Branch:  Kyle Lahm has stepped down as School Branch Coordinator.  Council is seeking additional volunteers to help foster the 3 goals that the group initially outlined.  Regular communication with ONC residents about volunteer opportunities, scheduled school athletic calendar events to increase community support, and resourceful connection building are the main volunteer responsibilities.

Our Branches and contact information for the Branch Leaders are:

School Branch-TBD

Beautification Branch-Kate Besta  katembesta@hotmail.com

Crime Watch Branch-Paul Ristau  paul.ristau@comcast.net

Membership Branch-Christine Beddia beddia2@yahoo.com

Community Garden Branch-JC Harrell

**please contact the leaders if you are interested in improving our neighborhood through one of these groups**

Our regular scheduled meetings are 2^nd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm, 1077 E. Montague, The Meeting Place

Agenda for Tuesday’s Meeting

April 10, 2012 6:30pm-7:30pm

Mixson Update- Guest speaker Jodi Mansbach

Grant Fund Activity:

2011 N.E.W. Fund Grant report- Paul Ristau from Membership Branch

2012 N.E.W. Fund Grant report- Kate Besta from Beautification Branch

Clean Cities Sweep Update- Christopher Dunivan, Project Coordinator (sign up to volunteer for April 28th!)

Village Street Sale Update- Russ Patterson, Volunteer (save the date: May 19th)

Also, Community Reports on SC Legislature, North Charleston City Council, Charleston County School Board, Citizen’s Advisory Council, Code Enforcement, and recent crime activity.

Please join us at The Meeting Place at 1077 East Montague Avenue from 6:30-7:30pm.

If you haven’t yet paid your $10 annual household dues, you can remit payment to Kate Besta.

We also want to hear from you. Please take our 2012 survey!  Request a survey from Christine Beddia.

Meeting Highlights from February 7, 2012

NOTES

-Council proposed some changes to our bylaws at the last meeting regarding officers and their duties and the new Branches which encompass our Council.  There will be a vote at tomorrow’s meeting.

-Speeding was checked last month on Holmes Ave. due to complaints and a few tickets were handed out.

-There is a meeting tonight for the Planning Commission to go over phase 2 of the Mixson Development.

-Citizen’s Advisory Council encompasses a representative from all neighborhood councils (about 50 councils) within NC to allow for communication between the Mayor and NC citizens.  At the last CAC meeting, they discussed implementing the “Vial of Life” program which will allow the elderly or sick to have their medications available in case of an emergency.  There was further discussion about having summer workshops for council leadership so they know how to best utilize their resources.

BRANCH HIGHLIGHTS

-Crime Watch Branch:  An email blast went out earlier this week about specific crime in our area.  Not only does Officer Tilton talk about crime occurrences in our area at our meetings, we also hope to make a monthly email blast as well.  Let Paul know if you want to help “Take a bite out of Crime.”

-Beautification Branch:  We are organizing a large ongoing project which will be called Adopt-A-Block.  Our goals for this project will be to have a block captain on all participating blocks to help facilitate a group effort to keep their block swept, edged and beautiful.  We also discussed the upcoming event, Clean Cities Sweep, which will be April 28^th from 9-1.  We will be cleaning up the triangle shaped green space at Beaver/Lambert/Justice.  We are seeking lots of volunteers, please contact Christopher, atcrduni81@yahoo.com

-Membership Branch:   This branch is working hard at getting the first, of hopefully many neighborhood signs which will let people know when they are entering the Olde North Charleston Neighborhood.  A sign company has been chosen and so we should be getting this underway very soon.

-School Branch:  Kyle Lahm has stepped down as School Branch Coordinator.  Council is seeking additional volunteers to help foster the 3 goals that the group initially outlined.  Regular communication with ONC residents about volunteer opportunities, scheduled school athletic calendar events to increase community support, and resourceful connection building are the main volunteer responsibilities.

Our Branches and contact information for the Branch Leaders are:

School Branch-TBD

Beautification Branch-Kate Besta  katembesta@hotmail.com

Crime Watch Branch-Paul Ristau  paul.ristau@comcast.net

Membership Branch-Christine Beddia beddia2@yahoo.com

Community Garden Branch-Russ Patterson  russellwpatterson@gmail.com

**please contact the leaders if you are interested in improving our neighborhood through one of these groups**

Please come to our next Neighborhood Meeting, Tomorrow March 13^th at 6:30 pm, The Meeting Place where Odjfell will be in attendance to discuss Phase 1 of their company coming into Park Circle.

Our regular scheduled meetings are 2^nd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm, 1077 E. Montague, The Meeting Place

Changing Perception to Reach a Common Goal

The North Charleston High School was abuzz yesterday when I arrived to meet with Principal Grimm and Communities in School Staff Gene Rebecca.  The teachers and students were anxiously awaiting today’s big game in Columbia.  The NCHS Cougars are headed to Columbia to face Newberry HS Bulldogs for the AA State Title.

I was a little surprised to hear Principal Grimm say that Friday at school is business as usual, no pep rally, no major announcements about the game.  ”We’ll celebrate on Monday if we win,” he said.

During our meeting to discuss how Olde North Charleston Neighborhood Council and residents could engage deeper with the high school we discussed everything from volunteer opportunities inside the school to those opportunities throughout the neighborhood.  Together we brainstormed ways to connect.    We also discussed how to change the community’s perception of the students and the High School.  Grimm emphasized that his office is always open, his phone line always available and that never is an appointment necessary to meet with him.  He invites residents to come to the school to see what it’s like, to meet the kids, and to get involved.

I invite you to join me and ONCNC in helping to change those perceptions.  We cannot just assume that “those students” and “that school” need to change it themselves.

I look forward to sharing the specific volunteer opportunities available (tutoring, mentoring, cafeteria monitoring, reading, etc.) and connecting you with Gene Rebecca.  Mr. Rebecca said they are in critical need of science and math tutors.

Let’s wish the Cougars the best of luck today in the State basketball game and commit to start cheering for our home team throughout the academic year too!

To watch today’s 4:30pm game you can live stream at www.schsl.tv

Go COUGARS!!

 

Charleston City Paper article on Principal Grimm (August 2011)

Meeting Highlights for January 2012

NOTES

-Council will be drafting some new bylaws and will present these at our February meeting and vote at our March meeting.

-Our new Code Enforcement officer is William Holley.  If you need immediate Code assistance, dial 740-2680 for the secretary and ask to radio for Code.

-Stacie Miller is the head of our Code Team which works hard on Saturdays to clean up much needed areas around the city.

-By February 18 all of the NC recreation/community centers will have WIFI.  Midlands Park Center will be stocked with computers for residents to use, and there will be computer classes also.  Be sure to tell your council members thank you.

-The streamlined recycling pilot program has been fully accepted.  Within the next 12-18 months, all of Charleston County will have one roll cart per household for ALL recyclables.  You may have already noticed some of our neighboring PC councils have them.

-CCSD asks that you look at the county website to view the goals for the next 5 years.  Chicora Elementary will be built next to the Military Magnet.  This school is currently operating out of the Ronald McNair building on Spruill.

 

BRANCH HIGHLIGHTS

-Crime Watch Branch:  the NC police have appointed a new Safety Officer for the city and they will be our point of contact for crime prevention in our area.  Stay tuned for our next meeting where you will be able to meet the appointee and get tips on how we can protect ourselves and our neighbors.

-Beautification Branch:  we have decided to target 3 things within our neighborhood; better drainage- specifically on upper Ohear/St. Johns Ave, beautifying the triangle space at Beaver/Justice/Lambert, and cleaning/edging sidewalks. 

-Membership Branch:  Thanks to this branch for working so hard to prepare our 2012 newsletter, this was mailed out to over 1000 neighbors in our neighborhood council.  This branch’s goals are to have more regularly printed handouts which would be hand delivered; and 1 or 2 signs with our council’s information at the entrances of our neighborhood. Look out for the new sign we just received from the city to post on E. Montague by the RR tracks showing our meeting times.  We are very excited to draw more attention with this sign and get more neighbors involved.  Thanks to the City of NC!

-Calling for volunteers to help organize two upcoming events: Clean City Sweep (April) and Village Street Sale (May)

 

Our Branches and contact information for the Branch Leaders are:

        School Branch-Kyle Lahm klahm@northcharleston.org

        Beautification Branch-Kate Besta  katembesta@hotmail.com

        Crime Watch Branch-Paul Ristau  paul.ristau@comcast.net

        Membership Branch-Christine Beddia beddia2@yahoo.com

        Community Garden Branch-Russ Patterson  russellwpatterson@gmail.com

**please contact the leaders if you are interested in improving our neighborhood through one of these groups**

 

CITY COUNCIL NEWS

-Bob King is our new City Council representative for District 10 and Sam Hart is the City Council representative for our neighboring District 7, which covers a portion of our neighborhood council.

-We have about 10,000 people in District 10.

-Mr. King’s hope is to get all PC neighborhood councils to work together to tackle some of our neighborhood issues.

-New sidewalks are slated for certain areas around the neighborhood.

 

Please come to our next Neighborhood Meeting, Tomorrow February 7^th at 6:30 pm, Jenkins Ave, corner of       

E. Montague and Jenkins, at the PC Picture House.

 

Our regular scheduled meetings are 2^nd Tuesday of each month at 6:30 pm, 1077 E. Montague, The Meeting Place