Welcome to the 1st day of Fall. How about that BENA Picnic last Saturday afternoon? For those who didn’t have a chance to join in the fun, you really missed out on a great time. The Dixieland All-Star Band performed again. We had large inflatables for the kids (young and old) to enjoy, we had the BEST tasting Cotton Candy (on this side of Candy Land!), and we had wonderful door prizes that quite a few folks won as the picnic wrapped up!
I want to thanks EVERYONE who worked hard to make the picnic the wonderful success that it was. As many people know, we already planning on next year’s picnic being BIGGER and BETTER, so please plan to attend.
There will be a BENA Yard Sale on Saturday, October 11th. Please contact your area rep if you plan on conducting a sale.
BENA Junk Day this fall is Thursday, October 16th for those BENA members with Industrial Disposal garbage service.
A Brightside Clean-Up Day on October 25th between 8am until 12 noon. Please contact Cheryl Wofford at 495-6454 for more information.
The Traffic Study Petition Campaign is under way to see if we can get enough signatures regarding our neighborhood streets to have a traffic study done to see if we’re candidates for Speed Humps. Please contact your area rep if you’re interested in this study.
According to Officer John Leonard, car break-ins and related thefts are still the #1 problem throughout our area of town. Please keep your car doors lock and your valuables safely stored out of site (i.e., in the car trunk, glove compartment, or under a seat).
Take care and be safe! More later!
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WOW!!! Is the Summer flying by quickly or what?!? Please accept my apologies for not updating the website sooner.
As many of you know, there is quite a bit going on these days throughout the neighborhood. We have a general meeting coming up on August 14th, so please be sure to attend. Have you noticed your new BENA Banners? There are 12 of them hanging on utility poles in and around the Breckenridge Estates boundary. Our Brightside-related landscaping project will literally break ground in the very near future, so watch for that too.
The next quarterly newsletter will soon go out. In it you’ll find plenty of information about the upcoming annual BENA Picnic. We’re hoping to add to all of the fun and excitement (minus the very hot temperature) of last year’s picnic. There’s also a lot of discussion going on regarding “Speed Humps”. A few nearby streets have them and some folks are wondering if we too should considering having them installed to help slow down the speeders.
In addition, we’re STILL looking for someone to consider stepping up to the Vice President position. If you are THAT candidate, please attend next month’s meeting for further consideration.
Enjoy the rest of your Summer and check back with the website from time to time for future updates. I’ll do my best to post updates in a more timely fashion. In the meantime, let’s ALL do our part to get out there and talk with our neighbors. Let’s share our ideas, watch out for one another, and keep our neighborhood the shining example it is for the rest of our community! Take care!
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Greetings from your new BENA President – David DiSalvo.
I am privileged to take the helm on behalf of this wonderful neighborhood association. I know I speak for all of us in expressing to Meghann and her family heartfelt thanks for their dedication and support of BENA. I also wish them the greatest of success in their new endeavors in Shelbyville.
Now that I’ve stepped up to the President’s position, the association is in need of a new Vice President. If you are a current member of BENA and would like to be considered for this important position, please make your intentions known on or before the next general meeting on May 8, 2008.
Be sure to watch for the next BENA newsletter with its exciting new information about what is going on in our neighborhood! And, don’t hesitate to contact me, a board member, or any of the Area reps with any questions or concerns. Take care!
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Please Note: Meghann Frederick who has served as president of the association for a while now will be moving on Good Friday to Shelbyville. David DiSalvo will be taking over as president of the association and a new Vice President will need to be elected into the board sometime in the coming months. The website will now be hosted at another board member’s home (it has been hosted at Meghann’s home up until this point) and will be taken over by members of the board since Meghann will no longer be up to date on events of the association (she has been maintaining the site up until now).
A note from Meghann: It has been my honor and pleasure to serve the neighborhood over the last several years. I have have been working with some fantastic people who really want to work to see the neighborhood continue to grow stronger, safer and more beautiful in the years to come. I feel as though this neighborhood has almost become a part of my extended family, as you have shared in many of the joys and trials that come with my growing family and your support and friendships mean a lot to me. Take heart that the association will only continue to grow and get better and better under the continued dedication of the board and the fresh leadership of David DiSalvo. And of course I will continue to support the assoc. in whatever ways I can from a distance! Please consider service on this incredible board and good luck on continuing a strong future for Breckenridge Estates!
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