North Four Corners News ♦ April 2024

President’s Message

By Sharon Canavan

On Wednesday, 10 April, we will be hearing from Zubin Adrianvala, a Planner Coordinator with the Montgomery County Planning Department, who will speak about recommendations for the University Boulevard Corridor Plan (UBCP) and how this plan could affect our neighborhood.  Our NFCCA meeting, as usual, will start at 7:30 p.m. at Forest Knolls Elementary School (online, too).

At our February meeting, NFCCA finished filling out the 2023–2024 NFCCA Board and Officers slate.  After calling for nominations, attendees voted to confirm Jessica Broback as Vice President and two At-Large Board members:  Brandon Broback and Susan Shreiner.

Our February speaker, Marlene Smith, a Xerces Ambassador from the Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation, presented “The Monarch: An Icon on the Edge.”  She discussed the monarch butterfly’s lifecycle and migration trends.  Climate change — along with human related threats, especially pesticides — are contributing to declining monarch numbers.  The speaker discussed how to help by providing what monarchs need:  Habitat!  Planting milkweed, nectar and native plants, and keeping green areas for monarch shelter can support the monarch population.  People can also participate in community science, capturing monarch activity data, participating in a project or spreading the word.

The NFCCA 2023–2024 dues campaign is off to a good start with 212 households paid-up so far.  Last cycle we got to 267; it’s time for a stretch goal.  Let’s try to make it to 300!

Also, Immediate Past-President Ema Perez continues to amaze us with his energy and enthusiasm for planning wildly successful NFCCA events.  The funtastic Chili Cook Off netted $904 for NFCCA (see photos here).  I also want to thank all the Board members who helped bring this event together again this year and our neighborhood Chili-masters who cooked up delicious, spicy tastes.

Wazzup in the Neighborhood

Keep an eye out for NFCCA’s upcoming 2024 events.  The Earth Day All-Ages Bike Ride starting in North Four Corners Local Park will be the third weekend in April (date TBD).  The 3rd Annual NFCCA Neighborhood Yard Sale will take place on Saturday, 18 May 2024, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (see story here).  Time to start going through your garage and closets!

Find out more about these and other upcoming events and activities in our community by going to our website nfcca.org or the NFCCA calendar in the nfcca@groups.io listserv.  Or go to the NFCCA Facebook page by searching for NFCCAMoCo.  Hope this helps you stay up-to-date and engaged!  Lots going on, and we want to hear from you.  So come join us at the April meeting.   ■