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Stories from the NFCCA Newsletter, the “North Four Corners News” |
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Stories from the NFCCA Newsletter, the “North Four Corners News” |
North Four Corners News ♦ October 2024
First, I want to thank everybody for their efforts this past year; our neighborhood volunteers, Board members, and Officers all pitched in to help make this a better community. A lot of folks stepped up to plan social activities: the chili cook-off fundraiser, National Night Out with over 200 attendees, a community yard sale, weekly casual soccer games, and bicycling events including three all-ages outings and Friday bike bus rides to school.
The NFCCA annual election for Officers and Board members takes place at our October meeting. If you are interested in becoming more engaged, offer to run yourself or nominate someone you believe can contribute their expertise. Please contact me at [contact details redacted] if you have any questions about serving or suggestions for a nominee.
The Montgomery County Planning agency has been busy this past year working on the University Boulevard Corridor Plan (UBCP). Once the agency finalizes its UBCP recommendations, this effort will move to the end stage with consideration by the County Council. Decisions affecting housing density, public transportation, traffic flow, economic development, and environmental protection will shape our community’s future, so pay attention and stay engaged.
Lisa Govoni, the speaker at our 9 October meeting, will cover the agency’s Attainable Housing Strategies report, which recommends changing single-family residential zoning county-wide to allow greater density and different residential types, such as duplexes and multiplexes (tri- and quadplexes) within neighborhoods, and small- to medium-scale multifamily development near growth corridors, including our community bordered by major highways (see related story on page 1).
In October, NFCCA will also acknowledge the community spirit that Martha and Rob Silk have contributed with our NFCCA Good Neighbor award. We are shedding a tear as they leave our community after 45 years. The Silks are the quintessential good neighbors and we want to let them know their many acts of kindness have not gone unnoticed!
Finally, October marks the beginning of the next NFCCA dues cycle. Unfortunately, our membership dropped slightly last year from our all-time high of 267 the year before. NFCCA membership comes at the low, low price of $15. See the story on the next page for easy ways to pay your dues. We also welcome voluntary donations to keep our newsletter going and fund social activities.
The five issues of the North Four Corners News are our main expense annually, and those costs have risen. Ad revenue helps cover only part of the printing cost, so dues are key to preserving a printed newsletter. Hosting the nfcca.org website and room rental fees for our general meetings are two other essential expense items. We are scrutinizing expenses to cut. Now that in-person meetings are coming back, we’ll drop the Zoom subscription. We are considering cuts to the cost of hosting social activities. And an important source of revenue is NFCCA’s Annual Chili Cook-off, so volunteer to participate as a Chili Master or buy tickets to taste smokin’ hot chili!
The NFCCA Officers and Board, along with a fantastic group of neighborhood volunteers, are doing our part to keep expenses as low as possible. Please do your part by paying your NFCCA membership dues. ■
© 2024 NFCCA [Source: https://nfcca.org/news/nn202410b.html]