Welcome New Members!

Chilton Chats welcomes Mary and Elizabeth to the blog. Congratulations!

To test this idea further, see if you can post something to the blog. We're still trying to learn whether neighborhood blogging will work for us. If it IS something we want to pursue, we can "work out the bugs" before we go "live" by inviting all the neighbors to view and join the blog.

BBQ 07-15-06!

BBQ and talent show Saturday, July 15, 5PM
in honor of the
10th year anniversary of our group!

Elizabeth will coordinate the variety show - call or email her!
Martha will coordinate the BBQ and send email alerts.

Get ready for a really big show!

Strut your stuff!!

Meeting 4-24-06

We had a long, interesting, and successful meeting chaired by Mary on Monday, April 24, 2006 at Elizabeth's house. Entertainment was provided by almost-two Alexander. The following was discussed:

• Mara's dance troup performance May 12 at Macy's - call to buy tickets for $10 (which gets you 15-20% off shopping that day);
  
• traffic calming on Malta (update on ideas presented at GPA - no decisions yet);
  
• graffiti removal in the neighborhood (the city supplies eqipment; once/month volunteers are organized by GPA; Kevin and Mary volunteered 2 hours on Chenery);
  
• update on Doug's van accident/insurance report - slow progress; Henry's car was hit the same day by the same uninsured motorist;
  
• Friends of Urban Forest's 20th Anniversary - they want to plant 15,000 trees (call them if you want to get involved);
  
• changes planned for Bosworth St: 2 hour meters from Diamond to Lippard, and 2 hour unmetered limits from Lippard to Elk, M-S from 9-6pm instead of current unmetered limits of four hours, M-F from 10-4pm); concern raised: will this direct "more parkers up our (already-congested) way?
  
• earthquake seismic retrofitting: Henry presented engineer's ideas of how to strengthen our houses; main weakness is the front - garage doors, front doors, and stairs weaken; remedies exist - call for unofficial, non-binding "consultation";
  
• neighborhood blog: Martha presented idea and sample of a neighborhood blog; decision: explore idea further, and invite neighbors to join; concerns raised regarded security, privacy, and the blog name;
  
• cancellation of next meeting (July 31) in favor of a BBQ and variety/talent show on July 15. See you there!

Chilton Blog Online!

Chilton neighbors are busy, multi-talented individuals with ideas, artwork, energy, and abilities to share. Let's put those talents to use!

The adults lead hectic lives; the kids are computer-literate and coming-of-age; the time is short, and the pressures are great. All this means is that online communication is the way to go.

Chilton Chats is where it's at!
This space will be reserved on the web as a place to post YOUR news;
It can be an arena in which to share your FAMILY's concerns; and
it may well begin a style of NEIGHBORHOOD communicating that is catching!

Chilton residents will write this blog. Make it what you want!
Join as a blogger, or just read as a surfer. Either way, you'll enjoy learning what your neighbors lives are like, and in the process you'll enrich your own.

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Chilton Chats!