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Winter 2009
 Newsletter		 Entrance Sign Options Entrance Sign Ballot

News: 

Entrance Sign Raffle!
JVNA is running a raffle to raise money for the new entrance signs. We'll be raffling off the old entrance sign boards (one set each to two lucky winners) at the Annual Meeting and Potluck on May 15 at the Johnson Elementary playground. Tickets are $1 each and you can buy as many as you'd like! Tickets can be purchased from Candace at 704 Highland or Julie at 106 Village Court between until May 1, 2010. Contact JVNA at jvna@avenue.org or 977-1365 with any questions.

Entrance Sign Options and Voting
Neighbor Beth DeBow has gotten options and proposals for a new entrance sign at Cherry and Shamrock. JVNA has three sign options from two sign local sign companies for you to review and vote for your favorite. The winning sign entry will be announced in February or March. You'll notice that the sign ballots and sign options were attached to your Winter Newsletter (to be distributed within the next week).

The sign options are also available in PDF form by clicking the link above called "Entrance Sign Options."

If you've lost your ballot, you can download it by clicking the link above called "Entrance Sign Ballot."

Vote for your favorite and return your sign ballot by January 30th to 704 Highland, 106 Village Court, 605 Shamrock OR by e-mailing your vote to jvna@avenue.org.

We are also asking for donations for the entrance sign fund. Our fundraising goal is $1000 and we're asking each household to contribute $5-$10 to help opay for the signs.

New Parents' Internet Forum
A Johnson Village neighbor has formed a new group on Yahoo called "Charlottesville Parents." It's a place for parents to share things about their kids, set up playdates, and exchange information. I invite you all to join. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cvilleparent

Click to join cvilleparent

Click to join cvilleparent

 New JVNA Board Members and JVNA on Facebook
On September 28, JVNA elected new board members. The Board can be reached via e-mail at jvna@live.com

President: Candace Carey
Vice President: Julie Basic
Secretary: Saskia Santen
Diane Sampson - Treasurer
John Shepherd - JVNA Representative Neighborhood Alliance
Beth DeBow - Director At Large
Sharon McCord - Director At Large

We are always looking for volunteers to help out with social events, attending local meetings, and the like so please e-mail us if you'd like to lend a hand in any way.

We are now on Facebook! Join our group and enjoy a new way of getting to know your neighbors and keep up to date on neighborhood issues.

CLICK HERE FOR FACEBOOK LINK

Petition to Improve Shamrock Road
JVNA adopted at its board meeting on September 28 a resolution in support of the petition calling on the City to improve pedestrian and traffic safety on Shamrock road at the railroad crossing.  Shamrock road is a major collector street and serves as a corridor for Johnson village traffic seeking to access JPA. Shamrock as it approaches the railway is a winding street with poor visibility, and irregular street side parking.  The absence of of sidewalks at the crossing forces pedestrians crossing the railway to use traffic lanes.  The expected closing of the JPA bridge for reconstruction in February 2010 for as long as two years will see the redirection of considerable amounts of traffic onto Shamrock, which is the only street crossing the railroad tracks between JPA and 9th street.  The increased traffic will worsen already serious traffic and pedestrian safety issues on Shamrock.

JVNA volunteers will be gathering petition signatures from JVNA and our adjacent neighborhoods in early October.  We plan to present the petition to City council with a request that they direct the traffic engineers to come up with solutions to these problems in consultation with the neighborhoods, and to act in advance of the bridge closing.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE PETITION

Mom's Circle and Play Group
As a mother of 2 toddlers,  Candace Carey, new JVNA President, would like to organize a Mom Circle/Playgroup here in the neighborhood. Candace noticed so many kids playing and it would be great to get to know everyone and for the kids to make friends. The group could meet one late morning or early afternoon a week preferably  on either Mondays, Wednesdays, or Fridays and the occasional Saturday for the moms who also have to work. If anyone is interested please contact Candace at jvna@live.com. 

Neighborhood Information:

The following link will take you to a PDF document of the City of Charlottesville's "Newsletters for Neighborhoods:"

"Newsletters for Neighborhoods - October/November 2007"

The newsletter is prepared by the City's Neighborhood Development Services and is "designed...to keep you informed about happenings in our community." The newsletter is updated once a month.
The following link will take you to a PDF document of the City of Charlottesville's 2006 Comprehensive Plan for Johnson Village, based on neighborhood input gathered during an October 2005 planning day sponsored by the City:

"Johnson Village Neighborhood Plan"