Garden Tract Society - First Meeting Flyers

Hello Neighbors!

We've started to pass out the flyers for our first meeting. We hope to cover the neighborhood from Locust St to Yuba St, from East St and Continental to Canal St and Sequoia. Please try to attend and show support for the neighborhood.

The Chief of Police, Peter Hansen, and Crime Prevention Officer Mike Leonard will be present as well as representatives from Cypress School.

Have a happy and safe New Year's Eve and we hope to see you next week!

Sincerely,
Monique Gaido

Neighborhood Crime Watch

The residents of Lincoln St started a crime watch this evening. We contacted Mike Leonard at the RPD, 225-4209, arranged an evening meeting at a home and invited neighbors. Mike spoke for close to 2 hours, answered questions, and distributed crime statistics for our neighborhood.

Recent City of Redding budget cuts are forcing the RPD to cut back and they will be relying on neighborhood watch support now more than ever. Mike said there are 3 neighborhood watch units in effect in the Garden Tract area at this time. I hope our revitalization of the Garden Tract Society can help more to start.

Key points are as follows:

Call 911 if a crime is in progress involving potential property loss and/or potential personal injury

Call dispatch directly (225-4564) if you observe suspicious activity or suspicious people - this helps the RPD a great deal.

Keep front lights on from dusk til dawn and motion sensor lights at the side and back of your property. the motion lights can help track fleeing suspects at night.

Share contact information with your neighbors and have neighbors keep an eye on your property when you're absent (collect mail, papers, park in your driveway, etc)

If you want to share crime-related info on this site, please feel free to post incidents, trends, observations of suspicious activity or email me at moniquegaido@gmail.com.

Thanks!

How to post to this site...

Hello Neighbors!

I just wanted to add that anyone can post to this site if he/she has or starts a gmail account. If you visit the blogsite, there is a path to create an account if you want to post. It is a free email account, and of course you don't have to use it, other than to log on to this blogsite.

If you do not want to start a gmail account and would like to make a comment or post something, please feel free to email me at moniquegaido@gmail.com. Thanks!

Intro

Welcome to the Garden Tract Society!

The Garden Tract Society (GTS) was founded in the early 1990s by Mrs. Eloise Felch who has chaired the non-profit organization for 15 years. Its primary focus has been to restore the neighborhood's appearance and to unite our neighbors against unwanted city initiatives such as extending Placer through the school grounds and across the canal.

I am Monique Gaido. I have lived in the Garden Tract neighborhood since 2002 and have observed an increase in neighborhood crime. I began to share my concerns with neighbors. Ms. Felch and I discussed reconvening the neighborhood society with a new focus on crime. We would like to see if there is interest in gathering the neighborhood more regularly again, and if so, what goals you would like to set for our neighborhood.

Our initial meeting will be at the Cypress School cafeteria on Wednesday evening, January 7th, at 7 pm. We hope to discuss crime in the neighborhood, traffic calming for Locust, South, and/or Continental Sts, and any other interests you might have. Please mark your calendars and join us for the first meeting. We will distribute flyers a week before the meeting to let everyone know about it and about this blog site.

Thanks for your interest and I look forward to our first meeting.

Monique Gaido