July 31 Local Black-Out/Summit-Barclay Stop Sign

This post is to inform residents and friends that there was a limited blackout for a section of Summit Avenue (between Federal and Catalpa on both sides of the Street), due to a malfunctioning transformer. The fire dept and police were on the scene relatively quickly, securing the space - there was a hanging live wire - and National Grid arrived on the scene within a half hour. The lights went back on before 11 p.m.

I am also happy to say that the street was quiet, peaceful and without incident. A police patrol drove through at around 10 p.m.

Also, last Friday, I called into the Department of General Services (434-CITY) to report the need to replace a vandalized stop sign. As of yesterday evening, the stop sign had been replaced. So, a thank you to DGS.

Lastly, I walked down Delaware Avenue from Morton and was relatively pleased with the limited amount of litter on the sidewalk. There was a bottle, a few wrappers, a paper cup intermittenly scattered in the area between My Linh's and Lou Beas, but not so bad. The area between Morton and Magnolia was more of a concern, as far as litter is involved. As we develop and strengthen as an organization, we may want to consider how to engage folk to minimize this issue, in context of Broken Windows.

Do not forget to come by the National Night Out at the DANA farmers market. After 5:30, Stewarts will provide some ice cream. I'll see you there.