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Here’s the April 2016 Gahanna Police Report
The City of Gahanna and Ohio Mobile Shredding will partner to provide free document destruction and electronic recycling to Gahanna residents. Family and household records (such as financial, legal and medical documents) will be accepted for shredding. Business records will not be accepted. A limit of five (5) standard-size paper grocery bags or boxes per vehicle is allowed. Plastic bags, binders, notebooks, newspapers and magazines will not be accepted. For questions, please visit the City of Gahanna event announcement.
WHEN?
Saturday, July 18, 2015 – 9am to 1 pm
WHERE?
Parking lot behind City Hall.
Attached is the May 2015 Recap from the Gahanna Police Department.
Hi, Neighbors! Attached is the latest Gahanna police report. Don’t forget our neighborhood meeting on Wednesday May 6 at 7pm!
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Community Garage Sale, Part Deux
Sorry for the late notice on this, folks, but when two neighbors decided to have a joint garage sale this weekend, other homes on the same street wanted to join in. With the home count up to 5, the board agreed to expand the idea to the whole neighborhood in case others were interested. Residents should have received a notice on their mailbox on Tuesday.
When: Friday, July 18 & Saturday, July 19
Time: 9am – 2pm
All residents are welcome to join in with small or large sales either day (or both). The weather looks like it will cooperate!
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Annual Dues Update
Hi Neighbors.
You should have received an invoice a few weeks ago asking for $40 annual dues. We’ve received some questions about the dues increase and would like to explain.
Our neighborhood is at a crossroads. With garage doors, gutters and driveways starting to deteriorate, and retail popping up around us, our home values are set to decline very quickly. On the other hand, with our proximity to the higher-value homes off Cherrybottom Road, we can take this as an opportunity to INCREASE our home values. Gahanna will continue to be an attractive suburb as Columbus grows and expands, and we want our neighborhood to be an attractive, desirable part of that growth.
The first impression our neighborhood receives is in viewing any one of the FIVE entrances into The Villages of Gahanna. While residents themselves are supposed to maintain the landscaping around the entrances, the neighborhood association members voted to upgrade the appearance with the help of professional landscape services. Our annual dues of $20 barely cover the maintenance costs. (We have an annual contract with Winnscapes, but if you have other recommendations for next year, please let us know.)
But landscaping isn’t enough. Currently, we have only one sign branding our neighborhood, and that one is barely standing. Without neighborhood signs, we are just a bunch of houses with limited resale value. The association members agreed that designing and installing new signs is a neighborhood priority, and the dues increase is the first step in funding the $7000-$10,000 price. Remember, we have FIVE entrances to the neighborhood, and each sign is $1500-$2000, depending on design.
The board is looking at designs and ways to save money, but it hasn’t been easy. We want the signs to be permanent, low/no maintenance, and beautiful. If any of our members have suggestions for additional fundraising activities, please let us know. Additionally, if you or someone you know are masons, sign-makers, welders, landscapers, installers etc., we would welcome input (and a hefty discount on services) for the signs.
In the meantime, please help maintain our neighborhood by sending in your membership dues ($40) using the secure PayPal button to the right, or by sending a check made payable to Villages of Gahanna Homeowners Association to our treasurer:
Donna Simmons
1341 Haybrook
Gahanna, OH 43230
Thank you!
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