March 2018 Newsletter
Councilwoman Freiberg is holding a meeting at St. Aloysius on March 6 at 6 p.m. in the Parish Hall. The meeting will concern plans for Rouzan and one of the new owners will be speaking. This meeting may also discuss the widening of I-10 and all the work that will be done around the Perkins Overpass. All residents are encouraged to attend.
Spring is in the air and Pollard Estates is coming back to life with beautiful flowers and all sorts of cute critters. We hope that you take advantage of the warmer weather and gorgeous days by getting outside, cleaning up your yards from the harsh winter and getting to know your neighbors.
Our first true membership drive is coming to a close and it has been a wonderful success! To date, we have collected dues from 147 residents, which is 44% of the neighborhood. We hope and expect that dues will continue to trickle in over time. Our goal is to re-capture at least 70% of lapsed former members as active members of CAPE and increase overall membership by 20% over 2017. We are well on our way to achieving these goals thanks to the hard work of your Board of Directors and your support. We would like to give a special shout out of thanks to Steve Oivanki for sitting at the front entrance during our Membership Week to answer questions and collect dues!
Please remember that the dues collected from CAPE members benefit the entire neighborhood. Off-duty BRPD patrols take up the majority of our annual budget. This is something we all need and appreciate. Neighborhood events are a small portion of our budget (only 5%). In an effort to show thanks to members for their support, events planned by the CAPE board will now only be open to CAPE members. It is important that we recognize and thank those who support our neighborhood. With our limited funds and manpower, this is the best way to do so at this time. We have some new and fun events planned for the year. We hope that you all will want to join us and that this will inspire you to pay dues and get involved.
While we certainly appreciate your financial support, we also need your physical support as a volunteer. There are many committees in the process of forming and will have their first meetings very soon. We need your help with tackling the Goliath issue of drainage, with helping neighbors in need, welcoming new neighbors, help with planning our events and so much more. Please let us know if you would like to get involved so that we can keep you personally informed of opportunities to help.
As always, please reach out if you have any questions or concerns. We are happy to help in any way possible.
Kelley Stein, President