Fisher Parker [Septmber 2014]

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GIVING THANKS
Thanks to Ashley Meredith of Leftwich Street for orchestrating our musical June Jubilee on the lawn of Temple Emanuel and to Sonya Lowe of Magnolia Street for planning our ice cream-licious August National Night Out Against Crime. Next up is “Take Back the Park” work morning followed by pizza planned by the Park Committee, our neighborhood children’s Halloween Parade and Party coordinated by Rosemary Kenerly of Simpson Street, our neighborhood annual meeting planned by Nancy Doll of Simpson Street, followed up by our December fund-raising Luminaria display arranged by Wade Billeisen of Bessemer Avenue. A take away message is -- folks who live or work across our entire Fisher Park neighborhood, from Wendover to Church Street to Smith Street to Wharton Street -- all contribute and are welcomed to all neighborhood events. All may attend our neighborhood board meetings listed on the back of every Fisher Parker newsletter. Board minutes are shared on the website. Whatever event engages your enthusiasm, simply call volunteers listed on the back page of newsletters and offer assistance. Your friendship quotient grows exponentially through neighborhood participation.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25, PARK WORK MORNING This year’s final Fisher Park work morning is Saturday October 25, 9:00 a.m. when volunteers gather to "Take Back The Park". Meet at the concrete animals in southwest Fisher Park. After our labors, all park work volunteers will enjoy free pizza, drinks, harvest apples, gingerbread and autumn desserts. If you can't join us October 25th you're encouraged to either: donate an hour of your own yard maintenance staff to work in Fisher Park this autumn or donate food or drinks for the Oct 25th event. Please arrange either donation now by contacting contact Cynthia Holzheimer at 336-404-8188 or cmholzheimer@earthlink.net. (Rain date is November 1.)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26 HALLOWEEN PARADE & PARTY Creatures great and small meet at the intersection of Fisher Park Circle and Carolina Street, Sunday, October 26, 4:00 p.m. for our annual neighborhood children’s Halloween Parade and Party. In case of ghoulish weather, proceed directly to the Temple Emanuel Social Hall where the after-parade party commences rain or shine. Please contact Rosemary Kenerly now to help or to donate food and drink for our children’s event. And please come out to cheer-on young paraders, confident that during their brief yet lively stroll they really do become pumpkins, bats, lions, princesses, and pirates – the characters of their joyful imaginations.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16 NEIGHBORHOOD-WIDE ANNUAL MEETING If adults attend only one neighborhood event, make it our Sunday, November 16, 4:00 p.m. neighborhood-wide annual meeting currently scheduled for Broome Hall at the rear of Holy Trinity Church off Fisher Avenue. Gordon Soenksen, Chief Development Officer at the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro (CFGG), will speak about our neighborhood endowment and answer questions, after which together we’ll listen for your input and savor food, drink, and conversations.
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Contacts are on the back page of every Fisher Parker newsletter and www.fisherparknc.org. ___________________
“Take Back the Park” Work Morning Saturday, October 25, 9:00 a.m. (Saturday, November 1, 9:00 a.m. rain date) Meet at the concrete animals in southwest Park Contact Cynthia Holzheimer Halloween Parade & Party Sunday, October 26, 4:00 p.m. Stroll from Fisher Park Circle at Carolina Street to party at Temple Emanuel. In case of rain go directly to the Temple. Contact Rosemary Kenerly
Annual Meeting of the FPNA
Sunday, November 16, 4:00 p.m.
Holy Trinity Church Broome Hall
Contact 2014 President Raymond Large Luminaria Display Saturday, December 13 at dusk (Sunday, December 14 at dusk rain date) Contact Wade Billeisen
Five &Ten Fundraising Continues! www.fisherparknc.org Contact Adeline Talbot ___________________ Most 2014 FPNA events are posted at www.fisherparknc.org/News.html.
Receive event reminders and updates via the Fisher Park neighborhood e-mail list and Facebook!
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 13 LUMINARIA DISPLAY
Look forward to another successful Luminaria display Saturday, December 13. Luminaria kit order forms will be in the November Fisher Parker newsletter. Those who prefer electronic purchases may use PayPal via the FPNA website. Weather permitting, this year we’ll congregate in the northwest meadow of Fisher Park at dusk and enjoy carolers, cider, sweets, and fires to warm our spirits. [City permits will be obtained.] The event ends 6:30-ish so participants may head out to dinner or other holiday gatherings. Contact Wade Billeisen now at 336-312-1900 or jwadebilleisen@yahoo.com to offer assistance preparing the evening’s festivities. (Rain date is Sunday, December 14.)
CONTRACTOR REFERRALS For several years we’ve collected neighbors’ positive referrals for home renovation contractors and tradespersons via the Aycock and Fisher Park e-mail listservs and the College Hill blog. After discussion among neighborhood leaders, Preservation Greensboro Inc (PGI) agreed to update and host this cooperative list on their website’s Resources page. References are categorized by trade, contractor, contact information, as well as who shared their referral, how to contact them, their neighborhood, and date. Categories captured range from appliance repair to architects, brick masons, cabinetry, carpentry, chimney sweeps, electrical, gutters, house cleaners, HVAC, kitchen design, landscaping, lawn care, movers, notaries, painters, plasterers, plumbers, roofers, tree work, vapor barriers, waterproofing, window cleaning, and window repair. When you share a positive contractor/tradesperson referral with neighbors, consider copying your referrals to the Blandwood Executive Assistant Judi Kastner jkastner@blandwood.org. As of September 2014, over 100 experienced referrals are readily available online at http://www.blandwood.org/resources.html.
STATE HISTORIC REHABILITATION TAX CREDITS “SUNSET” In 2014 our NC state legislators ended their session without renewing historic rehabilitation tax credits offered since 1976 – “sunsetting” a previously effective historic preservation and economic development tool which encouraged preservation while boosting local employment of skilled construction craftspersons. Many neighbors used the 30% tax credit for certified rehabilitation of non-income-producing historic district properties -- including private residences -- directly deducting specifically approved expenses from the bottom line of their annual state taxes spread over 5-years.
While future tax consequences are being interpreted at the state level, we’ve heard that property owners who spend $25K or more on specifically approved historic rehabilitations before December 31, 2014 may still apply for these tax credits one last time. For details on this NC historic rehabilitation tax credit opportunity scheduled to “sunset” in 2014, contact your local tax accountant and the NC Historic Preservation Office at http://www.hpo.ncdcr.gov/tchome.htm. State legislators may revive historic preservation incentives in some alternate form so contact those professionals for future interpretations. CANNON COURT WINS COUNTY LANDMARK STATUS Bolstered by research and enthusiasm of residents, owners, local historians, city Historic District staff, Preservation Greensboro, and Architect Carl Myatt, in August 2014 Cannon Court condominiums on North Elm Street achieved Guilford County Local Landmark status! Beyond enviable pride, local landmark status offers up to 50% tax deferral on city and county property taxes on the building, the savings of which will be used collectively to make substantial building improvements – a win-win situation for owners, local contractors, our neighborhood and preservationists. Congratulations to Cannon Court owners and residents! Preservation Greensboro’s Benjamin Briggs applauds this accomplishment at http://preservationgreensboro.typepad.com/weblog/2014/08/cannon-court-wins-local-landmark-status.html
CITY STORM DRAIN POLICY -- NEW FOR HISTORIC DISTRICTS In August the City of Greensboro issued a new policy about storm drain repairs on properties within Greensboro’s historic districts. Assistant City Attorney Terri A. Jones (336-373-2320) wrote “In Historic Districts, where there is evidence of an existing stormwater conveyance or storm drain system in an alley or on private property -- and the Neighborhood Association intends to repair or replace the conveyance or drain system -- the City will evaluate the planned construction and if the plan is approved by City Staff, the City may contribute up to one-half of the costs to the Neighborhood Association. The Neighborhood Association will be responsible for contracting with a licensed contractor for the construction or repair of the improvements. The Neighborhood Association may utilize municipal service district (MSD) funds to pay its share of the costs. [Note: Aycock and College Hill historic district property owners self-tax for MSD funds. Fisher Park does not have MSD funds.] The City will not take over ownership or maintenance of the conveyance or storm drain system, or the alley in which it is located. On-going maintenance will be the responsibility of the Neighborhood Association or the private property owners, as applicable.” Fisher Park – Established 1902 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places – www.fisherparknc.org Page 3
City Historic District staff and neighbor, Mike Cowhig, reflects positively that “the City generally does not repair storm sewer lines on private property. But in the historic districts there can be unusual situations because the infrastructure is 100+ years old. This [new] policy provides a tool to fix problems under strict conditions in the interest of the historic districts.” A map of the Fisher Park Historic District, which is smaller than the Fisher Park Neighborhood, is available at http://www.fisherparknc.org/HistoricDistrict.html
FIVE AND TEN FUNDRAISER UNDERWAY
In June 2014 the Fisher Park Neighborhood Association kicked off a Fisher Park ‘Five and Ten Fund’ fundraiser designed to generate ongoing support for our neighborhood. For every $15 donated, $5 goes directly to the neighborhood checking account and $10 is invested in the Fisher Park Neighborhood endowment fund managed by the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro (CFGG.) A Five and Ten Fund FAQ is available and you may donate anytime by check or online at www.FisherParkNC.org. On behalf of the FPNA Board you are invited to invest in your neighborhood’s future. Questions? Contact Adeline Talbot at atalbot@studiotraveler.com or 336-312-5654.
THERAPY >>> JUST AROUND THE CORNER You’ve driven around our neighborhood and reflected … “There’s surely a bunch of psychologists and therapy shops in our neighborhood!” We can have fun espousing all manner of self-reflection about why our neighborhood garners a surfeit of mind-tending businesses. Perhaps an inherent comfort permeates these human-scale older homes, gardens, walkable sidewalks, and sheltering canopy trees. Whether you exhibit strong avoidance behaviors when in proximity to a neighborhood psychologist’s office, or have embraced a therapeutic encounter on your own, we’re pleased these businesses call Fisher Park their home. If we missed a few, please chalk it up to the imprecise nature of the Internet or perhaps editorial character flaws!
Avalon Center
200 East Bessemer Ave 336-574-0074
Psychologists
Center For Psychotherapy & Life Skills Development 912 North Elm St 336-274-4669
Psychologists
Greensboro Pregnancy Care Center
917 North Elm St 336-274-4881
Personal & Family Pregnancy Counseling
Hanes Lineberry Funeral Home
515 North Elm St 336-272-5157
Personal & Family Counseling, Grief Counseling
Higher Ground Day Center 210 East Bessemer Ave 336-274-5637
HIV/AIDS Counseling Ringer Center The
213 East Bessemer Ave. 336-937-6195 Personal & Family Counseling, Psychologists, Substance abuse and medication management services.
The Social And Emotional Learning Group
304 West Fisher Ave 336-285-7174
Family Counseling, Psychologists, Behavior Management, Motivational speaking Camilla Cornelius
915 Olive St 336-230-0647
Personal & Family Counseling, Psychotherapists
Center For Life And Performance Inc The
608 North Greene St 336-274-4299
Personal & Family Counseling, Psychology
Garcia Maryann
915 Olive St 336-271-2666
Personal & Family Counseling, Psychologists
Guttman Nancy
200 East Bessemer Ave 336-275-5457
Personal & Family Counseling, Psychotherapists, Family Counseling H John King Counselor
912 North Elm St 336-558-4720
Personal & Family Counseling
Heiney Mary L Mslpa
403 Parkway Ste E 336-275-9889
Psychologists
Mccollum Marion Ed D
912 North Elm St 336-274-4669
Personal & Family Counseling, Psychologists, Group Therapy, Play Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Psychology, Eye Movement Desensitivation & Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy
Milan Robert
200 East Bessemer Ave 336-378-1200
Personal & Family Counseling, Psychotherapists, Group Therapy
Plank David A
608 North Greene St 336-833-3253
Personal & Family Counseling, Psychologists
Poag John C
200 East Bessemer Ave 336-574-0074
Personal & Family Counseling, Psychologists
Vedder Patricia PhD LPC LMFT ATR
608 North Greene St 336-273-3900
Personal & Family Counseling
Wineburg Katherine Riley
200 East Bessemer Ave 336-271-2925
Personal & Family Counseling, Psychotherapists
Wohlwend Peter M Div
912 North Elm St 336-274-4669
Personal & Family Counseling, Psychologists, Group Therapy, Play Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Psychology, Eye Movement Desensitivation & Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy
WHITHER WEATHER Did you know there’s a highly reliable weather station as close by as Hillcrest Drive in the Westerwood neighborhood? Information sampled from this weather station is refreshed every few seconds providing temperature, wind direction, humidity, and precipitation at www.wunderground.com/wundermap. Fisher Park – Established 1902 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places – www.fisherparknc.org Page 4
HOME RESALE DYNAMICS 1- Location includes factors such as the price of recent nearby transactions, the quality of local schools and whether the area has a strong sense of community. A Realtor relays “Buyers increasingly value community where they're buying. They come not looking for a house, but focusing much more on the community, the activities and the school district". 2- “Walkability has become more important in many markets, especially amongst millennials," says the president of the Appraisal Institute. 3- Size (not McMansionesque) and Layout – a sense of openness and flexibility are popular. 4- Renovations play into a home's value, but if your home is over improved compared with other properties in the neighborhood, it can actually hurt your property's value. 5- And keep records to show the home has been well maintained. [From a July 11, 2014 U.S. News & World Report article by Susan Johnston.]
LARGE SCALE RENOVATIONS Bill Norman and Shelly Johnson, owners of nearby Kneaded Energy, recently chose a large-scale fixer-upper home at 1012 North Eugene Street. After six months of renovations they recently moved in and bravely invited the entire neighborhood to an open house. Besides lovely accoutrements, we found most fascinating several original windows of a design we had not seen before. Bill and Shelly had wrestled to open them without success until a gentleman who grew up in the house clued them in -- simply flip up the windowsill itself and voila, the entire window sash glides down into the wall below. Bill and Shelly love a fresh air house and such uniquely crafted original windows afford their pleasure.
Sheila Sanders, ReMax Realtor, and Craig VanDeventer of American Express, made their decision to leave nearby Sunset Hills and purchase 114 West Bessemer Avenue after only one visit to this large hillside home. Pam Frye of Chaney-Frye Properties managed renovations and comments that this was a “diamond in the rough”, originally so well designed and built that although every room needed updating, all the original character was retained, including a grand hallway staircase.
IT’S SAFE TO SIT Tired of splintered wood and carpenter bee-bored park benches and picnic tables, Park Committee Co-Chairperson Cynthia Holzheimer was on a mission. She walked Fisher Park, photographing and documenting dozens of wooden benches and picnic tables that had not only seen better days – some were downright un-sitable! A commercial interior designer familiar with specifying details, Cynthia submitted a meticulous survey to the FPNA Board, then to the City Parks & Recreation (P&R) department, garnering praise from City staff for one of the most comprehensive and comprehensible repair requests received from a neighborhood. We’re equally impressed with how quickly City P&R staff attended to the request. Within a few weeks, formerly splintery wooden boards were ship shape. Kudos to Cynthia and City P&R staff. Because parks serve a mix of people and nature, our neighborhood Park Committee deals with much more than plants. For Park Committee meeting times and locations, please contact Park Committee Co-Chairpersons listed on the back page.
Thanks also to an energetic group of neighbors who turned out for our Saturday, August 23rd, 9-11 a.m. Park Work Morning. Directly across from 100 Fisher Park Circle, Bill Apple, Anne Bowers, Jim Brady, Mike Chapman, Cynthia Holzheimer, Paul Lynfesty, Carl Myatt, Ann Stringfield and Bill Sutton downed a large dead tree truck, pulled honeysuckle vines, hauled broken pine boughs, and snipped hundreds of knee-high volunteer trees in the underbrush where mature azalea bushes were professionally pruned this spring. City crews promptly removed the debris. Thanks also to dozens of pot-tending neighbors who planted and tend summer begonias in decorative concrete planters along park entrances.
FINANCING FISHER PARK In 2014 the Park Committee asked the FPNA Board to dramatically increase funding for park maintenance, especially to begin professional pruning within eight massive mature azalea stands. Our City provides mowing, leaf blowing, garbage collection, debris removal and other infrequent maintenance services. But with over 170 public parks, gardens, and facilities to manage, City Parks & Recreation staff can only attend an equitable amount to Fisher Park.
Historically, the last time our park received extraordinary funding was in the 1980’s when $25K was raised for a park reforestation and preservation landscape plan shepherded by Board members of that era and landscape designer and neighbor Paul “Chip” Callaway. $10K was provided by the Marion S. Covington Foundation of Greensboro matched by neighborhood fund-raising. Major pledges arrived from the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Holy Trinity Church, ICI Fibres, FPNA Board members, and generous donations from neighbors. Each neighborhood survey since then consistently ranks the park itself as a significant neighborhood asset. Fisher Park – Established 1902 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places – www.fisherparknc.org Page 5
KING’S CHAIR SETTLES INTO FISHER PARK A summer phone call excited our Park Committee beyond measure. A grandson and six great grandchildren of stonemason Andrew Leopold Schlosser (1863-1943) offered to donate Schlosser’s fanciful “King’s Chair” creation to Fisher Park.
Born in Austria-Hungary in a town that is now part of Slovakia, A.L. Schlosser came to America in 1898, reportedly at the request of a Greensboro area architect. Descendants say he served four years in the Prussian Army and -- fearing wars in eastern Europe -- didn’t want his sons drafted to fight. At some point, Schlosser may have lived on Eugene Street as the family recalls. We know he crafted many of the stone walls, foundations, porch columns, and entire stone homes that grace our neighborhood and beyond.
Significant examples include today’s Avalon House on East Bessemer Ave., the Latham-Baker house and carriage house (now condominiums) on North Greene Street, the Galloway House on North Elm Street, numerous walls and stone features of many Fisher Park Circle homes, and likely many stone bridges and creek-linings in Fisher Park proper. One signature feature of Schlosser’s craft is “grape vine mortar”-- meandering convex mortar uniting granite stones. Schlosser’s grandson recalls a carved-out spoon was used to fashion this distinctive mortar profile.
Along with Schlosser family generosity, the City of Greensboro Parks & Recreation prepared a natural foundation in west Fisher Park and will transport the massive, weighty “King’s Chair” from a home in McLeansville, NC, at City expense. Six Schlosser descendants will enjoy a tax deduction for this magnificent gift. Local history writer Jim Schlosser, a great-grandson of A.L. Schlosser, will pen a more comprehensive story. Watch our neighborhood listserv and Facebook page for a September announcement celebrating this gift to Fisher Park. Many thanks to the Schlossser family for their generosity, to City P&R staff, and Park Committee members Carl Myatt and Sally Atwood for multiple meetings and travel to facilitate this unique donation and event. (Chair graphic is courtesy of Park Co-Chairperson Bill Sutton.)
FROM THE ARCHIVES
In 1889, our neighborhood was envisioned by Scotsman Basil John Fisher who placed a newspaper advertisement which read: “The residential Property … is the most desirable in the whole City of Greensboro …. It is near the Court House and busiest part of this flourishing City. It will be in direct contact with the prospective Tram Car System running through the principal thoroughfares and straight to the depot. The position is most salubrious, being high and with a natural drainage, and of a light sandy soil …. All lots with 5 exceptions are 150 feet deep …. Prices range from $10 a foot on North Elm Street, to $7 and $6 on Wainman and Simpson streets.” [Note: Wainman is now North Greene Street.] In 1915, “Kirby Moore, a local realtor whose firm had just finished building fifteen Fisher Park houses, complained that the suburb was “too far out” for buyers. Many who desired to escape downtown with its tobacco plants and railroad congestion disagreed.” [From Greensboro’s Early Suburbs chapter by Gayle Hicks Fripp in the book Early Twentieth-Century Suburbs in North Carolina: Essays on History, Architecture and Planning edited by Catherine W. Bishir and Lawrence S. Early. 1985.]
NEWCOMERS WELCOME
Our neighborhood Greeters keep an ear out for new homeowners and renters. But we neighbors often forget to alert Greeters. In this issue we revive a past tradition -- listing new neighbors recently brought to our attention. If you’re new to the neighborhood, please contact any Greeter listed in each newsletter and we’ll ensure that you, too, receive a proper welcome. Alan & Alma Marshall transitioned to 912 Wharton Street after a house-flipper updated the property. Previously living in the eastern half of our neighborhood, Alan is now even closer to many long-time friends in the western half. Jean and Tamer Melek, both of whom teach in Guilford County Schools, and young Noah, are settled into 305 Victoria Street. Cora Outling who works at VF Corp., Justin Outling, a new attorney with Brooks Pierce PLLC, and their two youngsters Clark and Clara recently moved to 5 Magnolia Court. They especially appreciate our neighborhood's walkability and proximity to downtown. Sheila Sanders, Realtor, and Craig VanDeventer of American Express decided on their move to 114 West Bessemer Avenue from nearby Sunset Hills after only one visit to this grand hillside home. By all reports “the neighbors have been most gracious, supportive during renovations, and welcoming.” Jennifer Wilson, PhD candidate at UNCG's Consumer Apparel & Retail Studies program, and Adam Brown, consulting contractor, plus young Ella and Camden moved into 409 Victoria Street to be in a child-friendly neighborhood near UNCG. Fisher Park – Established 1902 Listed on the National Register of Historic Places – www.fisherparknc.org Page 6
Fisher Park Neighborhood Association (FPNA)
P. O. Box 2004 ● Greensboro, NC 27402
Mission: To preserve the historic and residential character of the Fisher Park neighborhood, and to work with the City of Greensboro to help maintain the scenic park for the benefit of the general public.
2014 FPNA Board of Directors
Position (term ends)
Name
Phone
Email
Address
Board (2014)
Raymond Large, President
828-508-6977
radylarge@gmail.com
622 North Elm Street
Board (2014)
Ashley Meredith, June Jubilee Co-Chair
336-202-4964
ashleymeredith206@gmail.com
206 Leftwich Street
Board (2014)
Laura Way, Treasurer
336-333-7460
Laura.way@greenhillcenter.org
Isabel Street
Board (2014)
Adeline Talbot, Communications Chair
336-312-5654
talbotfineart@gmail.com
112 Fisher Park Circle
Board (2015)
Camille Williams, June Jubilee Co-Chair
336-686-1971
camillebrady@yahoo.com
406 Victoria Street
Board (2015)
Nancy Doll, Programming/Events Chair
336-273-4002
nmdoll14@bellsouth.net
809 Simpson Street
Board (2015)
Kathleen Forbes
336-271-6688
keforbes2@gmail.com
206 East Hendrix Street
Board (2016)
Dick Birditt
336-382-4321
dickmryann@aol.com
215 Isabel Street
Board (2016)
Bill Sutton, Park Co-Chair
336- 285-8257
gsoncusa@triad.rr.com
12 Bessemer Court
Board (2016)
Michael Byrd
336-285-5211
michaellbyrd1@aol.com
416-C Fisher Park Circle
Board (2016)
Sally Atwood, Streets & Sidewalks Chair
336-273-8286
skda1@aol.com
802 Simpson Street
Board (2016)
Wade Billeisen, Luminaria Coordinator
336-312-1900
jwadebilleisen@yahoo.com
1101 Virginia Street
Board (2017)
Cynthia Holzheimer, Park Co-Chair
336-404-8188
cmholzheimer@earthlink.net
404-E Fisher Park Circle
Board (2017)
Anne Bowers, President Elect
336-617-8344
abowers9@triad.rr.com
402-B Fisher Park Circle
Board (2017)
Liz Urquhart
336-373-1250
Liz.urquhart@ugcorp.com
W. Bessemer Avenue
Board (2013)
Don Smith, Past President
336-362-1511
don88990@yahoo.com
308 Parkway
FPNA Board 2014 Meeting Schedule
Board meetings are 6:30 p.m. in the Holy Trinity Episcopal Church education building, Haywood Duke Room. 2014 meetings are: January 27, February 24, March 24, April 28, May 27, June 23, July 28, August 25, September 22, and October 27. The November/December meeting is combined on December 1 due to holidays. The annual neighborhood-wide meeting is Sunday, November 16, 2014, 4:00 p.m. in Broome Hall of Holy Trinity Church. Always call a Board member or Committee Chairperson to confirm dates, times, and locations in case of changes.
Additional Volunteers in the Neighborhood
Childrens Events
Rosemary Kenerly
336-707-5343
greensboromom4@yahoo.com
Simpson Street
Greeter Coordinator
Kim Martin
336-580-1887
Kimconrad_1@yahoo.com
211 Isabel Street
Southeast Greeter
Janet Craft
336-274-3420
JWolfeCraft@gmail.com
Church Street
Southwest Greeter
Carla Burns
336-327-5019
cecopelan@gmail.com
Victoria Street
Northwest Greeter
Todd McCain
336-339-4089
stmccain@aol.com
318 West Bessemer Avenue
Northeast Greeter
Jane Jackson
336-271-6705
jjackson1@triad.rr.com
115 North Park Drive
Email Listserv
Genie Schwartz
schwartzgenie@gmail.com
Fisher Park Circle
Neighborhood Watch
Sonya Lowe
336-209-5525
lowesonya@gmail.com
710 Magnolia Street
Newsletter Co-Editor
Ann Stringfield
336-370-0457
infocrofters@triad.rr.com
1005 North Eugene Street
Newsletter Co-Editor
Liz Urquhart
336-373-1250
Liz.urquhart@ugcorp.com
W. Bessemer Avenue
Webmaster
Ann Stringfield
336-370-0457
infocrofters@triad.rr.com
1005 North Eugene Street
Block Captains South Coordinator
Cheryl Poole
336-275-0333
cherylpoole@triad.rr.com
601 Magnolia Street
Block Captains North Coordinator
Jim Willis
336-275-5092
NA
East Hendrix Street
Find your volunteer Block Captain’s contact information at www.fisherparknc.org/Neighborhood.html
Helpful Contacts and Organizations
City Council
Zack Matheny, District 3 City Councilor
336-232-1900 or zack.matheny@greensboro-nc.gov
County Commission
Kay Cashion, District 6 County Commissioner
336-274-6272 or kcashio@co.guilford.nc.us
City Customer Contact Center
Directs your calls to ANY appropriate City department
336-373-CITY = 336-373-2489
City Historic District Staff
Historic district guidelines, applications for Certificate of Appropriateness (CoA), plus free design review advice
336-373-2144 directly
or simply call 336-373-CITY
City Zoning Enforcement
Historic district guidelines enforcement, property owner housing concerns, signage concerns, etc.
336-373-2753 directly
or simply call 336-373-CITY
City Code Compliance
Rental housing inspections, abandoned vehicles, overgrown property cleanup, etc.
336-373-2111 directly
or simply call 336-373-CITY
City Neighborhood Development
Barbara Harris is City Planning Dept. Neighborhoods contact
336-383-2509 directly or simply call 336-373-CITY
Duke Energy
Streetlight outage or electrical power outage.
1-800-POWERON (1-800-769-3766)
Police Central Division
Police assistance during emergencies and non-emergencies such as suspicious activities or noise abatement
Emergency: 911 Non-Emergency: 336-373-2222
Police Community Resource Officer
Police Officer Melanie Daniel melanie.daniel@ greensboro-nc.gov
336-373-4645
Greensboro Neighborhood Congress (GNC) A city-wide alliance of neighborhoods addressing neighborhood issues and empowering neighborhoods to resolve concerns
www.GreensboroNeighborhoodCongress.org
Fisher Park E-mail Listserv
Visit www.fisherparknc.org/communicate.html and follow directions. Create your own Yahoo username & password!
Then send e-mails to: fisherpark@yahoogroups.com. To unsubscribe, send a blank e-mail to: fisherpark-unsubscribe@yahoo.com