Bids for Landscaping Sought!!

If you are or know of someone interested in submitting a bid on furnishing the plantings for the new entrances they must be submitted by the next meeting! Please get all bids into Phil Gray as soon as possible. We would like to look at all the bids and take a vote so we can get that finished. Dont forget to look at the website www.sheridanvalley.org for updates on the sign project. It is moving forward!! Looks so beautiful!! Happy Neighbors Everybody!!

Upcoming Meeting to Have Speaker from City of Tulsa Working In Neighborhoods!

Be sure and not miss the next meeting featuring a speaker from the City of Tulsa's working in Neighborhoods Program. She will be able to help us with questions on keeping our covenants clear and enforced as well as how to keep our neighborhood association active and relevant. Please make plans to attend! We cant be a neighborhood without YOU!! For questions or items needed to be added to the agenda please contact Jill Probst, secretary @ jprobst@cbtulsa.com.

See you There Neighbor!

Bids for Landscaping Project

We are still waiting on three more bids on the landscaping portion of our signage Vision 2025 project. If anyone has another interested party that would like to bid on the landscaping portion of the job please contact jprobst@cbtulsa.com. You can submit your bid via email and she will get it to the design committee. The layout design can be found on the website www.sheridanvalley.org or you can find the drawings here.

NEIGHBORS BEWARE!!!

We recently have had our fair share of vandalisms and burglaries. Last week one of our neighbors had an attempted burglary we think. She was getting ready for work in the early morning hours and her security dog started barking. When her husband came back by the house he noticed a patio chair had been moved across the patio and brought to rest underneath a second story window. Her thought was that someone had surely tried and rethought to go in with her german shepard in the house. So remember with all the City work and stranger workmen in the neighborhood to lock your doors even if you are home. Secure both your back door and garage doors. Our little Valley is noticing more crime coming from other neighborhoods and spilling into ours. Our best defense is to call 911 when we think something may be amiss and then we can breathe easier when it turns out to be nothing. Better safe than sorry so call the POLICE and then call your neighbor.

Have a Happy Friday Everyone!! Be your brothers Keeper and we will all be better off.

New Signs look Brilliant!!

Have you noticed on your way home or maybe on your way out our beautiful signs and how they sparkle in the darkness!! The electricity is now on! A big thank you for Phil Grays perseverance and diligence in getting them to complete their part of the task.

City Work on Water Mains

Have you been down 78th Street and 68th Street cul de sac? The cul de sac has been under construction and many construction vehicles have been in and around our neighbors. Wednesday evening the cul de sac and some other neighbors had no power for a couple of hours due to a line being cut by the Construction crew from WH Couch. AEP/PSO was on site within minutes and worked diligently to get the power back on. With rain and storms getting ready to pour down on us the two PSO workers did their very best to get our power restored and did so quickly. The work has been messy but really fairly quick - so if you are next on the list to have the work done prepare yourself for the mess!

Just A Reminder for Neighbors

Hello Friends of Up With Trees,

Once again, Up With Trees is receiving a generous donation of trees from the Apache Foundation to give away to non-profit & faith-based organizations. The trees are expected to arrive by the end of October 2009. They will be large, 3-5 gallon potted trees that are 5-6 feet tall, and come in a variety of species that all grow well in Oklahoma. Each agency can again request up to 100 trees, although we will consider larger requests for those with multiple or exceptionally large facilities. We invite you to join one of our tree care classes if you feel that it would be beneficial, but are not making it mandatory for non-profit & faith-based groups provided that you have a staff member or representative responsible for ongoing maintenance. Please find a cover letter from our Executive Director as well as a revised Apache Foundation tree application attached.

Up With Trees is also extending free tree offer to individuals who take a "Tree Care" class! In addition to offering the trees to non-profits, Up With Trees will give away up to 4 trees per person who participates in one of our classes on how to properly plant and care for trees. There is a $10 charge per person for the class which will be held at our 1102 S. Boston location (class dates & times are noted on the attached cover letter and application, additional classes may be scheduled if needed). You must reserve your spot in advance.

While we are asking for a small donation for this program, please bear in mind there are significant costs associated with this and all of our programs. If you are able, please consider making an additional donation to Up With Trees to help us continue to offer programs like this to the public.

As noted on the forms, you may indicate a preference for certain types of trees, but we do not know for sure how many or which species we will get, and we cannot guarantee your selection. We expect shipment late October and will contact you before then to confirm the order and arrange for pick-up dates & class schedule. We will also offer to deliver trees for a minimum donation. Requests will be considered on a first-come, first-served basis, so the earlier you get your application in, the better your chances of getting the types of trees you wish.

Up With Trees Administrative Assistant, Matt Rodgers, will be facilitating intake and follow-up for non-profits & individuals. If you have any questions, please contact him at 610-8733 or at matt@upwithtrees.org; he will be in touch with you regarding further details as they come available. We look forward to working with old and new friends alike who want to responsibly plant trees to improve our urban canopy and make Tulsa a more beautiful, healthier and safer community. Help us branch out -- forward these great opportunities to family, friends and colleagues!


Best regards,

April H. Woodul
Outreach & Volunteer Coordinator
Up With Trees
1102 S. Boston Ave.
Tulsa, Ok 74119
www.upwithtrees.org


So if you are looking for some trees for your little urban canopy call April and make plans to attend that class to get your FREE trees!!

Upcoming Meeting Agenda

Make sure you are planning on attending the next association meeting to get the update on our President- listen to our guest from the City of Tulsa on code enforcement, City Waterline project and finally an update on our Vision 2025 entrances Project. We have a lot of new business to discuss and need you there! If you have an item to add to the agenda please feel free to email me or the webmaster on www.sheridanvalley.org. See you There!!