Development on Littlemore

admin — Wed, 28 May 2008 16:02:26 -0700

Start: 06/11/2008 - 18:30

End: 06/11/2008 - 20:00

Please join interested neighbors and Alder Lauren Cnare for a meeting with local developers about a proposed apartment development on Littlemore Dr. on Wednesday, June 11 at 6:30 pm in Room 103 at Door Creek Church. Approved at the macro, or General Development Plan, phase, this project is being detailed for approval at Specific Implementation Plan phase. The lot is bounded by East Hill on the western edge; Littlemore on the northern edge. The bike/pedestrian gravel path borders the south and sort of western edges. Over three years, the project will provide 6 two and three-story buildings with a pool and clubhouse for a total of 164 apartments. Please come to share your thoughts about the design and placement on the site.

Sprecher East Neighborhood Association Garage Sale

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:32:14 -0700

The Sprecher East Neighborhood Garage Sale is taking place this Thursday through Saturday, May 8-10, starting at 8:00 each morning. Our garage sale directory is already available! Download it now and plan your day with us!

The Sprecher East Neighborhood Association is made up of of the Door Creek and Reston Heights neighborhoods and is located on the far east side of Madison. Take Cottage Grove Road east, cross the Interstate and turn left on Sprecher Road. Turn right on Wyalusing at the Door Creek sign, or right on Broad Creek Blvd at the Reston Heights sign.

You can also reach us by traveling east on Milwaukee Street crossing first the Interstate and then Sprecher Road. Turn right onto Summertown or Wyalusing to start shopping!

See you at the sales!

Summer Picnic

admin — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 04:38:29 -0700

Start: 07/12/2008 - 15:00

End: 07/12/2008 - 18:00

Bring the family and come dressed in your favorite Hawain shirt for a “Luau” themed summer picnic. The Sprecher East Neighborhood Association’s Annual Summer Picnic will kick off at 3:00pm on Saturday, July 12, at Reston Heights Park at the corner of Wyalusing Drive and Summertown Drive.

Join us for dinner, door prizes and games! Dinner will be served from 4pm-5pm. SENA will provide hot dogs, hamburgers, brats, buns, soda, water, condiments and paper/plastic dinnerware. Neighbors attending the picnic are asked to please bring a dish to pass.

Following dinner, we will be giving out door prizes generously donated by local businesses. SENA would like to thank Kathy Hosokawa for her efforts in collecting all these great prizes.

At the picnic, kids will have the opportunity to play “Luau” themed games and activities.

To help make this a successful event, it would be appreciate if neighbors could lend picnic awnings, tables and kid’s games. Also, there are a limited number of picnic tables at the park so please bring your own lawn chairs and/or blankets.

This event is free to SENA member with a non-member fee of $6 per adult and $3 per child and a max of $15 per family. In order to plan for this event, please sign-up online or download the paper sign-up form and return to 418 Wyalusing Drive. (You must be logged into the website for online sign-ups.)

Slow Down Yard Sign Campaign

admin — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 18:17:12 -0700

Once again, Sue Schwarm will be coordinating the annual Slow Down Yard Sign Campaign. The Slow Down campaign runs from April 10-25. If you would like to get a Slow Down sign for your yard, please contact Sue to reserve one. Signs should be put in your yard the week of April 21. Signs are free thanks to a grant by American Family Insurance.

You can also help by spreading the word to your neighbors and encouraging them to put up a sign in their yard as well.

Public Hearing Regarding Bus Routes

admin — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:38:16 -0700

Start: 04/15/2008 - 18:00

A public hearing will be held by the City of Madison Transit and Parking Commission in Room GR-27 of the City County Building, 210 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., on Tuesday, April 15 at 6:00 PM to address service change proposals.

Interested persons are encouraged to attend the public hearing to give feedback on proposals that focus on improving on-time performance and capacity of service that have declined because of recent service reductions.

A comprehensive approach is being proposed that will involve route realignments in peripheral and core areas and the addition of new services.

Complete background information including: a general description and justification of proposed service changes; a description of the perceived benefits and reductions of the proposal; draft maps and schedules; and paratransit service impacts is now available by clicking on the "Public Hearing Information" link below.

A hard copy of this notice will be available soon on all buses. Hard copy packets of this information will be available soon at Madison libraries. To request a packet by mail, contact the Metro customer service center at (608) 266-4466, TTY/Textnet: (866) 704-2316, or mymetrobus [at] cityofmadison [dot] com. See the full notice for more details.

SENA Annual Easter Egg Hunt

sarah — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 12:52:36 -0700

Start: 03/29/2008 - 11:00

Join the Sprecher East Neighborhood Association on Saturday, March 29 for our annual Easter Egg Hunt! The hunt will begin at 11:00 in Dominion Park, and will take place even if there is snow on the ground! Please have your children dress appropriately. This event is free for members, and there is a $1 fee per non-member child.

If you are planning on participating in this fun event, please complete the sign-up form (you must be logged into the website) by March 20 with your name and number of children attending. Fees for non-members will be collected that day.

Sprecher East Neighborhood Association Garage Sale

admin — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:38:43 -0800

Start: 05/08/2008 - 08:00

End: 05/10/2008 - 16:59

Join us for the Sprecher East Neighborhood Association Garage Sale Thursday, Friday and Saturday May 8th, 9th and 10th!!

As a Garage Sale participant, you will be placed on the Garage Sale Directory that will be available on the public website and distributed to customers the days of the sale. You will receive a packet containing directories for you to pass out, as well as balloons to attach to your mailbox on sale days. A classified ad will be placed in area newspapers and will advertise a start time of 8:00 am for each sale day.

Sign-ups for this event will be handled offline. This is a free event for members with a non-member fee of $5.00. To get involved, go to the documents page on the website and download the sign-up. Forms must be turned in no later than Sunday, April 20. If your sign-up is received after the deadline date, we will NOT be able to include your information in the Garage Sale Directory. For more information, login and contact Sarah.

SENA Annual Meeting and Elections

admin — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 17:49:58 -0800

Start: 04/12/2008 - 10:00

End: 04/12/2008 - 11:59

The SENA annual meeting and elections will be held on Saturday, April 12 at Door Creek Church starting at 10:00am. Rolls, juice and coffee will be served. This is the Association’s Annual Meeting and yearly elections. Also at this meeting, Doug Pearson, Facilities Manager for the School District and Paul Bloom, Assistant Chief of the Fire Department will be speaking about the future of a school and fire station in the neighborhood. This development is part of the master plan for Sprecher School Estates.

RSVPs are not necessary to attend this meeting, but if you know you are able to attend, please login and sign-up or send an e-mail to so we can make sure we have enough refreshments on hand.

Leap Into Art Chili Dinner and Art Auction

admin — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 16:50:10 -0800

Start: 02/29/2008 - 18:00

End: 02/29/2008 - 20:00

Join LVM Dreams Big and enjoy the warmth of our community working together to build the first Boundless Playground in our state.

A chili dinner (regular and vegetarian), donated by the Great Dane, will be served followed by a silent art auction featuring children’s and professional paintings, pottery, baskets, glassware, sketches, jewelry and much more.

Admission is free! Chili dinners in art bowls created by Elvehjem students will be available for $10 and chili dinners in paper bowls will be available for $6.

While reservations are not required, to reserve bowls of chili we ask you to call 608-658-1773 by February 27th.

With the support of the Great Dane and Physicians Plus, 100% of proceeds go directly to the LVM Dreams Big Playground.

For more information contact Shelly Trowbridge 608-222-8302.

The Poop Detective

admin — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 17:39:09 -0800

The author of Poop Detective contacted the Sprecher East Neighborhood Association and encouraged me to share their brief educational video about the importance of cleaning up after your canine family member. Check out the video at http://www.thepoopdetective.com/.

Archive

Development on Littlemore

Sprecher East Neighborhood Association Garage Sale

Summer Picnic

Slow Down Yard Sign Campaign

Public Hearing Regarding Bus Routes

SENA Annual Easter Egg Hunt

Sprecher East Neighborhood Association Garage Sale

SENA Annual Meeting and Elections

Leap Into Art Chili Dinner and Art Auction

The Poop Detective