Garage sale day tomorrow!

With 33+ homes in this year's North Willow Glen garage sale day and great weather, tomorrow should be a wonderful day in the neighborhood.

If you would like your house to be featured on the map, let us know by sending a note toboard@nwgna.org. We can also help feature your sale items with a short description on our blog. Check out the current map at the top of this blog.

Sellers, help us spread the word by posting on Craig's List, Facebook, and more.

Also, North Willow Glen Neighborhood Association is collecting select items to sell at a central location to benefit the association. If you have some good goods to donate for this cause, call Chris at (510) 593-6078 to share details. Since funding for the association is more constrained every year, you can help fund our annual fun events by donating to this sale event. Call Chris with your details!

Help a neighbor find their next treasure

Need to de-clutter? You can help someone find their next treasure by participating in the North Willow Glen Neighborhood Association garage sale on May 18. Just decide what you want to sell and let us know. We will promote the event and you can set your own hours that day. Feel free to add your own online ad, of course!

If you would like your house to be featured on the map, let us know by sending a note to board@nwgna.org. We can also help feature your sale items with a short description on our blog. Check out the current map at the top of http://northwillowglen.blogspot.com/.

15 houses so far in the garage sale!

We have 15 houses so far for the May 18 garage sale day in North Willow Glen. Join us simply by deciding what you want to sell and give us your address. We will handle the promotion of the event and you can set your own hours that day.

If you would like your house to be featured on the map, let us know by sending a note to board@nwgna.org. We can also help feature your sale items with a short description on our blog. Check out the current map at the top of http://northwillowglen.blogspot.com/.

Help us spread the word

Help us spread the word about the May 18 garage sale day in North Willow Glen! There are quite a few neighbors who are not on the Yahoo Groups list or Facebook, so if you see your neighbors, tell them about the May 18 event.

It's easy for any neighbor to participate -- just decide that you want to sell items at your address and let us know. We will handle the promotion of the event and you can set your own hours that day.

If you would like your house to be featured on the map, let us know by sending a note to board@nwgna.org. We can also help feature your sale items with a short description on our blog. Check out the current map at the top of http://northwillowglen.blogspot.com/.

Help NWGNA by donating goods to sell

For the May 18 neighborhood garage sale day, North Willow Glen Neighborhood Association is collecting select items to sell at a central location to benefit the association. If you have some good goods to donate for this cause, call Chris at (510) 593-6078 to share details.

Since funding for the association is more constrained every year, you can help fund our annual fun events by donating to this sale event. Call Chris with your details!

Neighborhood garage sale, May 18! Are you in?

Are you set to participate in the neighborhood garage sale on May 18? Just decide what you want to sell and let us know. We will handle the promotion of the event and you can set your own hours that day.

If you would like your house to be featured on the map, let us know by sending a note to board@nwgna.org. We can also help feature your sale items with a short description on our blog. Check out the current map at the top of http://northwillowglen.blogspot.com/.

NWGNA Garage Sale Day: More houses every day!

We have 10 houses listed on our map for the May 18 North Willow Glen Garage Sale and we are adding more every day.

If you would like your house to be featured on the map, let us know by sending a note to board@nwgna.org. We can also help feature your sale items with a short description on our blog. Check out the current map at the top of http://northwillowglen.blogspot.com/.

North Willow Glen Neighborhood Garage Sale May 18!

We're getting closer to our May 18 Garage Sale. The buzz is spreading. Here's a little more info for you.

What NWGNA will do for you
We run all the ads, post all the signs, inflate all the balloons, build a Google Map of the homes.

What you do
Set up your stuff. It can be as easy as that!

For best results
1) Get your house on our map - send your address to board@nwgna.org.
2) Become featured on our site - send a short list of your most impressive sale items to board@nwgna.org.
3) Post your ad on Craigslist - include "North Willow Glen" and pictures
4) Be ready on time - Motivated shoppers will be there right at 8am looking for those great items

Got stuff to get rid of but don't want to host a garage sale?

Donate it to NWGNA. Just call (510) 593-6078 by Friday, May 17 to learn how. Proceeds from the sale of donated items will go to putting on more awesome neighborhood events.

Fresh & Easy parent company is leaving U.S. market

From Reuters:

Britain's biggest retailer, Tesco, wrote down the value of its global operations by $3.5 billion and announced plans to exit the United States, as it tries to rebuild after a year when profit fell for the first time in two decades.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/17/us-tesco-results-idUSBRE93G06O20130417

Please note: PG&E Flex Alert

A message from a nearby neighborhood:

The California Independent System Operator, who manages the electric grid, has issued a Flex Alert today, urging residents and businesses in the San Jose area to conserve electricity NOW following heavy damage to the Metcalf Transmission Substation.

Pacific Gas & Electric Company is reporting heavy damage to transformers at the substation following gunshots heard during an apparent vandalism in the early morning hours. The Santa Clara County Sheriff's office law enforcement is working closely with PG&E to investigate.

http://www.caiso.com/Documents/Flex-Alert-UrgentConservationNeededNow-SantaClara-SiliconValleyApr16_2013.pdf

http://www.pgecurrents.com/2013/04/16/25991/

As load around the Valley is shared, efforts made in our neighborhood can help keep the lights on across town and avoid rolling outages as the equipment is restored.

Guadalupe River Park celebrates opening of new paved trail

On April 20, the Guadalupe River Park Conservancy and San Jose's Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services Department are celebrating the opening of the newly paved Guadalupe River Trail, a 6½-mile path that links downtown San Jose to Gold Street in Alviso.

Festivities include a 5K/10K and 1K kids' run, plant sales, live music, healthy living information, and trail ribbon cutting.

Get details and register at www.grpg.org.

San Jose to get bike sharing system

Image Credit: Stephen Reese via Flickr

From the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD):

The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is announcing that it has signed a contract with Alta Bicycle Share to deploy and operate a regional bike-sharing system pilot program that is expected to launch by August 2013. The regional bike-sharing system will run along the Peninsula transportation corridor in the cities of San Francisco, Redwood City, Mountain View, Palo Alto and San Jose.

The first phase of the program will deploy a fleet of approximately 700 bicycles and 70 kiosk stations and is anticipated launch in August 2013. The San Jose program will center around CalTrain stations. 

Read more at the BAAQMD web site:
http://www.baaqmd.gov/Divisions/Strategic-Incentives/Alternative-Transportation/Bike-Share-Pilot.aspx

Coyote Valley Family Farm Feast, May 11

From the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority:

Join us for a fun, outdoor festival with plenty of food, entertainment and activities in the beautiful 348-acre Coyote Valley Open Space Preserve. It is a green, zero-waste event with free admission and parking.

The Family Farm Feast will feature the bounty of local agriculture paired with farm-to-table restaurants including The Table (San Jose) and Michelin star Chef Salvatore Calisi's restaurant Odeum (Morgan Hill). As a special treat, we are working with acclaimed author and green cuisine consultant, Chef Laura Stec, who is pairing chefs and local growers to develop delicious, healthy dishes for the feast! Small, medium and large plates of food will be available at reasonable cost.

Register for this free event at http://familyfarmfeast.eventbrite.com/

Sponsored by the Santa Clara County Open Space Authority, Community Alliance with Family Farmers, The Museums of Los Gatos Sponsored by Bay Area Parent

Help find a home for the Orchard Supply cats

As you probably know, the OSH on San Carlos is closing and rebuilding a new store on the same site. Because of these changes, the employees have received word that they must get rid of their nursery cats. These cats have been roaming the garden nursery for about ten years and they are loved by employees and customers. If you know of resources for trapping and finding homes for these four semi-feral cats, please contact Valerie Jackson at the San Carlos OSH, evenings and Saturdays at 408-297-7173.

Schedule set for Whole Foods on The Alameda

Read about the beginning of construction for the new Whole Foods store on The Alameda.