Neighborhood street decorations are up!

Thanks very much to the great volunteers who came out this morning to help hang holiday decorations along North Willow Glen streets. The tradition is to hang wreaths on the vintage-style lightposts along Delmas, and bows or garland along the fence in Fuller Park, and along the gateway fences at the edges of the neighborhood.

Many thanks to Dan, Pat, Chuck, Harvey, Bill, and of course the volunteer mascot, Max.

Willow Glen Farmer's Market needs your input

From Norma Ruiz, Executive Director, Willow Glen Business Association:

Attention residents and business owners of Willow Glen! The Downtown Willow Glen Farmers' Market would like to hear your opinions. Please consider taking a very short online survey (less than 5 minutes) about the market.

The purpose of the survey is to receive feedback from the residents and merchants on how the organizers, South Bay Farmers' Market, can improve the Willow Glen Farmers' Market. SBFM recognizes that there is room to improve and change; they would like to hear what residents think as they make plans for next year's market.

To take the short survey, please click here.

Garlands, wreaths, bows, oh my!

Sunday Nov. 29 is the day to put up holiday decorations in our neighborhood and we're looking for helpers. We'll be meeting in the Starbrite/Smokehouse parking lot (on Delmas between Hull and Fuller) at 10:00 am. to put up garlands, wreaths, and bows. Please join us to meet your neighbors and to decorate our streets.

Want to enjoy the beautiful fall weather even more?

It's that time of year again for the annual house decorating contest. We've got fliers in hand to deliver in the next week, and are looking for volunteers to deliver to a street or two. If you want to get some fresh air and exercise and to meet some of your neighbors, please e-mail Bill or call 408)893-6684.

High-speed rail

The High Speed Rail Authority Board will meet on Thursday Dec 3 and hear an information item about the alternatives through Diridon and Gardner. It is expected that the staff will be revealing which alternatives they have eliminated, and which they will continue to study.

The meeting is in Sacramento at 10 am. Public testimony is right at 10 am.

This board will make the final decision about a route. This is your chance to make them familiar with our neighborhood's issues.

More info about the meeting and location at http://www.cahighspeedrail.ca.gov

Street decorations and contest fliers

It's that time of year again for the annual holiday house-decorating contest. We've got fliers in hand to deliver, this weekend or next, and are looking for volunteers to deliver to a street or two. If you want to get some fresh air and exercise and to meet some of your neighbors, please send an e-mail to bill@networds.com or call 408)893-6684.

Links to the Past

After a couple years of leading nowhere, links to our old website have been restored. Some interesting ideas and history there... Plus there's new interest in North Willow Glen's online presence, so... watch this space!