TIMELINE Highlights - a little more History

1997-1998

1997
Neighborhood Park

1998
Health and Safety Fair

1999-2001

1999

Graffiti flyers
Registered Neighborhood
Started Marlborough Website w/newsletter online
Painted Perimeter Fences on Alma School Road using the Paint Reuse Program.
Applied for 1st Grant from Mesa United
Way – for entrance signage.
Monthly newsletter printed/distributed
by volunteers.
Mini Community Conversation Program
Gathered email addresses from neighbors-ongoing.


2000

1st of 4 Entrance Signs paid for
1st Focus Group – seeking funding for
remaining signage. Outcome:
50/50 Raffle
Silent Auction
Live Auction,
Ice Cream Social.
Over $5,000 raised. Signs for 3
entrances now paid in full.
Painted perimeter fences on Guadalupe
Ambassador Program begins – delivery of
Welcome Packets to all new
neighbors
Re-landscaped entrances on Alma School –
City
1st Sign unveiling – Picnic at the Park
Palm Tree Cutting Project
Painted a neighbor home using Paint
Reuse Program
1st Neighborhood to sign up for Clean
Sweeps via emails
Speed Hump Neighborhood Meeting –
streets that qualify


2001

Fast Track Grant for Welcome Baskets,
Neighborhood Office, Ambassador
and Blockwatch Programs
1st Easter Egg Hunt and Community Picnic
Neighborhood Garage Sale
Clean Sweeps arrive throughout MM
Applied for $2,500 grant for:
1} remaining 4th signage
2} ½ cost of fence at canal
3} curb painting project
4th & Final entrance sign installed and
paid for
Fence separating our park and canal
installed
Begin 1st Marlborough Resident’s
Directory of Services 2001-2002
Won Spirit of Mesa’s Neighborhood
Excellence at Mesa’s 1st Conference
Clean Sweeps arrive throughout MM
Begin Safety Walks on various streets
Directory of Services delivered
Curb painting project completed
2nd Annual Toy Drive for Child Crisis
Center
Ongoing efforts to obtain neighborhood
emails

2002-present

2002

Channel 11 – “Filming our Neighborhood”
– part of Mesa's E-Street
“Connectivity Program”
Neighborhood Garage Sale
2nd Annual Easter Egg Hunt and
Community Picnic
Clean Sweeps arrive throughout MM
Re-distribution of volunteer work –
website & newsletter
Code Compliance going thru neighborhood
at our request
Won Spirit of Mesa’s Neighborhood
Excellence at Mesa’s 2nd Conference
2nd Directory of Services and Busineses
Clean Sweeps arrive throughout MM
3rd Annual Toy Drive for Child Crisis
Center
Entrance upgrade – re-landscaped 2
property side yards


2003

VIN #’s etched on participating
vehicles by Police
Mailbox theft caught on resident’s
camera
Neighborhood Garage Sale
Clean Sweeps arrive throughout MM
3rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt and
Community Picnic
New Doggie Waste Station at our park –
thanks to City and Boy Scouts
1st Computer giveaway
New Welcome Basket lady volunteers –
1st one moved
Clean Sweeps arrive throughout MM
3rd Directory of Services & Businesses
Neighborhood Meeting w/crucial City
departments
Meeting w/DQ owner who is building new
facility across from Marlborough
4th Annual Toy Drive & Christmas Party
to benefitChild Crisis Center
Code Compliance now online – we can
track complaints


2004
• January – Spirit of Mesa Neighborhood Conference – lots of winners in all categories including Neighborhood Leader of the Year!
• January – Roof Rat Meeting at Frost Elementary School. Informed everyone not present of the results in our newsletter.
• January – Debbie Driscol, Sandy Scully, Linda Murphy and Alma Jones teach a class at “Spirit of Mesa” Awards Conference on “Activate Your Neighborhood” on 1-31-04.
• February – Clean Sweeps arrive. Kristine Malcolm coordinator. Since cutbacks from the city, we will only receive these 1 time per year instead of the 2 we previously have. The city chose the month of February for MM.
• April – 4th Annual Easter Egg Hunt and Community Pincic. Linda Murphy, coordinator.
• April – 2nd Annual planned Neighborhood Meeting with MPD, Neighborhood Outreach. Linda Murphy, coordinator.
• September – 2nd Ambassador Celebration held at Coffee Cabana. 20 Welcome Baskets were taken there for the Ambassadors to give to new neighbors.
• September – New Welcome Basket lady. Debbie Glick, organizer.
• September – Community-wide garage sales.
• October – New safety stop lines on Pecos and Emerson where we have had numerous “close calls” over the years.
• November – Emergency Meeting with all residents after homicide on Portobello. Nancy Borg, coordinator.
• December – 4th Annual Toy Drive and Community Picnic. Sandra Fischer, coordinator.
• December – Christmas Luminaries with participation on most all the streets.

2005
• January – New Year’s Eve street party, Spruce and Posada Streets. Michelle Geramanis, coordinator.
• January – New Neighborhood Watch Captain and Co-Captain for Mollera: Robin and Frank Tenant, Kristi and David Ross.
• January – 4th Annual Marlborough Mesa Neighborhood Directory is passed out to all homes along with this month’s newsletter.
• March – 5th Annual Easter Egg Hunt and Community Picnic. Linda Murphy, coordinator.
• April – Neighborhood Garage Sale
• April – Planning Meeting with Neighborhood Leaders for upcoming year. Those present: Shawna Fletcher Carey, Debbie Glick, Sandra Scully, Linda Murphy and Alma Jones.
• April – 1st of 2 planned Neighborhood Meetings with MPD, Neighborhood Outreach, Animal Control and AZ Cats. Robin Gipper coordinator.
• April – Applied for PRIDE Grant. Shawna Fletcher Carey, writer.
• May – Neighborhood Clean Sweeps. Kristine Malcolm, coordinator.
• May – Began working w/AzCATS in their TNR Program. Dale Howell, Coordinator. AzCATS is using our neighborhood as a model neighborhood to use this project as a research study to follow the effectiveness of their method of TNR, due in part to the well-defined boundaries and the interest and cooperation of the residents.
• May – Began preliminaries of the Security Lighting Project w/1st meeting, 5-23-05. Cecil Duarte, Coordinator.
• June – Neighborhood Children Workshops begin –with classes in, scrapbooking, leatherwork and anime art. Shawna Fletcher Carey, coordinator.
• July – Workshops continue with scuba diving, crochet, stamping and movies-in-the-park. Shawna Fletcher Carey, coordinator.
• August – Security Lighting Project: All dark areas have been identified and contacts are being conducted with the various neighbors involved whose homes these lights will eventually go on.
• November – 1st Vehicle and Craft Show, Doug Hanson coordinator for cars. Barb Melnick coordinator for crafts.
• November – Alma Jones won a $5000 award from the Bank of America for leadership to be donated to the charity of choice. It went to Mesa United Way and $2,500 came back to the neighborhood.
• December – 5th Annual Christmas Toy Drive


2006
• January – Our newsletter begins to go quarterly due to cutbacks from the City. JanFebMarch was the 1st edition.
• March – 5th Annual Marlborough Mesa Neighborhood Directory is passed out to all homes along with this month’s newsletter. DeAnna Fay prepares this.
• April – Our 6th Annual Easter Egg Hunt and Community Picnic. Linda Murphy, Coordinator.
• June – Clean Sweeps arrive. Kristine Malcolm coordinator. Since cutbacks from the city, we will no longer receive these. This is our last Neighborhood Clean Sweep.
• July – Turned in our PRIDE Grant booklet with all receipts and info regarding grant for $2,500 for the 2005-2006 fiscal year.
• July – A group of 4 “trial” neighborhoods in Mesa began their 1st meeting to set standards for a new Volunteer Mesa Code Team. Three families from MM were on that team. Meetings ranged from every 2 weeks to 1 per month. It was finalized February 2007.
• August – Started new website in addition to Neighborhood Link which will allow us more flexibility. Paul Simpson is building it. We allotted $300 for this and gave to Paul for a 3-year period.
• September – Jim Jones and Mark Foster installed the final Security Lights from the PRIDE Grant of $300 allotted for that project.
• October – Our quarterly newsletter got 2 sponsors that will pay for our newsletter for 1 year. They ad will appear on the back of each newsletter. They are: Desert Schools and Sunflower Farmers Market.
• November – Commander Steve Toland of the Dobson Substation called for a meeting in Marlborough due to six burglaries/break-ins that happened over a 2-day period. This concerned them. We called a meeting on November 15th at the park with 75-100 people in attendance. They gave some very good tips!
• December – Our 6th Annual Christmas Toy Drive was on Dec. 9 at 9:30 am. We decided to do a breakfast this year so people could stop by before heading out for shopping. Good turnout! Will probably do that again next year.



2007
• February – Our 6th Annual Marlborough Mesa Directory of Services and Businesses went out with the quarterly newsletter.
• February – A group of 4 “trial” neighborhoods in Mesa began their 1st meeting to set standards for a new Volunteer Mesa Code Team in July 2006. Three families from MM were on that team. Meetings ranged from every 2 weeks to 1 per month. It was finalized this month.
• March – Neighborhood Meeting at the park March 21 at 6:30 pm. Ray Villa, Code Compliance Director and Sam Jeppsen, Code Compliance Officer. That video is online on our website.
• June: 1 of 4 Mesa Neighborhoods to test a trial Code Compliance program. Presented at Council June 23.
• June - New site thru Neighborhood Link to log violations for this Code program.
• August – Re-Inspection Code Compliance fees implemented by the Mesa City Council, wherein fees will be charged to violators after courtesy notices are sent out. This is a direct result of the Mesa Code Team and Marlborough Mesa Residents who have worked since July 2006 to bring about preserving older neighborhoods in Mesa.