Oakcliff Neighborhood Association

April-May Oakcliff Newsletter

May 07, 2008

YARD OF THE MONTH WINNERS

Section 1?–The Stanley Family
55th Street

Section 2?– The Singleton Family
Creekwood Terr.

Section 3?– The Gordon Family
Creekwood Terr.

Section 4?– The Francis Family
47th Street

Section 5?– The Reynolds Family
Shalimar Drive

Congratulations to the winners! And thank you all to everyone who helps keep our neighborhood looking great!

NOTE: we are looking for someone to take over the task of picking the Yard of the Month. Can you help?


NEXT MEETING:

May 8th
6:30 p.m.

Oakcliff Church of the Nazarene
59th & Shalimar Drive

Remember, you don't have to move to live in a better neighborhood, JUST GET INVOLVED!



THE BIG EVENT

The Big Event is a community service program sponsored by the University of Oklahoma. This program?’s main objective is to support community projects. This year, over 4,000 students participated at over 130 locations. The geographical location covered Norman, and Oklahoma City neighborhoods.

The Big Event took place on Saturday, April 5, 2008. The Opening ceremony was held at the OU campus. Volunteers were dispersed to their work-sights shortly after the ceremony.

Thirty (30) volunteers arrived at Oakcliff Nazarene Church about 10:00am. The work assignments were given to the groups, and they were taken to the three Oakcliff Neighborhood entryways.

The group was enthusiastic and dedicated to supporting local communities. They did a wonderful job, and as you can see, the three neighborhood entryways look great. We still need volunteers for weekly maintenance. If we want others to support and address our concerns, we must show we care ourselves. The Church and the Oakcliff Neighborhood Association (ONA) are planning several events for the neighborhood this summer. We will need your support and participation. If you would like to help ONA/Church please call John Cole at 703-1014. If we stand by and do nothing, we are part of the problem.

We greatly appreciate the work provided by the students from OU, and we look forward to having them back next year.

Come and join us, and we all will have a great summer!

You can find a picture or two of some of the volunteers at our neighborhood website www.neighborhoodlink.com/okc/oakcliffna/.



The Oklahoma City Action Center at 297-2535 routes complaints and questions to other City departments and divisions, including Police, Code Enforcement and Zoning Enforcement. Among the code violations which can be reported to the Action Center are illegally parked cars, abandoned and inoperable cars, dead trees and tall weeds.


BECOME A MEMBER OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

If you are not a paid member, please JOIN TODAY! For just $12.00 a year ?– that?’s just a dollar a month ?– you can help your neighborhood become a better place to live.

Some of the many benefits of having an association:

 Getting the ear of our local leaders who are often at our meetings.

 Getting roadwork done in the addition. (Parker is the next street to be paved.)

 Getting grants for gateways. (We?’ve gotten two - one for signs and one for plants.)

 Getting lights put in. (We are looking for someone to help with this.)

 Fight crime by working with the police?–The police are more active in Oakcliff.

 Yard of the Month is helping to improve the looks of Oakcliff.

 Knowing your neighbor in case you need them!



HOMEBUYER
DOWNPAYMENT
ASSISTANCE

?• ARE YOU TIRED OF MOVING FROM PLACE TO PLACE?

?• HAVE YOU BEEN APROVED FOR A LOAN, BUT JUST NEED HELP WITH THE DOWN PAYMENT AND THE CLOSING COST?

?• OWNING A HOME GIVES YOU SECURITY AND STABILITY

?• HOMEOWNERSHIP IS THE BEGINNING OF ACCUMULATION
OF WEALTH!

Neighborhood Housing Services (NHS) and Community Action Agency (CAA) are making available TO THOSE WHO QUALIFY, down payment and closing cost assistance of $3,500.00 for previous homeowners and $6,000.00 to first time homeowners.

The funds are available in THE OAKCLIFF AREA, which is located at South East 44th Street to South East 59th Street, Bryant Ave. to Sunnylane Rd.

For more information call:

Nadia Najera at 231-4663
or
Jackie Baker at 232-0199


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