August 2021 has been a slow month. The Allied Gardens-Grantville Community Council (AGGCC) did not hold a board meeting or a town hall meeting. The Navajo Community Planners, Inc. did not meet and they have not produced an agenda for the Sept. 8, 2021 meeting. We did not host a Navajo Canyon nature hike or community cleanup venture. With the pandemic closures, there was nothing much going on at the library or the recreation center. About the only thing that was going on was the public debate over Senate Bills 9 and 10. For more information about the laws that threaten our residential neighborhoods contact United Neighbors at unitedneighbors.net.
But we do have a lot coming up this fall. Council member Raul Campillo is working for support from the Parks and Recreation Department for improvements on the playground equipment at the Allied Gardens Recreation Center. No plans yet, but we are putting together a team of our neighbors, a dozen so far, to do the work. Join us. Reach us through the website to get on the list.
Allied Community Gardens is an organic garden with 22 raised beds, an orchard, herb garden, succulent garden, composting area, and a pumpkin patch for the preschoolers. They are holding a Backyard Fruit and Vegetable Swap at the garden parking lot Friday, Sept. 10, at 5:30–7 p.m. The garden is behind Ascension Lutheran Church at 5106 Zion Ave. Everyone is welcome, whether you bring something or not. The Pumpkin Patch is ready to be given to the Ascension Lutheran Preschool. The Gardens Board has openings and if you have a few hours to volunteer with a terrific group of gardeners contact Christine Stoneberg at [email protected]. Their Facebook page is “Allied Community Gardens.”
Join San Diego Canyonlands for I Love a Clean San Diego’s 37th annual Coastal Cleanup Day in Navajo Canyon on Saturday, Sept. 18 from 9 a.m. to noon. Visit cleansd.sameritan.com.
The next AGGCCl town hall meeting will be on Sept. 28. It will be directed to the new compostable materials recycling program that will be required beginning January 2022. We will send more information and the Zoom contact link to you by way of emails to our mailing list.
Use the “Contact Us” page at aggccouncil.org to get on our email contact list and to receive information about community activities and the agendas for the Community Council and the Navajo Community Planners, Inc. (NCPI). Let us know how we can help you support our neighborhood. Our next board meeting will be on Monday, Oct. 4 at 6:30 p.m. by Zoom.
— By Shain Haug, AGGCC president
