2017 FNA Holiday Party

An evening of holiday cheer and mingling! Catered by the popular MAGDALENA’S FREE to Fairmount Neighborhood Association Members! Not a member, yet? No worries! Join or renew for 2018, at the HOLIDAY PARTY! $20/Individual and $25/Family Mounti Gras Raffle Tickets will be available for purchase. Winner will be drawn at

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Festivus Newsletter time! Place an Ad Now!

It’s almost time for our Festivus Holiday edition newsletter that gets delivered to every home in Fairmount as well as some local businesses – 1,900 printed copies. If you would like to advertise in our newsletter, send an email to communications@historicfairmount.com! DEADLINE is November 22nd! Snag a premium spot on the

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1425 6th Ave – Yard of the Month (October 2017)

Fairmount’s Halloween Yard of the Month is 1425 6th Ave., a 1919 bungalow owned by Bria F. and Jeff M. November marks their first full year as Fairmount homeowners, though they spent some time over on College a year prior. With no prior decorations saved up, this was their first

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10_23_17 General Membership Meeting Minutes

FNA General Membership Meeting 10/23/2017 7:00 pm   Board Members in attendance:  Geri Gotton – Public Safety, Melanie Dotzour – Finance, Deanna Stuart – Membership, Sean Ford – Promotions, Susan Harper – Historic Preservation, Sara Karashin – President, Betty Spitzburg – Communications, and Leah Suasnovar – Administration.   7:02 Call

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September 2017 Board Meeting Minutes

Minutes – FNA Board Meeting – 9/11/17   Board Members Present: Sean, Betty, Susan, Deanna, Sara, Breinn, and Leah came a bit later   Others in Attendance: Pat Bradley, Fred Harper   Called to order at 7pm.   All Board Members signed Conflict of Interest Forms.   We reviewed the

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Monday, Oct 23rd’s General Meeting Agenda including Proposed Budget for 2018

October’s general meeting is our budget meeting. We will be voting on the budget. I am attaching a link to our proposed budget for the upcoming year for your review prior to the meeting on Monday, October 23rd. This is the last general meeting of 2017. PROPOSED 2018 BUDGET FOR

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Fund raising goal of $5,000 for Daggett Middle School to Make Music

Karen Langton, the new music teacher, at Daggett Middle School, has reached out to adjacent neighborhoods to ask for help obtaining instruments for the 200 students who want to learn to play an instrument this school year. Sadly, there just isn’t enough district funding nor enough instruments in inventory. She

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September 2017 – General Membership Meeting Minutes

Minutes – General Membership Meeting, Southside Preservation Hall, 09/25/2017 Board Members in Attendance: Sara Karashin, Geri Cotton, Deanna Stuart, Betty Spitzberg, Breinn Richter, Susan Harper, Leah Suasnovar 7:00 – Called to order Neighborhood Police officer, Sergio Guadarrama – brief update on car burglaries in neighborhood, reported that burglar that recently

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National Night Out 2017 is October 3rd!!!

Mark Your Calendar To Take a Bite Out of Crime National Night against Crime will be Tuesday October 3rd from 6-8 PM in the yard at 1800 Washington Ave. Mark your calendar, this is one of those really big Fairmount parties you don’t want to miss. A bounce house for the

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1425 Fairmount Ave – Yard of the Month (September 2017)

September’s Yard of the Month winners are Kathy and Robert Fain of 1425 Fairmount Ave. The Fains have lived in the home, their tenth in 45 years of marriage, for about one year; in 2018, they will celebrate the home’s centennial.  The 1910 Sanborn Fire maps show the 1400 block

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