A Letter from Outgoing LHNA & CW President Alex Fergus

It has been such a pleasure serving on the neighborhood association board these past five years and wrapping up this year as your president. I will always be so proud of us coming together and petitioning for traffic improvements this year; the four way stops at Casa Loma/West Shore and Casa Loma/Tucker have already made a huge difference, and still to come are speed bump installations on Loving and West Shore and wheel-chair accessible sidewalks and crosswalks at the four way stops. I am also very thankful every morning that we got 4 extra seconds added to the green light leaving the neighborhood on West Shore and Gaston. Starting morning carpool with fewer expletives has been great for my whole family.
 
But, by far my favorite thing we accomplished the last 5 years was starting the Crime Watch Program in 2018. We are 75% funded for 2022, so if you haven’t renewed yet in the past month, please do so now here. Otherwise, we will have to reduce our hours per week. See below for more details.
 
The board is in excellent shape for next year! I am thrilled to have Aeron Brown taking over as neighborhood association president; Aeron has lived in the neighborhood for several years and is very familiar with our events and needs. Brandi Askenase is new to the board as Vice President, but she has been involved in events all year so this title is long overdue. I’m equally thrilled to have Jonathan Kopf taking over Crime Watch presidency. Jon has been my VP this year, and he is also responsible for delivering every single yard sign to you all over the past month. This will be a seamless transition. We are also welcoming Brett Meulmester to the board as VP of crime watch and know he’s going to be a fantastic addition.
 
Returning to the board are the other amazing people below and we appreciate each one of them: Rosanne Smythe - please notice how many times her name appears; and Jeff Benson, Donna Coker, Allison Biel and Rhoni Golden- all four of which have been serving for years and make most of the behind-the-scenes operations turn.
 
Our immediate remaining needs are help with this newsletter and/or help with marketing events on Facebook/Instagram. We are also looking for a new Crime Watch secretary, so if you are passionate about the program and want to help (this is not a traditional “note taking” role- could especially use marketing/membership support), please reply to this email and I can tell you more.
 
Proposed Board Slate
(Watch for an LHNA Zoom call in January to vote in the Board.)
 
Neighborhood Association
President: Aeron Brown
VP: Brandi Askanese
Secretary: Rosanne Smythe
Treasurer: Jeff Benson
Membership: Donna Coker
 
Crime Watch
President: Jonathan Kopf
VP: Brett Meulmester
Secretary: OPEN
Treasurer: Allison Biel
Membership: Rhoni Golden
 
Events Chairs/Committee: Brandi Askanese, Whitney Huffman, Katie Swift, Cara Lentz and Rosanne Smythe
Newsletter & Communications: Rosanne Smythe
Website: Derrick Granado
Welcoming Committee: Molly Gorney and Rosanne Smythe
 
Have a wonderful holiday season!
Alex Fergus

LHNA & Crime Watch Sign-up Reminder

Thanks to so many of you for renewing your LHNA and Crime Watch memberships for 2022!
 
The good news is we have 140 households signed up for Crime Watch, totaling $30K raised. That is no small feat or small amount of money, so thank you for being a part of keeping our patrol hours going. 
 
The bad news is $40K is fully funded, so we need 40-50 more households to be set for 2022. This gives us 4 shifts (4 hours each) per week, which has been our level for the past 3 years. The Crime Watch Program is funded enough to continue next year, but we will have to reduce hours later in the year if we don't raise this final $10K. 
 
So, we need your help! Please:

1. Sign up if you haven’t, and remind your neighbors to do the same. If you aren't sure if you or someone in your household has done it in the past month, you may email crimewatch@lakewoodhills.org and we will check the list. 
2. Consider any businesses that you may own, be associated with, or know of that would be willing to be a sponsor. Sponsors get a logo on the website and on all marketing materials such as the below:) Thanks!

Sign up through the links below! 
Crime Watch
Neighborhood Association

Questions, comments?
Email CrimeWatch@LakewoodHills.org or Board@LakewoodHills.org.

Follow the Lakewood Hills Facebook Page, join the Facebook Group, and join the Neighborhood Association and Crime Watch to continue to better our neighborhood.