Spencers Plantation

My husband has been to some meetings when he has been able to  change his hours @ work but it is difficult. I work Mon-Fri every evening & all day Saturday every week. That was why I was unable to become come involved with the board although I wanted to. Has anyone ever brought up the idea of a community garage sale? I noticed one recently @ Chimney Lakes advertised on a banner  across their common area. Up north I was President of our block association & we had an annual "block party" where neighbors blocked off the streets with permission by the police & authorities for the day. This was planned in advance. Each house contributed a few $$ & that money went for children's entertainment, a few raffles of prizes to the homeowners participating, a DJ for entertaining the adults with music in the evening & prizes for the children's games. I had a committee for several projects & every year was a success & neighbors got to know each other better. I had 250 homes in my development. Not all the blocks were involved. At a meeting we ageed on a date in advance, people volunteered to run commitees & this went on for several years.

I understand we had a smaller gathering at the parking lot area. I came after work that afternoon & did participate in the musical chairs game & caught the tale end of the day. None of the people on my block were present.  At our block party up north we would set up our patio tables & chairs& grills in the street in front of our homes & neighbors invited outside friends & family & we all mingled.The children had the freedom of the street for the day. I started the morning delivering bagels or donuts to each home . I had a clown & pony rides for  the children, games w/ prizes & gave out ice cream.The day stretched until the DJ had to stop @ 11:00 PM with curfews set by the police.Each year more neighbors particpated after seeing the fun we'd had & friendships forming.

I like your ideas! The board is trying hard to unite the community in hopes of one day being able to have a successful event such as that. Sounds like fun! I too am from up north, and block parties are always a hit. The only issue is getting people to attend. This spring fling was a start to a hopeful bright future regarding events in the community. We are already in talks for our next gathering, most likely sometime late summer early fall. Great ideas..... There will most likely be something in the summer newsletter regarding this. Stay tuned.... Any other ideas feel free to email spencersplantation@gmail.com.