Renewal Time!

It’s time to renew your annual membership! It’s been a great year for the Summit Avenue Residential Preservation Association, with a lot of new initiatives that we could not have taken on without the support of people like you.

We’ve continued our ongoing work with historic preservation and land use along Summit, including serving a key role on the West Summit Neighborhood Advisory Committee regarding the steady expansion of the University of St. Thomas. We’ve also advised in land use issues, trying to find the right balance between historic preservation and a changing community.

Most of all, though, we’ve listened to what you want. You told us you wanted:

• Better communication — so we beefed up the blog, added a Facebook page, and re-instated a periodic print newsletter. We’re looking at a listserv, a brochure, and other mechanisms.
• Education — so we started a popular lecture series, which we’ll bring back this winter. We also held a traffic forum, and will continue to work on that issue, We’re also thinking about book groups and publications!
• Gardens — so we’ve continued keeping up the Ayd Mill planters and the Monument gardens, as well as holding our popular Garden Stroll.
• Social Activities — so we held a members’ event, the Annual Meeting, and a garage sale. There are even more events lined up for this next year!

We’ve got even more ideas for next year, but as a volunteer organization that relies on its membership, we can’t do it without you! Please renew your membership today by sending your $30 household dues to:

SARPA
PO Box 40351
Saint Paul, MN 55104

Looking forward to seeing you at SARPA events this fall,


Bethany Gladhill
President

Great Summit Garage Sale

We've been kind of flying under the radar with the Great Summit Garage Sale, but we hope you can participate!

This Saturday, August 20, sell off some stuff you don't need anymore! Garage sale, porch sale, lemonade stand, whatever you like.

We're getting some ads, and it's the same day as the Macalester-Groveland sale, so hopefully there will be a lot of people attending!