Stevens Park Estates Conservation District

The Dallas City Council approved the Stevens Park Estates Conservation District plan on September 28, 2011.  The Conservation District includes a sub-district for properties on Plymouth Road, and also includes the Christian Science Church and Annie Stevens Park – click here for a copy.   Many committed neighbors have spent close to 7 years working on this CD that was approved by 76% of the neighbors who returned ballots to the City in a June of 2011 vote.  This has been a long process and the CD Committee wanted to thank everyone who helped work on this over the years.

Water & Wastewater Easement Project

The City of Dallas began work in early July to replace the water and wastewater lines on the easement between Mayflower Drive and Plymouth Road, between North Oak Cliff Boulevard and Colorado Boulevard.  Though the project will largely impact the residents adjacent to the easement, portions of the streets in this vicinity may be closed for short periods of time during the construction.  The project is slated to be completed by the end of Fall 2011.  For more information on the project, click here to download the notice from the City of Dallas.

If you have questions about the project or need immediate assistance, contact the City of

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Stevens Park Golf Course Reopening

After almost a year of renovations, the Steven’s Park Golf Course officially re-opened on October 8, 2011.  Renovations include the rerouting of 14 of the 18 holes, the replanting of all greens, tee boxes and fairways, and the addition of about 250 yards in length, bringing it to a total of 6,300 yards!  The renovation also included much needed erosion control measures to Coombs Creek. And for the conservationists among us, the city installed a recycled water irrigation system.  For more information on the new course, please go to http://www.stevensparkgolf.com/, or call 214 670 7506.

Tom Thumb Good Neighbor Program

We wanted to remind everyone who shops at Tom Thumb with a Rewards Card that they can link their card to

SPENA and Tom Thumb will then pay SPENA 1% of all grocery purchases as part of their Good Neighbor Program. The amount of the check SPENA receives then depends on the amount of total grocery purchases. Many neighbors have already done this (for which we’re sincerely thankful!) and because of that SPENA received over $200 from Tom Thumb in 2010! This is a wonderfully easy way to support SPENA.

All you need to do is go to

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Gardening News

with Gerald Frankowski

I love this time of year when you walk  through our neighborhood and see so  many of our friends working feverishly  to spruce up their yards with all the  beautiful plants that are now available  to us.

As we all know, plants are not cheap!  The time we spend on our yards is time  consuming, and the money we spend  on watering them can be costly. That’s  why it’s so very important to mulch our  beds properly.

People sometimes overlook this  component of gardening, but in my  opinion, it’s just as important as to  where

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SPENA Board for 2011

Brian VanderMolen –President

Bryon Adinoff — Vice President

Tim Strawderman –Secretary and Treasurer

Dodie Butler – Past President

Please feel free to contact any of the Board at board@stevenspark.org.  We are currently looking for neighbors to fill the Secretary and Treasurer posts beginning January 2012.

 

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Proposed Conservation District

INFORMATION ABOUT CONSERVATION DISTRICT FOR STEVENS PARK ESTATES

To view the proposed Conservation District Plan and view the Conceptual Plan click link below

http://www.dallascityhall.com/pdf/DevSvcs/StevensParkCD-draft_ord022511.pdf

Purpose: The SPENA Conservation District (CD) planning committee began 7-8 years ago. At that time, there was concern that our neighborhood might become victim of “MacMansions” – people coming in, razing an existing house, and building something that covered the lot. We have seen the effects of this in the Park Cities area and, more recently, in East Kessler.

History: In 2008, the Dallas Planning Commission approved our request for consideration. A group

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Our New Web Site!

We’ve built this new website which we hope is going to become a resource and a platform for dialog within SPENA. Please leave comments and click around!