St. Patrick’s Day 2011

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The annual St. Patrick’s Day Special Event is coming on March 12, 2011. In an effort to quell the negative impact of tens of thousands of St. Patrick’s party-goers descending upon Lower Greenville residential neighborhoods, LGNA has again been working with event organizers, City departments, and other neighborhood associations to achieve significant results. Temporary no-parking signs will again be posted on the east side of Greenville between Ross and Winton. The only blocks that are excepted from no-parking signs will be the 5900 and 6000 blocks north of McCommas and the 5700-6000 blocks of McCommas itself. Because McCommas and Mockingbird are major thoroughfares and wide enough to accommodate two-way traffic, there will not be any parking restrictions on those two streets. All other blocks within the LGNA area – Ross to Mockingbird, Greenville to Skillman – will have either temporary no-parking signs, permanent no-parking, or day-long resident parking only. Continue reading “St. Patrick’s Day 2011”

by Crime Watch Coordinator

Fire Station 17 Ambulance

We reported last fall that the City budget crunch might cause the removal of Dallas Fire Rescue’s ambulance at Station 17 located at Skillman and Belmont. Bruce Felps at EastDallasTimes.com reports that according to Assistant Fire Chief Tod Gillam, the ambulance will be reassigned to another station during the last week of March or first week of April.

According to DFR, Station 17 receives the fewest emergency medical calls in the city among all station houses. Our area will probably be served by Station 8, located 2 minutes farther away at Garrett and Monarch. Station 17 will still have paramedics. According to Gillam, “They have all the tools, all the drugs, and can do everything an ambulance can do except transport.”

by Crime Watch Coordinator

Save Your Shredding

TietzeShred 4 is coming on Saturday, March 26. Brinks Document Destruction will provide on-site document shredding 9am-1pm in the parking lot of Skillman Church of Christ, 3014 Skillman. There is a nominal cost, with a reduced rate for seniors. Proceeds benefit Friends of Tietze Park Foundation.

by Crime Watch Coordinator

Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon Street Closures

The Rock ‘n’ Roll half-marathon will take place and have a major impact on our neighborhood on Sunday, March 27. As well as forcing traffic to use neighborhood streets, two area thoroughfares will be part of the half-marathon course. Mockingbird and Skillman are again partially closed on Sunday morning, March 27. Traffic will be slow, and it will be difficult to cross these two streets. It’s recommended that you plan ahead if you intend to drive on Sunday morning. Mockingbird eastbound will be closed between Airline Road (east of Central) and Skillman from 7:00-11:30 a.m. One eastbound lane of Mockingbird will remain open. Skillman will be closed between Mockingbird and Swiss Avenue from 7:00 a.m. to noon. One northbound lane of Skillman will be open between Live Oak and Mockingbird.

by Crime Watch Coordinator

January 2011 Crime Reports

We’re on a roll, four months in a row of below average crime reports! We’re down in most categories, but car break-ins continue to persist. The sad thing is that most of the car break-ins could be prevented. Each month when I get the crime stats, our ENP officer details each one listing just how many incidents involved cars (and sometimes homes) that were left unlocked or open with valuables in plain sight. Continue reading “January 2011 Crime Reports”

by Crime Watch Coordinator