UPCOMING EVENTS

July 3 Monthly Neighborhood Meeting Christ Moravian Fellowship Hall

All are Welcome! | 7p

July 4

Independence Day

July 10 West Salem Civic Club

Meeting | 7p

July 15 Music in the Park Front Page Band

Granville Park | 6-8p

July 17 West Salem Garden Club

Event TBA

CITY CONTACTS

Police Non-Emergency | 773-7700

CityLink | 727-8000 or 311

Building Permits | 727-2625

Scott Frye

Zoning Inspections | 727-2830

Monty Sprinkle

Sanitation/Trash | 727-8000

Housing Issues | 734-1270

Amy Lanier

Forsyth Co. Animal Control | 703-2490

Hispanic Human Resources | 727-8000

Adolfo Briceno

Landlord/Tenant Issues | 727-8000

John Floyd

WEST SALEM NEIGHBORHOOD

ASSOCIATION

President | Brandon Vickers

345-2376 brandonvickers.nc@gmail.com

Secretary | Rick Henterly 412-855-3727 rwhenterly@gmail.com

Treasurer | Greg Levoniuk 971-0699

glevoniuk@gmail.com

BOARD OF ADVISORS

Joann Reed Apryl Roland

Mary Margaret Smith Jack Smith

VOLUME XI ISSUE VI | July 2012

West Sal e m Ne i g h bo r hood

News l e t t e r

www.mywestsalem.com www.facebook.com/westsalemneighborhood

West Salem ~ Putting the Unity in Community

Since 1782!

A N e w W a y t o M e e t As West Salem continues growing as a vibrant and thriving

downtown community, it is easy to get sidetracked by

complex issues such as zoning, housing, and general

ordinance compliance. While these issues are important to

the long-term stability of our neighborhood, they do not

directly nurture and cultivate the deep sense of community

that is so integral to promoting our organic growth and

development. The recent Tree Project and 2012 Garden

Tour showed us very plainly that our community is full of

ready, willing, and able participants when they are

presented with a task or event they believe in. It is in this

spirit that we would like to move in a different direction

with our monthly association meetings.

Rather than the monthly meetings being used as a forum to

conduct “business” or air grievances, we would like to

focus on building community with potluck hors d’oeuvres,

a quick community safety update by one of our local patrol

July 3

7p

Christ

Moravian

Fellowship Hall

Guest:

Triad Buying

Co-op Learn about the new

food co-op that

moved into West

Salem

We look forward to getting to know you better.

officers or their supervisor, and one or

more guest speakers on subjects that

are informative like beautification and

community safety. This new format

will be implemented at the July 3rd

meeting. If you have any “business”

related concerns please feel free to

contact any of the officers directly via

email or phone. Special community-

wide meetings may be called in the

future on an as needed basis to address

specific issues.

A R O U N D T O W N

I ndependence Celebrat ion

Historic Bethabara Park | Free

July 1 ~ 1:30-5:30p

Natural i zat ion Ceremony (& Ju ly 4 th

Celebrat ion)Old Salem | Salem Square

July 4 ~ 9:30a-5p

!Heavy Rebe l Weekender The Millennium Center

July 6-8

Krispy Kreme Stree t Celebrat ion Trade Street | Free

July 13 ~ 7-10p

!Cobble s tone Farmers MarketOld Salem

Saturdays ~ 9a-12p

Sh ipwreck Sh ind igThe Children’s Museum

July 28 ~ 10:30a-12p

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Grab a neighbor, grab a friend. Join us for another evening concert in West Salem.

Granville Park

Sunday, July 15

6-8p

Playing for more than 20 years, Front Page Band is a high energy R&B group ready to play your favorite old school tunes from the 80s & 90s.

The Readers’ Forum Dear West Salem,

I came to you a bit battered thirteen years ago in March. You took me in and nurtured me and taught me what it means to give back to community. I'd never known more than one or two people in neighborhoods where I lived before. In West Salem I can easily knock on 100+ doors and know the names of the people who opened them. And they would know me!!

My leaving you is bittersweet. I have sworn over the years never to marry again, never to leave my little home on Broad Street that I turned into my own little sanctuary, never, never. . . well, watch how you say never. I've met my life partner, my best friend, and married him. Charlie and I will be moving out to Old Salisbury Road - hopefully this month. But though I will not live among you, you will always be in my heart, and you will always be my friends. I love you West Salem!

Patricia Olmstead

F r o n t

P a g e

B a n d

Music

We’ll miss you, Patricia!

Meet Anne Murray. Now we must say goodbye. Temporarily. Anne is a professor at Pfeiffer University in Charlotte, but calls Laurel Street in West Salem home. She has some news to share with her neighbors…

I have been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship that is paying for my trip to

Bucharest, Romania where I will teach Organizational Behavior and Business

Communications to Romanian graduate students. The good news is that I will

be able to teach in English! I will be gone September through July, 2013 and

am very excited about this opportunity to live and work in another country. I

have been learning a little bit of Romanian, so if you see me in the

neighborhood, ask me to show off what I have learned. Should you wish, you

can follow my adventures on my blog:

http://ayearinromania.blogspot.com/ which has been started,

but will be much more interesting once I get there and start including

pictures.

It appears that the person who will be renting the lower half of my house is a

woman from India who is coming here to study, also on a Fulbright grant! I

sincerely hope the neighborhood will make her feel welcome!

We’ll be following your adventures in Romania, Anne. Noroc! (a Romanian wish for Good Luck!)

Next Door Neighbor

View all photos @ www.Facebook.com/westsalemgardentour

Bringing Neighbors to Neighbors ~ Want to share your story? We’d love to

feature you, your family and/or your pets! Send photos & info to:

westsalemnews@gmail.com

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2012 West Salem

Garden Tour

The West Salem Garden Club would like to thank everyone involved in making the 2012 West Salem Garden Tour a success! Around 190 people (including volunteers) toured around our neighborhood to see some amazing gardens on display. $4333 was raised from sponsors, ticket sales & raffles. We were able to net over $2000 to put towards the improvement of Granville Park!

Our heartfelt thanks to all our sponsors & volunteers…

Old Salem Museum & Gardens

Goat Feathers

Myers Greenhouse

Phonechay’s Creations

Home Real Estate

A1 Detailing & Pressure Washing

Leonard Ryden Burr

The Tavern in Old Salem

Eleanor Bell |Allen Tate Realtors

Camino Bakery

Kim Hobin

Hayden Jennings Properties

Greg Levoniuk

Still Great Furniture

The Screaming Rooster

Carolina’s Vineyards & Hops

The Snob Shop

Piedmont Craftsmen

Spring House Restaurant, Kitchen & Bar

Big Mama’s

Foothills Brewing

Kim Mitchell | Leonard Ryden Burr

Earthbound Arts

YWCA Gateway

American Health and Rehab

Professional Placement Services

Krankies Coffee

Swaim’s Grocery

Washington Perk

Joaquin’s Curb Cuisine

Joann Reed Allegra Strohman

Linda Minney Del Perry Karla Gort Amy Spease

Dennis Wiggins Mike Anthony

Jeff Failing Shirley Fly

Will Chambers Casey Davis

Suzanne Warren Judith Uhrig

www.mywestsalem.com/Garden_Tour.html

www.facebook.com/westsalemgardentour

Success!

Join the West Salem Garden Club!

Email us at

westsalemgardens@gmail.com or call

Joann Reed @ 336.995.6265

Classifieds are offered free to West Salem neighbors (up to 3 consecutive months) wishing to sell personal items. Business advertisements are paid advertisements billed at the standard

rates.

Wanted A garden shed for the West Salem Community Garden - Call Jeff 336.785.2152

FOR SALE

Want to learn how to play guitar? I teach in my

home. Please call 336.722.2316 for more info.

For Rent Civic Club- space available for events, parties, meetings, etc. 1,800 sqft. of meeting space, commercial-style kitchen, two bathrooms & adequate parking on 2! acres. Ideal for many activities. Discount rates for Club members. E-mail westsalemcivicclub@gmail.com for info.

West Salem

Classifieds

Monday-Thursday 8am-6pm Friday 8am-4pm, Sat 8am-2pm

(336) 722-8275

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Community Yard Sale

Open to Everyone

Sign-up to Reserve Your Selling Space!

When: June 23rd, 7:00am til 1:00pm

(rain date June 30th)

Location: West Salem Civic Center

Directions: Past Diggs-Latham

Elementary, across from Washington

Park at 1010 Hutton St.

Spaces still available for anyone to sell their

yard sale items, crafts, artwork, electronics,

baked goods, antique treasures, books,

clothing, and more! The first to register get

priority selection of the spaces. Setup begins at

6:00am.

Outdoor Selling Spaces:

10'x12' = $10

Each additional space = $8

Indoor Spaces - for climate-sensitive

goods:

8'x8' = $15

Each additional space = $10

Bring your own tables - or - a limited quantity

of tables and chairs also available for rental on

day of event. (Tents & trucks are also

permitted in spaces where ample room is

available.) Civic Club Members get discounted

space rental - Membership is Free to Join.

To Sign-Up: E-mail

westsalemcivicclub@gmail.com, send us a

message us on Facebook or call 336-416-1661

for a registration form.