Armory Park Neighborhood Association

Armory Park Historic District Home Tour 2012

When:       12:30 – 5:30p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3

Where:      Begins at the St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 545 S. 5^th Avenue.

Cost: Tickets are $20, with proceeds benefiting Neighbors Feeding Neighbors and other Armory Park community programs.

To pay in advance, click on the following link and designate “Home Tour” for your donation. Print your receipt and bring it to the home tour. That will serve as your ticket: https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/ExpressDonation.aspx?ORGID2=237455932

For information contact Chris Stebe at 520-440-7131/cstebe@hotmail.com

Journey through Tucson’s architectural evolution on Saturday, November 3, when downtown residents open their doors for the  Armory Park Historic District Home Tour.  This self-guided stroll offers a glimpse at styles ranging from California bungalow and dainty Victorian to contemporary, energy-efficient homes in a “New Urbanism” village.  You’ll also see a neighborhood that continues to transform, as downtown feels the swirl of renewed development.

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To pay in advance, click on the following link and designate “Home Tour” for your donation. Print your receipt and bring it to the home tour. Your receipt will serve as your ticket:https://www.networkforgood.org/donation/ExpressDonation.aspx?ORGID2=237455932

When:       12:30 – 5:30p.m., Saturday, Nov. 3.

Where:      Begins at the St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 545 S. 5th Avenue. Cost: Tickets are $20, with proceeds benefiting Neighbors Feeding Neighbors and other Armory Park community programs.

Hi all:
This is the last regularly scheduled board meeting of the year. Next month’s meeting– November 13, 2012 is APNA’s Annual Meeting with elections for the 2013 board.
This is the last time this year to hear updates from every committee. Also, an interesting proposal to possibly bring Tucson’s WW II Memorial to Armory Park, will be made by the Pima Arts Council; and a presentation from DNaRC about a new Streetcar Route Plan, will fill out the agenda.

Again, Please join us!

Attached is the agenda: APNA Agenda 10-9-12

Gardeners and aspiring gardeners: On Thursday, October 4 at 6 pm at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, we will have our  first neighborhood meeting about the Armory Park community garden and neighborhood gardening network.

Some background: Last year, APNA received a grant from PRO Neighborhoods to create community gardens throughout the 
neighborhood. Project goals are to:

1. clean up and use vacant and 
unsightly lots;
2. provide spaces in the neighborhood where people of all 
ages can come together to garden;
3. provide resources and support for 
organic, sustainable community gardening;  and
4. encourage neighbors to 
grow fresh, nutritious produce, with surplus to be donated to the 
Neighbors Feeding Neighbors program.

After the organizing meetings and an assessment of available lots, we found that in addition to the community garden,  some neighbors have an interest in creating a gardening network for people who garden in their own yards to get neighborly help in how to start and maintain a garden, as well as a gardening tool lending library.  This meeting is the next step in getting the project off the ground.

At the September neighborhood association meeting, there was a brief discussion of the project, and I mentioned that we would take a survey to find out which tools neighbors suggest we get for the lending library.  So, please take a few minutes to take the survey.

I hope that we will see many people at the meeting on October 4.

–Liz Burden

(Sorry for the image quality. But hopefully it does the job.)

Tonight’s Armory Park Neighborhood Association meeting:

Ron Schwabe of Peach Properties discussed plans for the former Armory Park Apartments, now that all the seniors have been relocated to the Sentinel Plaza Apartments on Congress Street, west of I-10.

The approximately 140 apartments are primarily studios, with a handful of one-bedroom units. The target demographic would be market rate, meaning mostly adults rather than students. It is to be medium upscale, in the $500 to $600 range. Peach Properties would be developing the site in partnership with Holualoa Companies, a Tucson-based Real Estate investment and development firm.

Serious concerns were raised by nearby neighbors about adequate parking at the complex. Mr. Schwabe and Holualoa asset manager–and former AP Neighborhood resident–Anne Lawrence said that they would secure more than 50 parking spaces for residents.

Another point of contention was the plan to construct a small swimming pool on the south side of the complex, carving out a portion of the current parking lot. Neighbors worried about noise from pool parties, particularly in light of the recent debacle at The District student apartments at 6th Street and 4th Avenue. Mr. Schwabe replied that the resident mix would be far different, and that adequate security would be in place, along with enforced pool hours.

The complex is now under contract to the partners, with ownership expected to be complete in November. Renovation is expect to begin soon after.

Hi Everyone:

Please join us for a busy meeting with a full agenda on Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at St. Andrew’s Parish Hall from 7:00 to 9:30pm.
There are a number of presentations, so everyone should find at least one topic of interest 😉
Also, we will have a special election for additional alternates to the board. Three have already come forward. If you are interested, but can’t attend, please contact me at the listed APNA telephone number, before the meeting.

Hope to see you there!

The agenda is attached: APNA Agenda 9-11-12

You should all now have one at your front gate or door, but just in case, here it is in Pdf!: September 2012 Newsletter

It seems that too much is going on this year to take our usual August break. There will be updates on everything going on.
Hope to see you there!

Attached is the agenda: APNA Agenda 8-14-12

A Heads-Up from the RefugeeFEST Committee:

On June 23rd, Tucson and the world come together in celebration of World Refugee Day with the 4th annual Tucson World RefugeeFEST & Soccer Tournament to be held at the Maracana Indoor Sports Arena, 555 E. 18th Street, a couple of blocks east of Armory Park Historic Residential Neighborhood. We invite the Armory Park Neighborhood Association and all of your members, residents and families to join us for this delightful cultural event.
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