Community Action Plan – GO!
Comment on The Plan The final phase of the Community Action Plan is finally in motion! Read the plan and share your thoughts. Encourage your neighbors to do the same! The Crown Hill Urban Village Action Plan is the result of collaboration between neighbors, business owners, and the City. The plan articulates the community’s goals, visions, and priorities for guiding growth to achieve a connected, thriving and livable neighborhood. With this Plan as a roadmap, the City and Crown Hill residents, developers, and business owners can work together to realize a shared vision for the Crown Hill [...]
Crown Hill Action Plan
Crown Hill Village Action Plan We love it when a plan comes together! Some of you may remember the days when we packed into the Small Faces gym and milled about discussing Crown Hill's future. Those crowded workshops aren't coming back yet, but the Community Action Plan that we crafted during those gatherings is moving again! The Community Action Plan is the result of a massive collaboration between City offices, neighbors, and business owners. In February of 2020, the completed plan was presented to the Mayor's office for signature. Unfortunately, before we could get it signed, [...]
Crown Hill Holiday Market – Call for Vendors
Calling Crown Hill Makers & Artisans It’s time to sign up! Crown Hill is full of people with great ideas, making cool stuff! The 2021 Crown Hill Holiday Market will be virtual, and we are filling up The Crown Hill Holiday Market right now. Our goal is to provide hyper-local sales venue for makers and artisans in The Crown Hill Village. Are you an artist or maker with a small business? We would love to include you in the virtual Holiday Market! We will feature you on our sales page, and we will promote The Market as well [...]
Prepping Your Fall Garden
Maximize the Last of Sunny Days and Prep Your Garden for Winter The community garden is full of activity as we near the equinox. There are still tomatoes to harvest, but the gardeners are turning their attentions to the task of prepping the garden for winter. Most of the other summer veggies got pulled to make way for the fall and winter garden and cover crop seed is drying in preparation. Gardener Christal was pruning the tomato plants, snipping the flowers that will never have time to fruit. Don't be timid. This move will help to maximize your [...]
Garage Sale Success!
Sunny Skies for the Return of The Crown Hill Garage Sale The annual Crown Hill Garage Sale was a popular event hosted by the Crown Hill Neighborhood Association. We were excited to revive this fun, low key event and can't wait for next year! This year we partnered with the venerable Olympic Manor Sale and we appreciate them letting us join their incredible sale! Some folks had a hard time deciding if they should put out their own sale or cruise the Manor Sale. Next year, we will spread the deals around and plan for a different day. [...]
Whimsy and Precision Peeps Joy
Cristie @ Little Free Peep Show and a new Peep Show the first of every month! by: Phil Scroggs March of 2019, Cristie Kearny — Crown Hill Village resident since 2003 — hatched a sweet idea. Cristie had decided to remove the books from the Little Free Library (LFL) in front of her house in hopes of curbing the spread of germs during the pandemic. That done, she was inspired to make use of the empty box. It was Easter time, and Cristie noticed grocery store shelves full of colorful Peeps marshmallow [...]