posted Feb 23, 2012 6:32 PM by Vickery Place
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updated Feb 23, 2012 6:41 PM
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St Patrick's Day 2012 Swag
All Proceeds benefit Vickery Place Sign Topper Fund
Getting ready for your St Patrick's Day event?
Consider buying some of your swag from Vickery Place. We have beads, bangles, dog bandanas and custom koozies to fit those red solo cups. We will be selling all of these and more on the morning of the St Patrick's day party, right in the middle of the action on Greenville Avenue, inside the cage.
Stay tuned to our Facebook Page, VP Insider Email Blasts and updates right here on this website.
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posted Feb 23, 2012 5:47 PM by Vickery Place
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updated Feb 24, 2012 1:38 PM
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Once again, we will have parking restrictions in Vickery Place and surrounding neighborhoods on St Paddy's day, Saturday, March 17th, 2012. The basic gist of the restrictions is that parking on the north or west sides of all our neighborhood streets is forbidden between the hours of 9AM Saturday morning and 2AM Sunday morning. Even if you are a resident, if you park your car on the wrong side of the street, or if it is already parked on the wrong side of the street before 9AM on Saturday, it will be towed.
The map attached as a PDF has been provided by the Dallas PD. To download it, click on the black download arrow at bottom right. If you don't have a PDF viewer installed, you can click on the file name at left to view it. |
posted Feb 23, 2012 1:39 PM by Vickery Place
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updated Feb 23, 2012 1:39 PM
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The hottest new gourmet fried chicken restaurant and creation of The Next Food Network Star starlet Lisa Garza is set to open next week! The highly anticipated new Knox-Henderson restaurant is occupying the spot formerly held by Hector's.
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posted Jan 21, 2012 11:23 AM by Vickery Place
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updated Jan 21, 2012 3:15 PM
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The Dallas Observer Unfair Park Blog has a fun history lesson, including the Prettiest Teacher of 1952, Nell Owen, who used to teach at our very own James B Bonham Elementary School, in Vickery Place! She even made it to the cover of Life Magazine.
Full story with more details and surprising connections at the Unfair Park blog here. |
posted Jan 11, 2012 9:16 AM by Mark Rieves
The Flores Family is very grateful for all the support they have received and they send a great big "thanks" to everyone!
Background The
Flores Family in the 5300 Block of Miller Avenue experienced a devastating fire the morning of December 13, 2011.
Fortunately, there were no serious injuries. The
fire started around 5:30
that morning. The Flores were dog-sitting a cousin’s Maltese terrier.
It was this tiny dog who awoke one of the Flores
ladies by jumping on her chest and scratching her. Once awake, she was able to rouse the others
in the home and they were all able to escape.
As the fire grew, the flames hit an oxygen tank (prescribed for one of
the family members).
Today
the 6 residents of the home are staying with various relatives throughout the
city. Their goal is to stay in Vickery Place as it
will enable their youngest daughter, Natalie, to stay at North Dallas
High. Plus, the huge outpouring of
support has endeared Vickery Place
more than ever to the family.
Vickery Place NA gathered gifts for the Flores family from our
neighborhood, sister neighborhoods, former VP residents and North Dallas High. To-date these gifts total almost $5200 plus clothing,
home products (detailed list below). Special thanks to: - Claire Oliver and the staff and students of North
Dallas High whose own collection brought in almost $800 of cash/gift
cards.
- Our sister neighborhoods including Belmont Area
Conservation District and Lakewood
- Danny Linn and former Vickery Place residents
- Tom Henderson of Downing Hill
- Ken Lampton
- Linda Mitchell
- Patrick & Melissa Angel
- Vickery
Place
Cook Book, Shelia Huffman & Kathy Harris
- North Dallas High alumni
And a most special thanks
to the residents of Vickery Place for sharing whatever they can with a family
very much in need!
Collection Effort - Final Results Cash / Gift Cards Received: - Checks, cash, and online contributions totaling $3,200
- Gift cards for Kroger, WalMart, etc. totaling $1,065
- North Dallas High School collection of $800 in cash and a gift card
Gifts Received: - Notebook
computer
- Food Stuffs – assorted canned goods and pantry items
- Paper products – paper towel (single roll), shop clothes (1 box), paper plates (2
stacks), foil, wax paper, bathroom tissue (2x12 pack), foil pans (2)
- Toiletries
– shampoo (3), soap (8), razor (3), shaving cream (1), men’s lotion (1),
deodorant (2), Q tips, scented body lotion (4), toothpaste (3), hair brushes
(2), toothbrushes (8)
- Linens –
pillow (1 large, 2 throw), sheet, blanket (1), afghans (2), towels (6), place
mats (10)
- Housewares
– 10-piece cutlery set (in wood case), small dinner set, disposable plastic
containers, waffle maker
- Clothing
– warm sweaters (5), 1 men’s t-shirt, assorted shoes; Vickery Place T Shirts
(5), ladies tops (20), ladies pants (2), mens fleece (1), mens oxford shirt
(1), mens slacks (3), Uniform Shirts for Natalie, ladies ‘as new’ winter coat
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posted Dec 29, 2011 8:23 AM by Vickery Place
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updated Jan 11, 2012 9:06 AM by Mark Rieves
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According to a story on the front page of today's Dallas Morning News, Trader Joe's is coming to our neighborhood! We have been hearing rumors about this for several months now, but now the DMN front page story seems to make it a little more real.
"Trader Joe’s, the hip California grocer, has picked two more Texas
locations: Lower Greenville Avenue in Dallas and Preston and Park in
Plano. The
Dallas store will be built on the vacant lot where the Arcadia Theater
stood before it burned in 2006. That store, at 2001 Greenville, will
open in the fourth quarter of 2012 and becomes part of the city’s
efforts to rejuvenate Lower Greenville. It will be on one of the blocks
where the city just widened sidewalks and added bike racks, park
benches, decorative streetlights and trees." This story has also been on NBC 5.
And what about the Food Trailer Court that we had been promised for that spot? According to this article, it is still a go... Maybe.
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posted Dec 16, 2011 6:52 PM by Mark Rieves
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updated Jan 9, 2012 7:12 PM by Vickery Place
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The response from Vickery Place and other neighbors has
been outstanding and we're just getting started! Thanks to all who have
sponsored the Flores family! Here's a
summary of the sponsorships as of this afternoon as well as suggestions for remaining
sponsorship needs:
Cash/Gift Cards Received
Web Site – 10 sponsorships totaling $1790
Checks – 3
sponsorships totaling $275
Gift Card - 1
sponsorship for $25 (Kroger)
Total Cash & Gift Cards $2,090
Items Received
Notebook computer
Food Stuffs
We’ve received about 10 items, could use more non-perishable items like flour, sugar, beans, soup, cereal, canned meat or fish, peanut butter (Matthews’ food bank listing is a good source for ideas).
Paper products
Paper towel (single roll), paper plates (2 stacks), foil, wax paper. We could still use bathroom tissue.
Personal Hygiene
Shampoo, soap, razor, shaving cream, men’s lotion, deodorant (2), Q tips, scented body lotion (4). We could use more shampoo and toothbrushes.
Linens
Pillow (1 large, 2 throw), sheet, blanket (1), afghans (2), towels (2), place mats (10). Still needed: blankets, pillows, towels.
Housewares
10-piece cutlery set (in wood case), small dinner set, disposable plastic containers. Still needed: pots/pans, cooking utensils, more dinner set/dishes.
Clothing
Warm sweaters (5 Cutter Buck!), 1 men’s t-shirt, assorted shoes; Vickery Place T Shirts (5). Still needed: ladies pants, men’s pants (size 36/38), ladies and men’s sleepwear, gloves & scarves; sports socks.
Special thanks to the staff and students of North Texas High and Claire Oliver for leading a separate (non-VPNA affiliated) drive. They raised $600 in cash and over $100 in gift cards!
Collection of sponsorship checks & merchandise at 5555 Vickery will be kept open to Dec 23rd. Please see the previous News item for drop off points and additional information.
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posted Dec 14, 2011 7:54 PM by Vickery Place
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updated Dec 21, 2011 11:58 AM
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The Flores Family in the 5300 Block of Miller Ave experienced a devastating fire the morning of December 13, 2011. Fortunately, there were no serious injuries, but the Flores Family has lost their home! Please help by sponsoring the family.
Vickery
Place asks
that neighbors pool their resources to help the Flores family.
Some much needed items include:
Clothing:
·
Women – 4 ladies and 1
teenager sizes large, 3X and 4X
·
Man – 1 size
2X
Groceries
Sponsorship Money or
checks Payable to Vickery Place
Neighborhood Association (VPNA). VPNA will then use all funds to buy the
products or gift cards.
Gift
Cards – WalMart or Kroger
If you are able to help this family in need, you
can do so in a few ways:
- Drop off goods at our
consolidation point (5555 Vickery)
- Drop off checks payable to
VPNA at 5555 Vickery
- Make your sponsorship contribution via
Credit Card via the online store.
Our goal is to deliver all items to the Flores
Family on Friday December 23 just in time for the holidays.
We hope that you will be able to help this family
and know any sponsorship contribution you are able to make will be most appreciated. If you need any further information
please email info@vpna.org or call Debbie
Simurda at 214-536-5028.
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posted Nov 28, 2011 8:31 AM by Will Short
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updated Nov 28, 2011 8:33 AM
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Route 24 Detour Taking Buses Off Homer, to Central, Effective Mon, Dec 12To
address neighborhood concerns, Route 24 Via Capitol buses will be
detoured off Homer Street and will operate in both directions on the
North Central Expressway service road between Henderson Avenue and
McCommas Boulevard, effective Monday, December 12.
The 24 Via McMillan branch will remain unaffected and timepoints along the route will be unchanged.
The detour will become a permanent part of the route when system-wide
service changes are implemented on July 30, 2012.
 http://www.dart.org/rideralerts/fullra.asp?id=1172
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posted Nov 23, 2011 9:01 AM by Wendy Quadling
For two floral designers and their daughter, Christmas means decorating their 1920s home. Article Link
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