June 8th Meeting

Don't forget our next meeting which is June 8th at 6:30 pm!

It's early this time because we are having an indoor picnic! So meet in the social hall for the evening.
KHHA is supplying the fried chicken and drinks.
Members are asked to bring a side dish and or dessert.
Before or after dinner, you can tour the community garden out back too.

After dinner, we will hold elections for two board seats: Crime watch and Code enforcement. If you would like to be one of the nominees. Please let us know, now!

See you on June 8th at 6:30pm!

WYNNEWOOD TASK FORCE MEETING
APRIL 7TH AT 7PM
TURNER HOUSE
401 ROSEMONT
JUST NORTH OF JEFFERSON

Everyone in Kiestwood is urged to attend
get there early!

Wynnewood meeting on April 7th at 7 pm

March Meeting

March Updates

Hi All!

To those of you who came to Tuesday's meeting, thank you very much!
Here's what happened:

Dave Neumann gave a short presentation of the inner workings of city hall and some things going on in Oak Cliff.

We all got to see the new logo art for Kiestwood HHA that will be used at events, and in the public domain.

3 gift cards($25) from Calloways were given away in a drawing to Emory Tipping, Jon Montgomery, and Lisa Ripley!

Tim Kerkman from Kiestwood and Mariana Griggs from Oak Cliff Community Gardens spoke briefly about our garden at the church.

More garden plots were paid for that night. If you want one, you better hurry!

A clean up day for the garden and surrounding area is scheduled for this Saturday the 13th from 1-4 pm. Bring large trash bags and gloves as we are picking up
garbage/litter in the garden area.

Our new Kiestwood Community Garden sign will be installed out front at Ravinia, so we might be taking pictures of members with the sign!

Whew! If you did not come to the meeting, see what you missed?!?!



Our next meeting is on June 8th. We will have an indoor summer picnic and the entire meeting will be focused on the garden. Make plans to bring either a summer side
dish, or a summer dessert. KHHA will bring the fried chicken. If some of you are expert fried chicken chefs, please bring your special chicken and let us sample it!

Finally, Kiestwood is going on FACEBOOK! We will keep the site a little while longer but FACEBOOK allows everyone to really participate in the process of making
Kiestwood a great place to live. Pictures can be posted easier, information can be accessed A LOT easier. So if you do not have a FACEBOOK account, go ahead
and get one NOW. You do not have to fill out all of the personal profile information, so you can remain as hidden as you want to be.

I will notify you when it is up and ready to see.

Have a good weekend and we will see you on Saturday.

Raymond

A letter from one of our own!

February 23, 2010

RE: Restoration of Kiest Park Memorial Gardens Pergola.

Dear Councilman Neumann,

In the interest of restoring our beautiful parks of Oak Cliff, the treasured gems for living in this area, I wish to voice my opinion for the rebuilding of the Pergola at Kiest Park Memorial Gardens.

I grew up near Kiest Park and have spent all of my life in and around these last oases of nature that we have left in Oak Cliff.

I have watched with such sadness of how my area has been neglected, abused and now blighted with urban “scrawl”. These parks were my first impression of the beauty of large natural landscapes, trees, wildflowers and (back in the 70’s and 80’s) wonderfully maintained azaleas, cannas and rose gardens.

The architectural interests of the WPA projects have always inspired me and are a necessary foundation to these parks. We must remember that this park was donated and the gardens are a Memorial to the generosity of Edwin Kiest, a founding father, to honor his wife, Elizabeth Patterson Kiest and should be maintained as such.

Lake Cliff’s pergola has been recently restored and presents a beautiful gateway to North Oak Cliff from Downtown Dallas.

I believe that the citizens of our area deserve to share in the same enjoyment and beautification of our Kiest Park and its history.

To that end, I would much rather see funding earmarked for the restoration of the pergola, than towards more work on the hiking and biking trails.

Trails are great, but without the park like surroundings, they become just urban sidewalks (that is not without issues of trash, graffiti and overuse).

I plead for your consideration of this project, not just for us, but so that future generations can enjoy the outdoors and to learn that there is more to Kiest Park than just competitive sports and urban socialism.

Respectfully yours,

Ms. Roxie A. Manning

2450 Southwood Dr. (Kiestwood)

Oak Cliff, TX