Meeting Date/Time Changed

Good Morning All,

Late last night, we received an email stating due to schedule conflicts the meeting date has changed for the committee against the Sexually Oriented Businesses.

The meeting will be on Wednesday, April 25th at 7:00 p.m. at the Dow Elementary School Building, 1900 Kane (Old Sixth Ward).

I apologize for the late change. If you want to be on this committee, please plan to attend. Below is the note from Jane Cahill-West, president of SN22.

“I am very pleased to see that you and Marlene think that some Magnolia Grove residents might be interested in joining our SOB committee. Because the SOB committee meeting scheduled for tomorrow night conflicts with a Leadership Houston fundraiser that a number of committee members are planning to attend because it will benefit a park in SN 22′s Old Sixth Ward neighborhood, I’ve just sent out an email postponing the next SOB committee meeting to Wednesday, April 25th at 7:00 p.m. That meeting will be in the same place, i.e., the Dow School building at 7:00 p.m. I apologize for the very late notice, and hope that it doesn’t discourage attendance from your neighborhood at the next meeting. The current intent is for the SOB committee to meet bi-monthly on the second and third Wednesdays.
Best wishes,
Jane”
Have a great day,

Marlene

Oppose Sexually Oriented Businesses in Magnolia Grove – Meeting 4/11 @ 7:30 p.m.

Good Morning All,

We just received news that there will be a meeting this Wednesday re the S.O.B.s (sexually oriented business) that are planning to come to Washington. There are several issues here.

The Davari brothers have requested liquor licenses to operate a bar or restaurant in two locations along Washington Ave. Their M.O. has been, once the liquor permit is obtained, they open a strip club (Treasures, Gold Cup and many others), In reality, they cannot obtain a license for an SOB on Washington because of our many churches and schools. But they get around it every time using the guise of opening a bar or restaurant. Once they are in, it’s hard to shut down. The city has been trying, unsuccessfully, to have the liquor license at Treasures revoked for years. Without a liquor license, they will not open a business.

The second issue is that the city is unsure of our support. Super Neighborhood 22 (which we are a part of), invites us to join a newly formed committee to show our opposition. If you are opposed to this type of business opening up on Washington, please attend the meeting tomorrow night. Bring your neighbors. It’s for all who live along Washington Ave. I cannot emphasize enough the impact your presence makes at these meetings.

Below is information collected by Yamelys Nava-Driessens, one of our officers:

Operators of SOB and their plans to open Patio Pub (5300 block on W Ave) and Level 3 (2500 block on W Ave).

Level 3 will be a 3 level SBO – restaurant on bottom level, Martini Bar on second and Dance on top, on Washington Ave.

 

SN22′s newest committee will meet Wednesday April 11 at 7:30 p.m. at Justin E Dow Elementary School on 1900 Kane St (Old Sixth Ward). WE URGE THE SUPPORT OF THE NEIGHBOURHOOD.

TABC is about to approve the liquor licenses for both locations. WE MUST GO!!!

I hope to see you there. Have a great day!

Marlene

Neighborhood Crime Watch Training

We are finally getting underway with our neighborhood crime watch training. If you wish to volunteer, you need to attend the training. Volunteering is a minimum of four (4) hours a month and can be done all at once or 10 minutes a day or whatever you want.

Training will be:

Date: Thursday, February 9th
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Place: Council on Alcohol and Drugs Houston
303 Jackson Hill

Please let me know if you will be attending. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

I also want to thank Trish Price-Kincaid for getting us the space for the training at no cost.

- Marlene

Chick-fil-A in Sawyer Heights

This is probably old news but chick-fil-A fans can finally rejoice. There’s one coming up right next to the Sawyer Heights shopping center. The opening date according to the Chick-fil-A site is 04-12-2012. Read more about it on SwampLot.

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