Belknap neighbors:

Friends of GR Parks will host a clean up at Coit Park this Saturday.  If you are interested in helping, please meet at the basketball courts at 8:00am. 

If you are interested in helping out with other spring clean up events, please contact us.  Since Spring has sprung, we have several areas in the neighborhood that need a good clean up.  The hill at Mary Waters Park, the green space between Sinclair and Lafayette near the substation and the hill on Barnett are a few priority areas.  NOBL will provide the refuse and yard waste bags. 

Spring is here!  Let's start our gardening process.  This year the program will have 2 locations, 616 Clancy will host the 3-5 grade gardeners and the K-2 garden will be on-site at Coit School.  Ms. Gretchen will be in charge of the K-2 site and Ms. Becky will host the 3-5 students.  If you are interested in volunteering, you must have a valid GRPS volunteer badge and contact the NOBL office at 454-8413 for available hours. 

If you would like to help with donations for the garden, we are in need of the following:  Red and Blueberry plants, cucumber seeds, watermelon seeds, tomato and pepper plants, snacks for the students, craft projects, soil and fertilizer.  All donations are tax deductible, for more info please call or email us. 

Please join us for our monthly board meetings.  All meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6pm located at the Belknap Commons, 751 Lafayette NE.  Neighborhood updates and events are discussed at each meeting.  In April, we will hear from Thierica, Inc. and their plans to expand operations while adding jobs to Belknap.  If you would like an item placed on the agenda, please call our offices at 454-8413 or email us at noblgr@gmail.com

If you need assistance filing your tax forms this year, contact Clancy Street Ministries at 235-2195 to schedule an appointment. 

Belknap Neighbors, please be aware that there has been several car break-ins lately.  Most of them have occurred near Trowbridge/Clancy area and the Fairview area.  Please report any suspicious activity to the GRPD at 456-3400 or if you see a crime in progress, 911. 

Do not leave any valuable in open view in your car, remove your GPS system, do not leave your computer or purses in car either. 

The L&L Party Store owners had an appeal hearing with the Michigan Liquor Control Commission.  At the hearing, the Commissioners tabled the appeal and asked the owners to have a community-wide meeting in order to gather more input from neighbors.  A meeting date has not been set but the meeting is expected to be held in January. 

The owners of L&L Party Store are appealing their liquor license transfer request to the State of Michigan's Liquor Control Commission.  The hearing will be held on Tuesday, December 11 at 10am in Lansing.  For more information call, 517-322-1345