Neighborhood Picnic Postponed

The neighborhood picnic announced previously for September 23 has been postponed, most likely until next spring. We hope to have the event coincide with the arrival of the new playground equipment, but it’s looking like work will occur this winter and early spring. Stay tuned for a new date.

General Meeting and Picnic

Mark your calendar for September 23 when the North JC Neighborhood Association will hold its annual picnic at Poppy Creek Park (aka Steele Lane Park). We’ll be out there from 1:00-4:00 p.m. and will also hold our general meeting at that time. More details to follow. Come on out and meet your neighbors!

Playground Equipment Meeting

After a series of meetings and planning with neighborhood parents, Santa Rosa Recreation and Parks will be presenting the plans for new playground equipment for Steele Lane Park (aka Poppy Creek Park) on Saturday, July 21 at 9:30 a.m. Come on out to the park if you’d like to see the plans. Last we [...]

Explore Poppy Creek

Explore Poppy Creek as it winds its way through the JC neighborhood and into our own North JC neighborhood via Long’s parking lot.  Thanks to the fine folks from LandPaths and Alistair Bleifuss, Creek Steward for the City of Santa Rosa, this great tour will allow us to learn more about what we can do [...]

Planting Poppy Creek

Thanks to Landpaths IOOBY (In Our Own Back Yard) program along with the City of Santa Rosa for coordinating a workday on Poppy Creek in Steele Lane park on March 7. Twenty sixth graders from Hidden Valley School teamed up with twenty third graders from neighboring Steele Lane Elementary to plant native plants along [...]

Updating the Playground Equipment

Santa Rosa Recreation and Parks Department is working on a project to update the playground equipment at Steele Lane Park and have prepared preliminary plans based on neighborhood input thus far.  Plans include accessibility to play area (a path to and around the playground); swings and play sets for school and preschool age groups; and [...]

Poppy Creek Stewardship

At our January 18, 2007, Membership Meeting, LandPaths talked to us about the Poppy Creek Stewardship Program – part of their IOOBY (In Our Own Backyard) free educational program. They take children out 4 times per year to an adopted Open Space District property and to stewardship (for Steele Ln. they do their stewardship [...]