Glen Armil Neighborhood Association

2017 marks changes in the country and recently the most exciting Superbowl in history.  March madness will soon be upon us and can spring weather be far behind?  For residents of Glen Armil, new leadership is readying an April 27th meeting.  All this means, that as time passes the Glen Armil Neighborhood Association needs you to help guide our neighborhood into the next stage of civic pride.  To join the association (or renew for ’17), you need to download the application on the page in the header “Joining GANA” above, and send your $10 household membership to our treasurer, Gary Nolan,  GANA Treasurer, 2323 Armil Place, Davenport, IA 52804.

The Glen Armil Neighborhood Association met Tuesday, and elected officers for the 2017-2018 terms.  Nancy Gentry was elected the new President succeeding Jim Welch who served the last six years, since the beginning of the association.  Karyn Cavanaugh was elected, Vice President, Gary Nolan as Treasurer,  Kathy Riepe, Secretary, and three at large board members, Jim Welch, Kathy Jones, and Jacquie Anderson.

Andy Kay owner of The Greenthumbers, spoke about Fall Preparations and gardening tips.  A more complete report can be found in the newly labeled tab “Agendas & Reports”

Maybe the fastest way to get important public safety information to neighbors is to use Facebook.  Most people will go to Facebook sooner than checking this website.  Recently, in June, a man tried to force a woman into his car near Glen Armil Park.  Within hours this website had information (scroll down to find the original post) about the incident posted on our front page, but if you do not look at this website each day, you would not have gotten the timely information.  The media had information as well and the “Nextdoor” app also had information available.  For neighbors who are organized as neighborhood watch groups, the Facebook page should prove helpful.Make us a friend if you are on Facebook.  In the search box at the top of Facebook, enter Glen Armil Neighborhood Association.  Then invite others to befriend us as well.

The Facebook page will also feature, as all Facebook pages feature, a timeline to chronologically mark postings about our neighborhood. But beside public safety information, much civic information and social news can be posted there.  Comments also will be allowed, while presently comments are not allowed on the website.  So Glen Armil Neighborhood Association now offers two sponsored links for your convenience.  We also avail ourselves of the “Nextdoor” app, but GANA did not originate the connection to “Nextdoor” as a result we are connected with the Norwood Park neighbors in that grouping on “Nextdoor”.  The boundaries of Glen Armil/Norwood Park do not conform with the GANA by-laws.  As a result some information shared in posts on “Nextdoor” may not apply to the Glen Armil Neighborhood Association.  We will try to be very careful in distinguishing information through “Nextdoor”

The front page of the website is just the beginning of the information available to you regarding our neighborhood.  How far do the posts go back? If you scroll down the many posts you will find that important posts have been saved and you can find posts going back three years or more. But, don’t stop at the bottom of the page; There at the bottom will be another button labled “Older Posts”, click on that to go back farther.

We hope you find that the tabs to nine other pages across the top.  Of those, the most important page is “Upcoming Dates”.  If you go beyond the home page “Upcoming Dates” should be your second move.  It is a short page, but shows what is slated to happen in our neighborhood.

We are in a new year and your membership for 2017 is due now.  Please go to the “Join GANA” button, print and fill out the application, and mail it to Gary Nolan, 2323 Armil Pl, Davenport, IA  52804.