On Saturday, September 25th at 9am, there will be a 5K race in Southern Village in Chapel Hill to benefit Safe Passage.  Safe Passage is an US-based humanitarian organization dedicated to bringing hope and opportunity to the children of the Guatemala City garbage dump community.  “Esperanza” is the Spanish word for “hope”, and during the month of September, communities around the world will run and walk together in friendship, hope and solidarity to support the children and families of Safe Passage.

To learn more about Safe Passage, go to www.safepassage.org.

Kids Race, starting at 9:15
Face Painting , 9-11
Scrap Exchange activities, 9-11

To register for the race, go to www.safepassage.org/5K or www.active.com.  For more information about Esperanza 5k in North Carolina, please contact Marilyn Alexander at malex13@bellsouth.net.

The ARB will met on Wednesday September 15th @ 7pm at Weaver Street Market.  Questions?  E-mail: arb@southernvillage.org.

The Chapel Hill Day Care Center in Southern Village has been selected as the Orange County 2010 site for the ‘Preventing Obesity by Design’ (POD) project!  The school is now in the process of converting their playground to an outdoor learning environment that will promote increased physical activity for children and thus forestall the risk of childhood obesity.

To educate the public about this unique program and engage the community in volunteering to help with the POD initiative, the group is holding an informational meeting at Christ Church on Wednesday, September 15th from 6:00pm-8:00pm.

Join us for a Family 5K Fun Run followed by games, food and drinks on the Green and a concert by Once, a nationally known Pearl Jam tribute band.

When: Saturday, September 18th
Where: The Market Street Green in Southern Village, Chapel Hill, NC

For more information please visit: www.supercooperswagon.org/run/

On Thursday, September 2nd the Chapel Hill Town staff will discuss and take your input on traffic calming measures in the Southern Village Neighborhood.  The meeting will begin at 7:00 p.m. at the fellowship hall of Christ United Methodist Church located at 800 Market Street.

For additional information, please contact Ernie Rogers, Traffic Engineering Division, at 969-5085 or e-mail at: erogers@townofchapelhill.org.

The July financials are now available.

We will be electing two new directors to the five-person SVHOA board at the association’s annual meeting early in 2011.  Consequently, the Nominating Committee is seeking names of possible candidates.

If you, or anyone you know, might be interested in these important volunteer positions, please email bod@southernvillage.org to learn more about the opportunity.

The SVHOA Board of Directors were busy at their August meeting approving plans to make improvements in Southern Village.  The Board approved new plantings for Arlen Park.  Once the summer heat ends, Ecoscapes will add plants to the outer edges of Arlen Park.  As you might know, this landscaping has dual purposes: (1) erosion control & (2) beautification.  Also, this fall residents will also see Jon Hanna, from Ecologic, working on street trees near (in front of) the condominiums.  Both of these projects will be finished before the end of the year.

The SVHOA Board of Directors approved the Townhome Committee’s request to have the black iron railings painted.  CS Painting  will begin work on Monday, September 13, 2010.  The project will continue for about 4 weeks.  Work will take place from 8am to 6pm, weekdays.

The below letter was mailed to all Townhome owners.

The August 3rd Board meeting minutes are now available.