We Have Our Own Website!

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You may have noticed that our newsletter was delivered a little differently this time. Instead of an image in your email it was a link to www.greenleavesneighborhood.com. I thought as long as we have a newsletter we should do it right and create a website for it. So we now own GreenleavesNeighborhood.com. Buying that name cost $12, well worth it I think. The hosting on Google is free. Right now the only thing on the website it is this newsletter addition. In the next few weeks I'll add a few more features, links, maybe a calendar. If anyone would like to help let me know.

 In other news, I learned last week that ATT now has fiber in our neighborhood, giving us an option other than Spectrum for high speed Internet. While I think Spectrum will work better for me for now, I think having a choice is a good thing. The real reason I'm bringing it up is, in order to get the word out, AT&T is sponsoring neighborhood events where they provide refreshments and they would like to do something in Greenleaves. They mentioned a few options, a basic block party, Wine Wednesday or, my favorite, a chili cook off. I think this could be a great way to have a neighborhood gathering without using our limited funds. I would love for a few neighbors to join me in working with ATT on planning the event. If we get started right away maybe we could have it at the end of the month. If you are interested shoot me an email.

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