Historical June 1998 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The Times Board wishes all neighbors a very happy and safe summer. Our neighborhood has benefitted from generally low crime and rising home values.
The efforts begun over 30 years ago to stabilize the neighborhood and make it a successful expression of diversity continue to bear fruit.
There is still work to be done. Grants have been received to change the streetscape on Delmar to make it more conducive to commerce. Once completed, we will have a thriving commercial arterial to complement our neighborhood. Regarding housing, a few areas could benefit from assistance so that they might be more fully utilized.
In addition, we must also vigilantly take care of our dwellings—almost 100 years old—so that the building stock itself does not deteriorate.
A number of neighbors have significant questions regarding the implementation of the MetroLink northern route on our southern boundary. Neighbors should attend the Transportation Committee meetings to see what is happening and to help make the process the least disruptive to Skinker DeBaliviere.
On August 4, city neighborhoods again will celebrate National Night Out. Skinker DeBaliviere celebrates at Four Corners with food and music and general conviviality.
It is one of the best ways to see a cross-section of the neighborhood—old neighbors, new arrivals.
If you are in town, plan on dropping by. Or even better, call the SDCC at 862-5122 to help out. Speaking of help, we at the Times relish the new writers who have appeared on our pages this year and hope they will write again and be joined by many others.
We need residents to provide us with information for Vicissitudes again—births, graduations, accomplishments, all rites of passage—for our neighbors.
If you are able to help, give me a call at 721- 7532. Our paper benefits so much from the contributions we receive!
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, June 1998.
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