It’s almost spring! The days are getting brighter and longer, and soon they will be getting a bit warmer too. It’s time to start thinking about all those wonderful springtime activities… setting the clocks back, green beer, spring cleaning, and Easter!
Daylight Saving Time
It’s here! The change to Daylight Saving Time is on Sunday, March 14, at 2:00 am. Remember to set your clocks forward an hour before you go to bed. We’ll be rising an hour earlier, but we’ll be rewarded with longer evening daylight.
Valentine’s Day Hearts
A big heartfelt thank you to everyone, young and old, who put hearts in their windows, hearts on their lawns, and hearts on their fences, to help us warm up February in our community! Your amazing designs and all the effort you put into these was, well, heart-warming, and brought smiles to many faces.
St. Patrick’s Day
It’s time to put on the green! Let’s celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. For March 17, put a great big shamrock in your window! Use paper, fabric, felt, window paints, or anything you have at hand – just put a little joy in your window. Let’s see how many shamrocks we can get in the windows of Deer Ridge.
If you’d like to let us know how many shamrocks you’ve counted, or the very biggest one that you saw in our community, find us on our Facebook page and tell us about it. Facebook: Deer Ridge Community Association
Explore Your Street Survey
The City of Calgary has a website that allows you to engage with them on projects around our city. Explore Your Street Survey is one project of particular relevance to us, because it allows you to tell the city about the streets in our neighbourhood – whether they feel safe, well lit, and whether it feels safe to cross the street. The survey asks questions, such as whether you see fun places to play, or art, whether people are hanging out, crosswalks are in the right places, and whether the place seems friendly and accessible.
This survey not only asks thought provoking questions, but it gives you the opportunity to let the City know what changes you would make to the street – and even upload your drawings, photos, or any other observations. Get involved at https://engage.calgary.ca/exploreyourstreet and help make our community a vibrant and joyful place to live.
Buying, Selling, or Trading something of value?
If buying or selling something of value, Calgary Police Service encourages you to meet your contact in a CPS parking lot during operational hours. This is a much safer location to meet and conduct the exchange.
Nearby Calgary Police stations are located at:
District 6 – Fairview
8325 Bonaventure Drive SE
Phone: 403-428-6600
*Please call ahead for assistance.
- Monday to Wednesday: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Thursday to Friday: 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Saturday to Sunday: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Closed statutory holidays
District 8 – Midnapore
450 Midpark Way SE
Phone: 403-428-6800
*Available for walk-in assistance.
*Police Information Checks at this location.
- Monday to Wednesday: 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Thursday to Friday: 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
- Saturday to Sunday: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm
- Closed statutory holidays
Spring Cleaning
No word yet on whether we’ll be able to have the big bins out for a community cleanup this year. In the meantime, check on the City of Calgary website to see what can go in your black bin and what won’t be picked up. Remember, they can’t accept hazardous waste, automobile waste, furniture, appliances, mattresses, rolls of carpet, etc., so if you put these items out for pickup, they will stay there until you move them to a recycling facility or to the landfill.
Don’t know what to do with some of the items you want to get rid of? A residential recycling and disposal search tool is available here: https://www.calgary.ca/uep/wrs/what-goes-where/default.html.
The nearest City of Calgary landfill is the Shepard Landfill. It has Throw ‘n’ Go for residential customers to “allow you to safely and conveniently dispose of items that you want to recycle or throw away”. The website has a list of all the items you can dispose of in the landfill for free. https://www.calgary.ca/uep/wrs/landfill-information/landfill-throw-n-go-facilities.html.
The nearest community recycling bins are located at Southcentre, 11011 Bonaventure Dr. SE (Southeast corner of the mall parking lot, by CIBC).
Thanks for helping to keep our community tidy, our back lanes pleasant, and our common areas inviting. Your caring shows.
Membership
Please consider purchasing a Deer Ridge Community Association Membership. Membership grants you Deer Ridge Community Association voting privileges, so that you can have a part in making and keeping this a great community.
Memberships are still only $15 annually and may be purchased any time of year. One membership covers all family residents living in the same household. We invite all Deer Ridge residents to actively participate in the decisions shaping your community.
Membership application forms are available in this newsletter and online at this link: https://deerridgeca.files.wordpress.com/2020/08/2020-2021-membership-drive-2.pdf.
Upcoming Board Meetings
Our Board meetings are currently held virtually, the third Tuesday of each month, at 7:00 pm. Please let us know at [email protected] if you would like to attend and we will send you a link to join the meeting. Upcoming Board meeting dates are:
- March 16, 2021
- April 20, 2021
- May 18, 2021
