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TWO SPEED HUMPS ON LEE ST.
We need to raise a total of $1,000.
TWO SPEED HUMPS ON LEE ST.
We need to raise a total of $1,000.
Our thanks go out to Garden District resident, Monique Laraway, who saw a need in her quadrant and took action to make her neighbors safer. Monique lives in the Southwest Quadrant (Pima to Speedway, Columbus to Alvernon). She walks daily and, as in most sections of Garden District, there are no sidewalks in her area. She and her neighbors must walk in the street or in the right of way by the curb. She was appalled at the speeding, she saw happening almost daily on Lee St. between Columbus and Alvernon.
Monique decided to investigate what the process was to get Speed Humps. She found out about a special program offered through the Ward offices where a neighborhood can apply to receive a speed hump at a steeply discounted price. $500 instead of $5000. Only 5 speed humps a year are given out by each Ward office. Monique went door to door and collected signatures from 60% of the addresses that border Lee St. She contacted TPD Community Resource Officer, Renet Martin, who supplied her with the TPD collision report for GDNA. Monique then applied to the City of Tucson and Council Member Steve Kozachik in the Ward VI office for two subsidized speed humps at the discounted price of $500 each. We were approved! Now comes the fund raising part to pay for each speed hump!
Monique writes: We're really excited to have 2 subsidized speed humps approved for the on Lee St (between Sycamore & Columbus)! It's a high density area of the neighborhood with a lot of kids, families, cyclists, dog walkers and pedestrians in any given direction and we want to make it a more accessible space for all to enjoy. Our neighborhood community service officer, Renet Martin, shared the 2020-2022 TPD collision report for the Garden District and this stretch of Lee St happens to have the highest reported collisions along the smaller GD neighborhood streets. We can reduce those numbers!
If 100 people give $10/ea then we will have fully funded this slower street project. Help get the speeders to retreat so we can all play in the streets!
Garden District Neighborhood
The Garden District Neighborhood Association is bordered by Swan Road on the East, Grant Road on the North, Alvernon Way on the West and Speedway Boulevard on the South. The Tucson Botanical Gardens, John B. Wright Elementary, and Martha Cooper Library are gems of our neighborhood. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed individuals
can change the world. Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead 
Garden District Neighborhood Association
is a registered 501(c)(3): 86-0838923 Select Garden District
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Details of GDNA meetings will be announced in the kiosks and neighborhood email newsletter. MONTHLY ALVERNON/GRANT INITIATIVE (AGI) CRIME MEETINGS With Police and the neighborhoods bordering the Grant and Alvernon Intersection Second Tuesday of every month. Sign up for the neighborhood email newsletter in order to receive the Zoom link each month. Garden District has TWO neighborhood information kiosks:
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this lovely 3 by 6 inch, Garden District vinyl cling decal. $6.50 Limited quantity, so while supplies last. Show your Garden District pride. Your decal will be mailed to you, so please allow time for us to prepare your order and the Post Office to deliver to you.
You can pay via Paypal (Fastest method. Donate button is below) or snail mail a check to: GDNA c/o Lois Pawlak P.O. Box 32384 Tucson, AZ 85751 |
