What are your top 5 South Park Hill improvements/changes?

Thanks for checking in. Although I am not entirely sure what kind of content you can expect to see here, I thought this would be a good opportunity to explain why I chose to start this blog.

My family and I moved to South Park Hill (SPH) close to two years ago. We choose SPH for a number of reasons: trees, decent sized yards, older two story brick homes and local shops (coffee & food) within walking distance. We have been fortunate enough to have some great neighbors and this has made all the difference in the world.

Like you, I receive the Greater Park Hill Community, Inc. (GPHC) newspaper each month. It only took me a few issues to realize that GPHC has its hands in a lot of issues within the entire Park Hill area. Each day I drive from 19th to 39th Ave., traversing all three of Park Hill's distinct districts (South, North and Northeast). Each of these individual neighborhoods is very different - different issues, different needs, different wants, etc.
This got me wondering, how can the GPHC possibly represent all three of these districts. For example, lot splitting, scrapeoffs and tree preservation are hot button issues in SPH. These are not issues in Northeast Park Hill, but the Holly Area Redevelopment Project (Holly and 33rd) is. If you are not familiar with the the three Park Hill neighborhoods, you should take a look at this: Park Hill's Wiki entry.

I know the people at GPHC work hard to make a difference. Arthur Rosenblum is the editor of the paper and I truly believe he tries very hard to keep the paper objective and to highlight what the GPHC is doing. GPHC began as the Park Hill Action Committee (read about it here: Park Hill Action Committee). GPHC is well equipped to do many positive things for Park Hill. However, a look back through the archives of the GPHC news and you will find that GPHC does not focus the same amount of time, energy or resources on SPH issues as it does issues like Dahlia Square, the Holly Redevelopment or making fresh produce available to the under served area of Northeast Park Hill. This is neither right nor wrong, it just is what it is.

With that said, I believe that SPH does need a voice and representation on issues that impact our neighborhood. Take a walk down our streets and you will see, SPH is changing. More families with young children, more renovations - you can feel the energy returning to this wonderful area.

So what do we do now? SPH's changing demographic means changes in the needs, wants and desires of our neighborhood. I believe we (SPH) should be paying attention to our commercial districts (Kearney, 23rd, Colfax, etc.), working with other neighborhood groups such as the FAX Partnership and Mayfair Neighbors, and generally doing more to promote the needs of SPH.

What do you think?

All this blogging wont amount to anything without your feedback. We (me and the those who will  hopefully follow thi blog) want to hear from you. The one thing I don't expect (or want) is to have everyone in agreement on every topic covered here. So here is the question I will pose to you, what are 5 things that affect South Park Hill that you would change, improve or do away with?

Hope to hear from you all soon. Blog it up.

BR