Snow in Oak Park

Here are a few photos of the neighborhood after a rare snow. For a slideshow, click here.

2010 Neighborhood Cleanups

The Cameron Terrace Oak Park Civic Club is planning three neighborhood cleanups for 2010. Three Saturdays have been selected - April 24th, July 17th and November 6th. The cleanups will focus on the Filbin Creek area of Attaway Street. They will begin at 9am and end around 10:30am. Trash bags and gloves will be provided. We will also have water, but we ask that volunteers bring their own cups. We don't want to generate any more trash than we need to. Volunteers can park either along Attaway near E Dolphin or under I-526.

The April 24th cleanup will be a part of the 2010 Clean Cities Sweep, co-sponsored by Keep North Charleston Beautiful. There will be a before and after photo contest, which our neighborhood has won before. There will be a cookout at noon following the cleanup at 5218 Braddock Avenue. For before and after photos of our last cleanup, click here.

Civic Club Elections

Elections were held Monday to choose new officers for the civic club. Our new officers are:

Carroll Traynham, president
Daniel Nadeau, vice president
Gretchen Scronce, secretary
Jenion Tyson, treasurer

Yard of the Month for January

Congratulation to Wayne and Valerie Hobbs. Their house at 5043 Spaniel Drive was selected Yard of the Month for January.

Recycling in Cameron Terrace and Oak Park

Recycling in our neighborhood is a very easy thing to do. Every other Thursday our recycling is picked up curbside. They take #1 and #2 plastics, glass, aluminum and steel cans. They also take paper products, including newspapers, junk mail, copy paper and paperboard packaging like cereal boxes. They don't take corrugated cardboard at curbside, but you can drop it off at one of their many drop-sites, including the south side of Park Circle, across from South Rhett.

For a copy of our recycling pick-up schedule, click here. For a complete list of recyclable items and where they can be dropped off, click here. For a slideshow of a recent tour of the Romney Street recycling center, click here. For a more detailed description of the tour, click here.

CTOP Christmas Party Photos

The annual Park Circle Christmas Party, hosted by the Cameron Terrace/Oak Park Civic Club, was a very joyous event. About a hundred of our friends and neighbors gathered to share food, fun and festivities.

After Mayor Summey said a few words and blessed the meal, Miriam Allen and her trio entertained us while we ate. The show was interrupted briefly to let Zabrina Robinson of the Carolina Youth Development Center talk to us about the families that we donated to for the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. Everyone seemed to have a good time eating and socializing with their neighbors. For a slideshow of the party, click here.

CTOP Christmas Party

Monday, December 14, 7pm-9pm at the Felix C. Davis Community Center

It's the annual neighborhood Christmas party!

Please join us for an evening of food, music, and socializing. This is a great way to get a jump start on getting involved in the neighborhood activities and to meet more of your neighbors... and we'd really like to get to know you better!

Also, if you know of someone who's not on the invite list, please don't hesitate to invite him or her! Everyone in Park Circle is invited.

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This is a potluck-style get together. Please bring a dish to share with your neighbors. Drinks will be provided.

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Our musical guest this year is Miriam Allen. Miriam is a dancer/singer/composer/multi-instrumentalist whose influences come from having lived and traveled for years in South America and from having performed in Argentina, Cuba, Ecuador, and Mexico. Want a preview of her music? Check out: http://www.miriamallen.com/
http://www.myspace.com/miriamallen

In addition to being a talented musician, Miriam is also active in the sustainability community. She writes a blog on sustainability issues that can be found at http://www.littlefishblog.com