Sligo Woods Civic Association

Hello Neighbors!

We invite you to the annual Sligo Woods Neighborhood Picnic on Saturday, August 24th, from 12:00-3:00 pm (rain date Aug. 25). It will be held at the Sligo-Dennis Ave Local Park at 10200 Sligo Creek Pkwy, near the statue. Please visit the Sign-Up Genius link below to sign up to volunteer or bring a dish to share with your neighbors. The Sligo Woods Civic Association will provide the hamburgers, hot dogs, veggie burgers, and popsicles. We need help with set-up, grilling, working at the sign in table, and clean up. We would really love to have someone who can take pictures at the event as well!

Since there are only a few picnic tables in the park, please bring some folding chairs or a blanket to spread out on the grass. We are trying to reduce waste, so please bring your own reusable plates and utensils if possible. Kids can play on the playground, and bikes, frisbees, basketballs, and other outdoor games are encouraged! We hope to see you there!

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Hola vecinos!

Lo invitamos al picnic anual del vecindario de Sligo Woods el sábado 24 de agosto de 12:00 a 3:00 p. m. (fecha de lluvia 25 de agosto). Se llevará a cabo en el parque local Sligo-Dennis Ave en 10200 Sligo Creek Pkwy, cerca de la estatua. Visite el enlace Sign-Up Genius a continuación para registrarse como voluntario o traer un plato para compartir con sus vecinos. La Asociación Cívica de Sligo Woods proporcionará hamburguesas, hot dogs, hamburguesas vegetarianas y paletas heladas. Necesitamos ayuda con la instalación, la parrillada, el trabajo en la mesa de registro y la limpieza. ¡Realmente nos encantaría tener a alguien que también pueda tomar fotografías en el evento!

Dado que solo hay unas pocas mesas de picnic en el parque, traiga algunas sillas plegables o una manta para extenderse sobre el césped. Estamos tratando de reducir el desperdicio, así que traiga sus propios platos y utensilios reutilizables si es posible. Los niños pueden jugar en el área de juegos y se recomiendan bicicletas, frisbees, pelotas de baloncesto y otros juegos al aire libre. ¡Esperamos verte ahí!

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Have you noticed the new Sligo Woods sign at the intersection of Gabel & University?

10 years ago, when we restarted SWCA, one of the first orders of business was to fix our four signs. Jerry, from Fiesta, was the carpenter who built all 4 of those signs and Barbara was the painter. A few years ago, the sign at Gabel was hit by a car and demolished. It has been a long road to finish building and installing this sign.

It could not have happened without Romy from Calumet, David from Dryden, Glenn from Tenbrook, Leo from Tenbrook, Barbara from Calumet, Jerry from Fiesta, Anton from Gilmoure, our two neighbors on Gabel who let us use their driveways and all my friends who listened to my stories of the permitting office.

Special thanks go to our final installers! It was hot! David, Glenn, Leo and Barbara.

Here are a couple more pictures:

Sligo Woods Neighborhood Picnic!

Our annual Sligo Woods Neighborhood Picnic will take place on Saturday, August, 24, from 1:00-3:00 pm (rain date Aug. 25). Come join your neighbors at the Sligo-Dennis Park to enjoy burgers, hot dogs, and vegetarian options! Bring a dish to share and blanket or chair to sit on! More details will follow later in July. If you would like to volunteer for this event, please email us at sligowoods@gmail.com.

Below are the minutes for our General Meeting on June 18, 2024. Thank you to Officer Katie Beard for talking to us about crime stats for our neighborhood and answering our questions. Our next General Meeting will be on September 12, 2024 at 7:00 pm at the Sligo-Dennis Activity Building.

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Next week will be our annual Neighborhood Clean Up on Sunday, May 19th, 9:00-11:00 am. We will meet at the sledding hill on Tenbrook (the open space at the top of the hill across from Robin Rd.). The civic association will provide trash bags, gloves, hand sanitizer, and doughnuts! Bring your family and friends to help clean up our neighborhood. You can clean up the wooded areas on the side of sledding hill, your own street, or target areas behind MacDonald Knolls school and the Verizon building. SSL hours will be available for middle & high school students. So far the weather looks like it will be warm & clear!

Our March General Meeting was held on March 14. The minutes are linked below. Montgomery County Master Gardener Meipo Martin presented an engaging and informative talk on Gardening 101. Her handout is below.

Andrea Altuner was elected Membership Secretary at the meeting. Congratulations Andrea! There are still vacancies for Vice President and Treasurer. Our civic association can only continue to plan events and advocate for our community if we have a fully staffed board. Please contact the board at sligowoods@gmail.com if you would like to be considered for either one of these roles.

Our next event is the Sweep the Creek on the weekend of April 20 & 21. We will be organizing a neighborhood group to participate. Keep an eye out for more information as we get closer to that date.

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Spring is just around the corner! The Sligo Woods Civic Association is holding its quarterly general meeting on Thursday, March 14th at 7:00 pm in the Sligo-Dennis Activity Building. We will be holding elections for Vice President, Treasurer, and Membership Secretary. For more information about each board position, click here. Please email us at sligowoods@gmail.com if you are interested in one of our board positions. The Civic Association cannot continue to plan fun community events without a board to support our activities!

In addition, we will have a “Gardening 101” presentation by Meipo Martin of the Montgomery County Master Gardener’s Association to get you ready for spring . The talk will cover:

• What are annuals, biennials, & perennials
• USDA zones
• Site assessment: sun/shade, soil type
• How to pick a plant, plant various plants
• Watering: how, how often, how much, when
• Different fertilizers
• Why weed and what different weeds indicate about the garden
• Learn to ID poison ivy
• Mulching: why and how to mulch, different kinds of mulch
• What is IPM?
• What is organic gardening?
• What tools one really needs to start.

Hope to see you all at the next meeting!

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2023 Holiday Decorating Contest! This year’s winners are:

Best Overall: 1007 Laredo

Best Overall

Best Daytime: 10805 Tenbrook

Best Nighttime: 1103 Dennis

Best Theme: 921 Gabel

Best Theme

Best Block: 10700 Block of Tenbrook

Best Block 1

Best Block 2

Honorable Mention: 1001 Laredo, 902 Robin, & 10811 Tenbrook

Honorable Mention

Honorable Mention

Honorable Mention

After some technical issues, the Sligo Woods website is back online! Thanks for your patience, and check back frequently for information and updates on our civic association and all that is happening in our Sligo Woods neighborhood!