Cedar Pointe Studio
Friday, June 8, 2012
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Scores of volunteers needed for community projects planned throughout Davidson County
Due to an outstanding record of volunteer engagement year after year, Metro Beautification and Environment Commission (MBEC) -- the KAB affiliate for Davidson County – was chosen as a “Featured Affiliate” and will represent the state of Tennessee Oakland , Calif. ; Los Angeles ; Cocoa , Fla. ; Indianapolis , Ind. ; Cobb County , Ga. ; Hampton Roads, Va. ; Houston , Texas ; Shreveport , La. ; and Philadelphia
“We are excited to represent all the terrific affiliates across our great state, and hope to make Tennessee Nashville
· Riverside Drive Beautification Project & Veterans War Memorial Monument to be refurbished, cleaned and re-dedicated by area veterans groups with a planting project around the memorial plaque.
· Community Garden - Monroe Street off Rosa Parks Blvd
· Community Garden - Mt. Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church
222 Franklin Limestone Road
. Partnerships for both gardens will be the Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church, First Unitarian Universalist Church, Nashville City Missionary Baptist District Association, BURNT, Vanderbilt University, Metro Councilmember Edith Langster, Mt. Lebanon Missionary Baptist Church and Givens Community Market. Fruit trees to be planted and compost bins donated by Metro Beautification will be installed on site. Continuing education on composting will be provided by the Metro Beautification staff.
· Lakeview Design Center
· JFK Middle School
· Bell Road @ Cane Ridge Rd/Target Dr (in front of Shoney's, Carnival Kia, IHOP, Steak 'N Shake) TDOT and Public Works coordinating project to remove litter, overgrown weeds and shrubbery, and repair fence near I-24 ramps.
· North Nashville Great American Cleanup National Day of Action - District 21. Join Fisk University
Buchanan St
, D. B Todd, 18th Av N, 14th Av N and adjoining alleys.
· Calumet Subdivision Great American Cleanup National Day of Action - District 33. Litter pickup.
· 3rd Annual Woodbine Spring Clean Great American Cleanup National Day of Action - District 16. Litter pickup.
· Litter pickup and illegal sign removal sites: Mt. View Rd/Bell Rd, near Kroger and Mazda Dealership; Mt. View Rd/Old Hickory Bv, off Bell Rd; Hickory Hollow Parkway/Bell Rd; Bell Rd to Nolensville Rd; Ocala to Nolensville Rd; Benzing Rd; Haywood Lane; Linbar Dr; Antioch Pk; Haywood Ln, near exit ramp 57, off I-24
· E-Waste Collection by Creative Recycling at Hickory Hollow Mall.
· Paper Shred Collection by Iron Mountain
· Pharmaceutical Drop-off by the Metro Nashville Police Department
· TROY-BILT – Keep America Beautiful National Sponsor; Randy Schon will have a tent at Hickory Hollow Mall to display an assortment of Troy-Bilt products and Great Gardens
Friday, April 20, 2012
GREEN WEEK at Cedar Pointe Apartments (April 21st – 28th)
Saturday 21st – Nashville’s Earth Day Festival @ Centennial Park – 11:00 – 7:00
The event will feature many exhibits and activities aimed at educating Middle Tennesseans about protecting our environment. With nearly a hundred family-friendly booths, hosted by community groups, environmental organizations and government agencies, will offer fun and exciting hands-on activities for all ages.
Live Entertainment will be available as well as classes and lectures on sustainability and green living. Many items will be given away at various booths such as seeds, plants, and trees. The merchant village will consist of environmentally friendly items such as locally made clothes, organic products, daily-use consumables, and other green items.
When attending the event, please be sure to check out your neighbor, Ashley, at the Shaklee tent.
Sunday 22nd – Earth Day
Monday 23rd – Children’s Activities – 3:30 – 4:30
Let your kids stop by the office after school to learn about their impact on the environment. We’ll work on environmentally friendly crafts and projects such as recycled bird feeders and reclaimed planters.
Tuesday 24th – Recycle It
Handouts will be left on your door detailing the do’s and don’ts of recycling. If you are already a recycler, use this as a guide to fine tune your deposits. If you don’t yet participate in recycling, let this be the kick in the pants you need to begin.
Wednesday 25th – Green Living, Cleaning, and Eating – 6:30 – 7:30
Ashley from Vibrancy Calling will be here to give demonstrations on how you can make a green impact in your own life. She’ll show us different cleaning techniques and products that can be used without all the horrible chemicals we’re used to. And as a special treat, she’ll whip up a batch of green smoothies to be served!
Thursday 26th – Community Garden Q&A – 7:00 – 8:00
Swing by the office after work to ask your questions regarding the possible implementation of our community garden and meet other residents interested in joining this project. Plus, a master gardener from Color Burst Landscapes will be available to help us with the community garden and your balcony garden. This is a unique opportunity to pick the brain of someone specially trained to grow the perfect tomato!
Friday 27th – Swag Swap / Pricing Party (BYOB)– 7:00 – 8:00
Bring your unwanted clothing and accessories to this event to exchange with other residents and friends. This is an opportunity for you to clear out your closet and fill it again with “new to you” stock!
Yard Sellers, pricing your products is horrifically boring isn’t it? Well, lets make a party out of it and have a little fun.
Saturday 28th – Great American Clean Up – 8:00 – 2:00
Keep America Beautiful (KAB), the nation’s largest volunteer-based community improvement organization, announced the record-setting goal of recruiting 4 million volunteers to support its Great American Cleanup 2012 initiative – nearly a quarter million more volunteers tha...n last year.Help us help KAB and Antioch in reaching this goal.
Join us on Saturday April 28th at Hickory Hollow Mall at 8 a.m. From there we will go in teams to all parts of our community on and around Bell Road from Nolensville to Murfreesboro Road. Volunteers are needed to pick up trash, pull weeds, and paint medians.
Spread the word about his event as hundreds of volunteers are needed to make this event a success!
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Detailed Service Requests
Help us help you. When you turn a work order in, please be as specific as possible. If we receive a thorough work order, we can usually determine the problem without even looking at it. This ensures that we bring the proper parts and tools to repair the issue quickly.
Here are some things to note before calling the office.
Your air conditioning isn't working. Is there air blowing out of the vents, but the air isn't cold, or is there no air flow at all?
You have a leak from a sink or tub. Is it the faucet that's dripping when the water is turned off, or is something actually leaking. If it is a leak, where is it? Under the sink, at the base of the faucet, or from the vegetable sprayer?
You're calling in about your hot water. Do you have NO hot water, or does the hot water run out quickly?
Your garbage disposal isn't working. Is it clogged and the water won't do down? Is it humming, but the blade is not spinning? Or does nothing change when you flip the switch?
Something is wrong with your toilet. Is it clogged? Will it not fill back up with water? Does it not do anything at all when you push the handle? Is the water filling up slow? Is it running constantly, or just randomly flushing when no one's around?
Finally, in our two and three bedrooms, everyone uses a different room as the "master bedroom." When you call in a work order for a bedroom or bathroom, please be specific and say if it's the first, second, or third, rather than using "the master" as a description.
Being detailed with the information given will make sure your problem is fixed promptly and will help us move onto the next issue.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Cheap Apartment Gardening
I LOVE to garden, even though I’m not very good at it. I love to dig in the dirt, watch seeds sprout, pull weeds, and water my little babies. It’s one of the best forms of stress relief in my life. However, growing plants, flowers, fruits, or vegetables is often nearly impossible when you live in an apartment due to a lack of space and sometimes a lack of sunlight. I have scoured the web looking for ways to grow a garden with the conditions in which we live.
Herbs are awesome! Last year I grew basil, rosemary, chives, and sage. They all thrived on my shady balcony, and all but the basil survived the winter and are doing well. This year I’m working on more basil (I saved last year’s seeds), thyme, cilantro, parsley, and dill.
Leafy greens are also supposed to do well with minimal sunlight. You could grow turnip greens, arugula, spinach or collard and mustard greens.
Root vegetables are also good for us. You could try garlic, beets, radishes, carrots, or small potatoes.
In regards to flowers, Impatiens love the shade…so much so that they took over my garden last year. You could also use Geranium, Columbine, Hosta, Begonia, Crocas, or Violas.
This is not exactly a cheap way to relieve your stress and add color to your balcony. Pots, dirt, seeds, plants, and food can all cost you a pretty hefty chunk and anyone can tell you that I am WAY to cheap for all that.
1. Look around the apartment for unique items that could be used as planters. An empty coffee can or vegetable cans, chipped mugs, or old bowls are great for planting, and unique.
2. Find Containers at thrift stores and on sale racks. You might find an old basket or a tin pail at a thrift store to be used. Or wait until after a holiday and grab all the clearance décor like small trash cans and coffee cups…just paint over the Christmas tree, pumpkin, or turkey.
3. Choose Perennials that will come back each year.
4. This is my favorite tip…collect free seeds! If you see a spent impatiens at a friend’s house, ask if you can pluck the seeds for yourself. I’ve got seeds that I’ve collected and reused for YEARS and YEARS! It’s much fun to collect and label these, and to give them away!
Good luck gardening! But be sure to keep up with our Facebook page for more tips, and maybe even some free plants!
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Southeast Easter Event
Saturday March 31, 2012
10:00 am Gates open!
10:00 am Stage program begins with live entertainment
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10:45 am Entertainment on stage
11:00 am Recognition of special guests
11:15 am 1st Egg Hunt (K and 1st grade)
11:15 am 1st Egg Hunt (K and 1st grade)
11:30 am Entertainment on stage
12:00 pm Magic Act
12:15 am 2nd Egg Hunt (4 and younger)
—Parents may accompany children
12:30 pm Entertainment on stage
1:00 pm Entertainment on stage
1:15 pm 3rd Egg Hunt (2nd-4th grade)
1:30 pm Entertainment on stage
2:00 pm Announce big prize winners
2:00—3:30 Clean-up
About Us
What began as a small, community Easter egg hunt seven years ago by former Metro Nashville Public Schools board member Karen Johnson, has turned into the Southeast Easter Event (SEE) with over 3,000 in attendance last year.
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| Inflatables |
A group of community leaders plan this all-day event that includes egg hunts for all ages, vendor booths, a character parade, live entertainment, inflatables and special prizes.
Leaders from our government, schools, churches and community come together to provide this fun day for the families in our growing multi-cultural community.
This year we have an emphasis on "Healthy Families" with free health screenings!
Special Prize Eggs
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| Hunters who received Prize Eggs |
One of the draws for this event is that we always have special eggs which lead to bigger prizes, such as bicycles, gift baskets, and stuffed animals. We are always looking for companies and individuals to donate these items (or to cover the cost of purchase). Your company will be recognized on the coupon and through signage at the event for your gift. Call us if you have ideas regarding what you might be able to donate.
Sponsorships and Donations
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Mayor Karl Dean
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Being a sponsor or donating to the Southeast Easter Event (SEE) helps one of the most ethnically diverse communities in Nashville by offering a fun, wholesome, and cost effective way to entertain families in this area.
Over 73,000 persons live within a three mile radius of the part, with 38% being under 27 years of age.
Company sponsorship is an excellent way to promote your company in a community that is projected to grow at a rate of 5% between now and 2014.
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With many levels of sponsorship, there is a level sure to appeal to every company or organization. Some perks to sponsorship include premiere naming rights for the event, corporate logos displayed on website, t-shirts, and school flyers that will go to 5,000 area homes, and much more!
If you are interested in sponsoring this unique opportunity to support this community, as well as to advertise your company or organization, then let us send you a corporate brochure outlining the various levels of sponsorship available.
For more information, please email southeasteasterevent@gmail.com or call Alma Sanford at 615-501-0641.
Friday, February 24, 2012
Box Tops For Education - A MUST!
If you pay attention to our facebook page then you already know about Box Tops for Education. But, for those of you who don't, and for the rest of you, here is your refresher course.
"Box Tops for Education has helped America’s schools earn over $400 million since 1996. You can earn cash for your child’s school by clipping Box Tops coupons from hundreds of participating products. Box Tops also offers easy ways to earn even more cash for your school online."
Basically, each box top is worth $.10 to the redeeming school. Box Tops can be found on a ton of name brand products (see below).
Thurgood Marshall Middle School (our zoned middle school) has a goal of earning $1,000 or 10,000 BTFE this school year. To achieve this, every child needs to bring in nine box tops, or one each month. As of today, they have achieved barely 3% of their goal with only $31 having been earned. The school year is 3/4 of the way through, yet we're not even 1/4 closer to that $1,000!
To make it ridiculously simple for you to help with this program, we're willing to do almost all the work. All you have to do is cut the box tops out and send them to us.
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| Just try to find Box Tops that didn't expire six years ago |
I'm not asking that you go out and buy a bunch of name brand products just for the sake of helping our poor, under funded schools. But, if you happen to have purchased products with a Box Tops For Education on them, clip them and send them in. That's it!
If you want to go a little farther with this program, you can sign up for several bonus and e-box tops on their website at BoxTopsForEducation.com. You can even earn those e-box tops by shopping online at several retailers that you're probably shopping at anyway.
Please, please, please don't throw away $.10. Put it into our community, our children, and their future.
The short list of BTFE products:
General Mills
Totino's
Pillsbury
Betty Crocker
Yoplait
Ziploc
Brita
Hanes
Avery
Kleenex
Cottonelle
Monday, February 13, 2012
Big Brothers Big Sisters
If you are tired of me harping about some charity, volunteer opportunity, or fundraiser, you should probably stop reading now.
On February 7th, in conjunction with our Neighborhood Watch Meeting, we’re going to have Tiffany Patton with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Middle Tennessee here to give a presentation on her organization.
I was interested in some of these facts that Tiffany gave us at a previous presentation…
- 85% of prisoners were raised in fatherless households
- There are ALWAYS 300+ children waiting for someone to volunteer as their “Big”
Mentored Children…- Are 46% less likely to do drugs
- Are 52% less likely to skip school
- See a 71% improvement in school
- See an 86% improvement in self confidence
- Are 75% more likely to attend a four year college
- 39% have an income greater than $75k
- Are 48% more likely to engage in the community
I think most all of us have thought about becoming a Big Brother or Big Sister at one point or another. This is your opportunity to get more information about the program, but without having to make a commitment. You can find many more information about this group on the BBBS of Middle Tennessee website (mentorachild.org).
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
How to Plunge a Toilet
More than half the time we're called out to unclog a toilet the resident says they already plunged it but it didn't work. The other half of the time they don't even have a plunger.
Here are some tips for getting your clog out without having to call me.
First of all...BUY A PLUNGER! They now have cute girly plungers, and plungers that double as toilet paper holders. You don't NEED these fancy items, but you might be more apt to buy it if it's cute!
*Try running hot water over the rubber of your plunger to make the rubber softer. *Make sure you only have about half as much water in the bowl as normal. Too much water will cause a mess, but not enough will prevent a good seal.
*You want the rubber head of the plunger to have more water in it than air to help create a better seal.
*Cover the hole in the toilet bowl with the rubber head and pump vigorously about ten times, but be careful not to let the head lose contact with the hole.
*Repeat if necessary
Monday, January 9, 2012
Shop Locally...Save Antioch
Did you know that the residents of the 37013 zip code spend more money than any other zip code in middle Tennessee? The problem is that we all leave this zip code, and often this county, to spend our money.
You may have heard on the news that Hickory Hollow Mall, our mall, is losing Sears and Macy’s. Sears Holding Corporation which owns both Sears and K-Mart is closing one hundred stores nationwide. Macy’s is closing five stores throughout the country.
Without a doubt these local closings are going to have an impact on the community, your community! We have to stop standing by, and watching businesses leave for greener grass.
You can do your part by shopping in Antioch. Yes, I can hear you thinking to yourself that there is nowhere to shop here, but that’s not true. Before you head straight to Cool Springs, stop by Hickory Hollow Mall and see what they have to offer.
Why Buy Locally?
- Antioch stores are far more desperate for your business, thus offering better prices.
- The sales taxes stay here. We all know Franklin doesn’t need your 9.25% as much as we do.
- The money you spend is helping to employ fellow neighbors, including myself!
- You drive less, causing you to save on gas and wear and tear of your vehicle, and reducing your carbon footprint.
PLEASE help support our community!
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