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| The Boulevard Park Association Board of Directors - 2012
Asha Jennings 803.7409 ashajennings@gmail.com
take long for me to realize what a wonderful community this is and I soon bought my first home on 22nd and E Streets. I was initially attracted to the neighborhood by the beautiful architecture and tree-lined streets, but there is so much more to appreciate behind the scenes. I value the diversity of our neighborhood and the strong sense of community we have. I first became involved with BPNA when I volunteered to be the Park Beat newsletter editor in 2006. It has been a rewarding experience to edit our neighborhood newsletter every month and let everyone know of both upcoming events and BPNA’s interesting history. I hope to expand my involvement through a position on the BPNA board this year. I value the role of BPNA in fostering a sense of community through bringing neighbors together and promoting our neighborhood’s interests. I hope to continue to encourage the pride we take in our unique neighborhood. I still live on 22nd Street with my husband Jim and I work as an attorney in Sacramento. I have been a volunteer for the American Diabetes Association for twenty years and have served on the planning committee for the Tour de Cure since 2004. I am excited to be running for the BPNA board and would appreciate your vote.
Lorna Martens lornajmartens@gmail.com 718-3900
arrived and were warmly welcomed by our 22nd Street neighbors. We knew that this neighborhood was something special. Like you, I have come to regard Boulevard Park as the best and most distinctive neighborhood in Sacramento. Neighborhoods matter – they are the most basic community environments that affect and generate our quality of life. As the City of Sacramento continues with development and redevelopment it will be increasingly important for our community to remain involved and engaged with the business community and local government. I want Midtown to continue as the place where funky one-of-kind stores and restaurants can prosper and everything I need is accessible by foot or bike. A place where I can meet and greet passers-by from my front porch, and where families can thrive and diversity is I was easily lured to midtown by my beloved in 2004 from Woodland, where I had lived since 1986. We were married in 2005, and promptly began remodeling our Boulevard Park house. In late 2008, we agreed we had not done things quite right, and remodeled our master bedroom for the second time. celebrated. Living in a place steeped with history has brought me a new appreciation and awareness of the value of preservation. It goes beyond just preserving and restoring the grand house that we feel privileged to live in – it also extends to preserving Boulevard Park as a sustainable community. I’ve been peripherally involved in a number of the ongoing Boulevard Park community events in the past and at this point in my life I’m ready to be more engaged in the larger planning and promotion of Boulevard Park’s “community” spirit. I believe a community like ours does not just happen –it takes commitment, engagement and intention. As the Director of Human Resources for Sacramento County Superior Court, I have worked on a number of community-based projects with a focus on shared outcomes. It would be my pleasure to serve on the BPNA Executive Board and I would appreciate your support. Treasurer Jim Betzing 446-4884 jimbetzing@comcast.net I have lived in Boulevard Park since 1990. We were rebuilding a Victorian duplex on H Street and liked the midtown area so much we moved here from Elk Grove. I have been active in the community starting with traffic calming and then dealing with drugs in our streets and alleys. We have hosted a number of Mardi Gras balls in our home as well as feeding the homeless at Thanksgiving for several years. I have served two terms on the BPNA board as well as time as a block captain for the newsletter. I have participated in the spaghetti dinner and other activates. I would like to serve once again to support our community and improve our neighborhood.
708-2768 rlfranklin@comcast.net Although I have not yet had an opportunity to serve our neighborhood association, I am looking forward to an opportunity to do so next year. I purchased my Boulevard Park home in 1994. My twins will be finishing up middle school at Sutter Middle School at the end of the year and heading off to McClatchy (the current plan). I have undertaken a number of projects at my house and applied for and obtained permits and acted as the owner contractor. I am an attorney although my areas of practice have not been in land use issues. However, my broad legal experience over a 35 year period includes significant experience in the resolution of conflict and issues. Thank you for your consideration.
397-9294 suzqnquincy2@sbcglobal.ne My name is Suzie Johnston and I was born at Sutter Memorial forty-six years ago, so I guess that makes me a native. I have lived in Sacramento most of my life. My husband and I bought our highwater bungalow in December of 2008, met our wonderful neighbors, and we have settled in for the long haul. I am a graduate of CSUS and currently teach at Florin High School. I have volunteered for the Spaghetti Dinner for the past two years – serving, bartending and clean-up crew. I am also a block captain. I worked with my neighbors and city councilman to stop the building of a modern three- story house in the middle of our bungalows and was successful at a compromise. I am looking forward to being more involved with BPNA and preserve our quality of life in that is so rare.
443-6149 midtownmom@hotmail.com
Davis where I majored in history but had a true liberal arts education. Eight years later, drawn by the old houses and beautiful trees that reminded me of my childhood, I decided to make Midtown my home. I lived in the Marshall School Neighborhood for almost 20 years and played an active role in the movement against the expansion and intrusion into the neighborhood of Sutter Hospital and its satellite buildings. I was active in the Sacramento Old City Association and held several offices in that organization, including President, Vice President, and Home Tour Chair. I have been a volunteer or a house captain for the SOCA Home Tour almost every year since then. Other volunteer activities have included Habitat for Humanity, the original Midtown “traffic calming” committee, and the Sacramento Jazz Jubilee. I have lived in the Boulevard Park Neighborhood for almost 14 years. Although I have not played an active role in the BPNA, I have routinely volunteered for the annual Spaghetti Dinner. I love Midtown and its ambience. I love the old houses and the trees. I love being able to take the bus to work. I love walking to breakfast on Sunday mornings and walking to visit my friends. I love that people sit on their front porches and socialize with their neighbors. I love the vast cross- section of cultures and interests. Midtown has been my home for over 30 years and I hope that it will be for a long time to come. Because it is my home, I would like to become more involved in the neighborhood and the efforts to enhance and protect the qualities that make Boulevard Park, Midtown, and the Central City such a wonderful place to live. Also, as a renter and an advocate for affordable housing, I feel that I can contribute a perspective to the board that will augment efforts to encourage all neighbors to participate in our membership and activities. I would deeply appreciate the opportunity to be involved in the BPNA Board and ask for your support.
498-0437 turrillc@csus.edu I moved to Sacramento when I joined the fulltime faculty at California State University in 1995, and I settled immediately in the Boulevard Park neighborhood. Quite frankly, this part of midtown was one of the things that attracted me to Sacramento. After four years in a fourplex, I started looking seriously for a house of my own in 1999 and soon found my current home on 22nd Street. I am the proud owner of an early 1900s high-water bungalow that has been under renovation for several years. Friends and neighbors may be relieved to know that I finally have moved into my restored residence, even if not all the work is done! Although I am a specialist in Italian Renaissance art and teach the European art history classes at Sacramento State, have a long-standing interest in American architecture (it was one of my specialties as a graduate student at the University of Delaware). I am actively involved with the home-tours sponsored by the Sacramento Old City Association and have been a house-captain each year for several years. I have enjoyed doing house research for the SOCA home-tours and for short articles occasionally printed in our neighborhood newsletter, Park Beat. When not delving into the libraries and archives of Sacramento, I am pursuing research on Florentine Renaissance artists in the museums, libraries, and archives of Italy, where I was on sabbatical last Spring and where I taught art history to California college students this past summer (the CSU Summer Arts course on the art history of Florence is offered every other year, and is open to all). My current research project involves the reconstruction of the career and art production of the first well-known female painter of Florence, Plautilla Nelli. Our second book on her, Plautilla Nelli, 1524-1588: The Painter-Prioress of Renaissance Florence, was published by Syracuse University Press a few years ago. |
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