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To learn more about the Chantilly Neighborhood Association, visit:

www.iChantilly.org

2016 has been another terrific year for Chantilly. Your Chantilly Neighborhood

Association has been working hard on a number of exciting projects. On October 2,

2016, we will host the inaugural Hilly Chantilly 5k road race – with proceeds benefiting

the association as well as TreesCharlotte. It is intended to be a neighborhood

celebration – including bouncy houses and a deep-stretch yoga class - or sponsor

a spirit party on your front yard during the race! Also, Julie Brookhart and Amy

Hazelwood are organizing a neighborhood-wide yard sale on Saturday, October 1,

2016. Please see the articles in this newsletter for more details – or to register or

volunteer for the race, go to HillyChantilly.com.

A number of residents have been discussing issues of health, safety, and quality of life

with respect to ‘transportation issues’ in and near the neighborhood. Some of these

include speeding cars on many neighborhood streets, sidewalk accessibility, and train

horns. In ongoing efforts to not only gauge neighbors’ concerns and preferences on

many of these issues, a special meeting will be called on a date (to be announced) in

October so that your Board can solicit some of the chief concerns and recommended

solutions to raise with relevant city personnel. Please look on social media (FaceBook,

NextDoor and Twitter) for the meeting announcement – as well as on iChantilly.org.

Neighbors are always welcome to send input via email or ‘snail mail.’ In the meantime,

all neighbors are kindly asked to extend courtesy to one another as we all walk,

drive, and pedal throughout the neighborhood. Watch out for cars and please keep

sidewalks clear for pedestrians.

Our sister neighborhood, Plaza Midwood, has embarked on a mission to help make

Central Avenue safer for pedestrians and bicyclists, and easier for cars - called the

Stroll and Roll campaign. More information, and a petition for Charlotte City Council,

can be found at StrollandRollPM.org.

Many thanks to our board members for their continued help and support. Besides

providing advice and guidance, all are ardent volunteers to try to help make Chantilly,

and Charlotte, a better place. Special thanks for the many years of service by board

members and former neighborhood officers Genevieve Williams, Molly Putnam, and

Brooke Leonnig. While they will undoubtedly continue to answer the many calls for

help at neighborhood events and more, we welcome three new board members this

month: Leslie Dwyer, Sydney Versaggi, and Catherine El-Khouri. All three have already

donated many hours to your neighborhood association. A Chantilly veteran, Catherine

Chantilly Newsletter

President’s CornerBY RICK WINIKER, CNA 2016-17 Board President

CHANTILLY NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION I FALL 2016

IN THIS ISSUE

Oakhurst STEAM

Academy

Hilly Chantilly 5K

Neighborhood Yard Sale

Chantilly Ecological

Sanctuary

Know Your Neighbor -

Nell Hyland

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CHANTILLYNEIGHBORHOOD

MEETINGTuesday, Sept 13

at 7 PM2100 Shenandoah Ave

It’s hard to believe that the second year of our neighborhood

school is now underway.

I would like to give you just a few of the most recent highlights

that the principal, Dr. Tisha Greene, has shared with us.

- Each student (K-5) has a Chromebook to use at

school.

- Oakhurst is the first elementary school to provide a computer science curriculum to students called

Code to the Future.

- They have added a new innovation lab where students can create, learn and innovate.

- There is a floor to ceiling Lego Wall on “A Hall” and several teachers have Lego Walls in their

classroom.

- They are in the process of planning and installing a state-of-the-art outdoor classroom in the

courtyard area. This project was organized and funded by Home Depot and Ascension Lutheran

Church.

My son just started kindergarten, so I look forward to reporting all the wonderful things taking place at

Oakhurst.

Please join their Facebook Page and Twitter Page. Also, consider linking

your Harris Teeter Vic card to Oakhurst STEAM Academy. Their number

is 1611.

Oakhurst STEAM Academy Open Houses

October 25 I 10am – 11:30am

November 8 I 1pm – 2:30pm

November 15 I 10am – 11:30am

December 1 I 10am – 11:30am

December 15 I 1pm – 2:30pm

school news

Oakhurst STEAM Academy

BY JULIE BROOKHART

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AN OPEN DOORFOR MOVEMENT

CLASSES FOR EVERYONE! Something for all ages—toddlers through adults. Choose from a range of classes including ballet, jazz, hip hop, acrobatics and much more! Enjoy a non-intimidating atmosphere that will challenge and inspire you or your child. It’s never too late to try something new! View our schedule online at www.opendoorstudios.com.

704.817.9281 | www.opendoorstudios.com | 1318-D1 Central Avenue | Charlotte, NC 28205Located between Pecan and Central Ave, behind Jr. League Warehouse.

photos: Heather Liebler

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AN OPEN DOORFOR MOVEMENT

CLASSES FOR EVERYONE! Something for all ages—toddlers through adults. Choose from a range of classes including ballet, jazz, hip hop, acrobatics and much more! Enjoy a non-intimidating atmosphere that will challenge and inspire you or your child. It’s never too late to try something new! View our schedule online at www.opendoorstudios.com.

704.817.9281 | www.opendoorstudios.com | 1318-D1 Central Avenue | Charlotte, NC 28205Located between Pecan and Central Ave, behind Jr. League Warehouse.

photos: Heather Liebler

Geoff Haskell, AIA 2341 Laburnum Avenue Charlotte, NC 28205 geoffhaskell@bellsouth.net 704.576.8063

Fit In. Stand Out.

You were drawn to Chantilly for its vintage sensibility, the oak-lined streets

and the way it makes you feel at home.

Your home should reflect that charm. Do it in your own way.

Hilly Chantilly 5k Race

The Inaugural Hilly Chantilly 5k Race – Sunday,

October 2, 2016 at 1:00 pm – Start/Finish at the

corner of The Plaza and Shenandoah Ave.

Your 2016 Chantilly Neighborhood Association Board

is pleased to announce the inaugural Hilly Chantilly 5k!

Sign up for the race at HillyChantilly.com.

The Hilly Chantilly is a not-so-hilly USATF certified,

family friendly, chip timed 5K race through our tree-

lined residential streets. The course features gentle,

rolling hills that meander through the neighborhood

– crossing no major thoroughfares – past the Chantilly

neighborhood park, and begins and ends at Chantilly

Hall, near the intersection of Shenandoah Ave. and Pecan Ave. The race will benefit two Charlotte non-

profit, 501(c)(3) organizations: the Chantilly Neighborhood Association, and TreesCharlotte, an organization

established in 2012 for the bold initiative of achieving 50% tree canopy coverage in the city by 2050 – and a

major donor to the Chantilly Neighborhood at the Tree Store in February – where over 100 trees were given

to Chantilly neighbors alone.

TreesCharlotte will be on hand race-day for a tree giveaway, as well as other educational opportunities. For

runners 21 and over, our generous sponsor Legion Brewing, will provide a free pint to all registrants. Race

winners can also enjoy prizes from Legion and other sponsors. Bouncy houses will be on hand for younger

celebrants. A deep stretch yoga class will be hosted for runners (free) immediately following the race – a

suggested donation of $5.00 for anyone else interested. This is our inaugural race – we hope that in the

coming years this event will be a mainstay Charlotte celebration showcasing the fun, friendly Chantilly

neighborhood.

The race will be monitored and intersections controlled by Charlotte Mecklenburg police officers. Any traffic

delay should be very brief – likely a few minutes at most. Please be patient, avoid driving to Pecan down

Shenandoah, and watch out for runners that afternoon. See the website for course description and route.

Chantilly neighbors are offered a $5.00 discount code that will expire Friday, September 16 at 5pm:

CNA2016. (Residents who have already signed up – please email president@iChantilly.org prior to 9/16 to

still get a $5 discount) In addition to runners – we need volunteers as well as neighbors to cheer! Volunteers

get a free t-shirt – sign up at HillyChantilly.com – see “Volunteer” button on the left side.

There will be a competition for neighbors with the best front-yard spirit. Legion Brewing will sponsor prizes.

Please also sign up at the volunteer site and add Spirit Party, with your address, in the comment section, if

you plan to participate. Also feel free to email president@iChantilly.org.

Please be patient while we work out the kinks of what we expect will become an annual neighborhood

celebration.

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events

2016 Neighborhood Yard Sale

It’s that time again for the Annual Neighborhood Yard Sale. The date is Saturday, October

1st. Hopefully, we will have better weather than last year.

If you are interested in participating, please contact Julie Brookhart or Amy Hazelwood.

he cost is $20 which covers the cost of the privilege license, signs and maps that will

distributed to every participant with addresses of all yard sales. The additional money will

go to the neighborhood association. We will need your name and address which has to be

listed on the license. We will obtain the license for you and deliver it to you the week of

the sale.

You may drop your cash or check off at 2316 Shenandoah Avenue. Make checks payable to

Chantilly Neighborhood Association (indicate “Yard Sale” in the memo).

Please email jubrookhart@gmail.com or amy.n.clt@gmail.com if you have any questions or

to confirm your participation.

Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary at Briar CreekBY LESLIE DWYER

You may have noticed heavy machinery and big changes next to the

Chantilly Montessori School playground. I was involved before the

Cavalier apartments were demolished so I wanted to check in and see

what’s currently planned. But first I’d like to go back a bit for our newer

neighbors.

The Cavalier apartments were in the empty floodplain that starts at

the back of the Chantilly Neighborhood Park and ends at the end of

Laburnum. The Doral and Cavalier apartments were built in the 1960s

before Charlotte had construction restrictions for flood areas. The

apartments were the most flood-prone buildings in Mecklenburg County.

As a neighbor, it was heartbreaking to watch the firetrucks head down

Laburnum during a flash flood knowing someone was losing their home.

There was no feasible engineering solution along

Briar Creek that would protect the apartments

from flooding. The only option was a $14.3 million

Demolition Project that included purchasing all

of the Cavalier and half of the Doral apartments,

relocating its tenants and demolition/cleanup.

The County Storm Water Services obtained a $10

million FEMA Pre-disaster Mitigation Grant and

the rest came from Storm Water fees included in

our water bills. The County bought the apartments

and Habitat for Humanity salvaged cabinets and

appliances from the upstairs units. SWAT and

CMPD’s canine unit used the empty buildings

for some training. Then the apartments were

demolished and as much as possible was recycled.

Since the cleanup at the end of the Demolition Project, the County has been working on the design

engineering for a $4.9 million Restoration Project. The FEMA grant put a permanent easement on the

acquired land so the County has also been obtaining the necessary permits from FEMA. A FEMA easement

means we probably won’t have homes on the land in our lifetimes. The $4.9 million is comprised of a

County contribution of $2 million (Storm Water Fees) and a City contribution of $2.9 million. The wet pond

is being paid for using funds from Charlotte’s Post Construction Mitigation Fund which is funded through

fees on development and redevelopment projects in the Briar Creek Watershed when mitigation is required.

(Translation: new concrete uphill of Chantilly is helping pay for the pond.)

The Restoration project runs along Briar Creek, the Edwards Branch (where the work started in June next

to the school) and the Chantilly Branch (the one that splits the field of the floodplain or “the one with the

beaver dam.”) It helps to look at the large map after this article. The Restoration Project preserves 24 acres

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1997 flood street view

of open-space land as the Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary. The banks are being cleared of the invasive plants

(kudzu, poison/ivy, etc) and widened to improve water quality and reconnect the stream with its floodplain.

The Constructed Wetlands (the smaller body being created that’s closest to Kingsbury) will be dug out but

may dry out in the dryer months. The constructed “pond” is being dug out much deeper which you can

already see on the far side of the Edwards Branch. It’s expected to remain a pond year-round and attract

wildlife. Each have interesting impacts on water quality and wildlife so I encourage you to read more on

wikipedia (search “constructed wetlands.”)

So far most of this article comes from the County website (http://charmeck.org/stormwater/Projects/

Pages/Doral-Cavalier.aspx), from the overall Restoration Project’s manager, Crystal Taylor and a bit from my

memory. I still had more questions and I thought it helpful to include excerpts of email exchanges Crystal

and I shared:

I think it would help to understand the reason for the project (mitigation? others?) I can speak a bit to the

Cavalier apartments that flooded annually, but what’s the big picture?

The Cavalier and Doral apartments repeatedly flooded over the years risking loss of life, property and

causing millions of dollars of damage. Almost all the creeks in Mecklenburg County are impaired either for

aquatic habitat or sediment. The purpose of the project is to restore the floodplain, stabilize the stream,

improve water quality and aquatic habitat, improve wildlife habitat, remove invasive plants and replant the

stream buffer with native plants.

What are the specifics that we’ll see over the project timeline?

The construction should be complete by September 2017. Currently, the contractor is working along

Edwards Branch (near the school) and has started construction on the large pond. As the project is

constructed, the contractor places temporary seed, which will provide ground cover, until the stream and

floodplain plants can be planted in the Fall/Winter. The planting season extends from October - March, so

we will plant the project as soon as we can in the planting window. The portion of the project that will be

constructed after the planting season ends will be planted in October 2017.

Then the “as funds permit” questions: does it have to be approved first? by whom? any allocated funds? Is

there a place we can get involved in this?

The funds for the project have already been approved and are part of the construction contract. This

includes all the construction such as grading, earthwork, rock, boulder structures in the creek, seeding,

plants and trees, etc. We do hope to hold a volunteer planting event for the project in 2017 (closer to the

planting season) once the site has been constructed. Spring or fall depends on construction. We’ll probably

have a tree planting event in the fall with the county Creek Relief program.

Will Briar Creek be cleared as dramatically as the Edwards Branch?

Yes, Briar Creek will have to lose trees along the banks for us to be able to grade the banks and provide the

floodplain benches (like what you see at Edwards Branch). We try and save as many of the larger trees that

we can. Unfortunately, when you grade around tree roots or add soil to the ground around the roots, the

trees won’t survive. A lot of the plants along the banks are invasive and to properly eliminate the invasive

plants you have to remove all the plants and seeds they leave behind. However, as part of the project, we

will be planting thousands of plants back on the stream banks that will range from grasses, shrubs, to ball

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and burlap trees. The idea being that over the next 20 years the trees will grow tall and provide shade for

the stream.

That’s it for the emails. Crystal patiently answered my next questions on the phone so I’m paraphrasing her

explanations. (She even graciously edited this.)

Currently, the banks are steep and the channel is deep. When it storms, the water rushes through the creeks

like hose with your thumb over the opening. That pressure makes it more dangerous if we have a flash flood

and the water rises over the banks. In most cases, the stream (where the water flows on dry days) will be

more narrow. However, the new banks are being flattened which is why the cleared area on the Edwards

Branch looks so much wider. The flattened banks also create more surface area for rainwater to soak into

if the storm is larger than a “bankfull event.” Then the “bench” is additional width along the sides of the

stream. The new creeks don’t technically mitigate flooding, but a larger than bankfull event will be able to

access its floodplain and will keep it flowing at a slower, safer speed.

The creek bed will also have highs and lows we’ll be able to see (rocks and branches in the creek bed) and

others we won’t (deeper and shallower parts of the riverbed.) Together those will keep the water flowing

which helps prevent algae blooms. Stagnant water and algae blooms make the water smell bad, kill off

the fish and make our dogs sick. So the things being done to make the stream safer in a heavy storm also

contribute to better water quality. The banks, ponds and wetlands are going to be planted with plants that

will provide year-round vegetation to help attract and support wildlife.

My only other question was about the big open storm drain holes (on the floodplain near the entrance to

Laburnum and in the big field where the hammocks sprout in nice weather). She didn’t know they existed

and she appreciated the tip. It’s possible those are working storm water drains with stolen covers. (I’ll keep

track of this.)

Researching this article led me to other issues I intend to research, such as the status of the FEMA

floodplain and FIRM maps. The Board is also following progress of the Park and Recreation Briar Creek

Greenway Trail – see past newsletters and slide presentations on iChantilly.org.

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Briar Creek in Chantilly is undergoing enhancements and restoration to improve water quality and fl oodplain function. Included in this project is the incorporation of an ecological sanctuary promoting wetlands and aquatic wildlife.

Coming to chantilly fall 2017

conceptual plan

PROJECT INFOrmation AT stormwater.charmeck.orgYour Storm Water Fees at Work!

CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE: Summer 2016-Fall 2017

The Chantilly Ecological Sanctuary at Briar Creek

Know Your Neighbor: Nell Hyland BY JILL STORY

Franklin D. Roosevelt was the U.S. President, Herbert Baxter was Mayor of Charlotte and a gallon of gasoline

cost 15 cents when a young wife and mother found a small bungalow for sale on Chesterfield Avenue in

1944. She and her husband paid $4,200 for the house. Seventy-two years and two renovations later, Nell

Hyland still calls it home. I had the pleasure of spending an afternoon with her recently and hearing her

stories of life in Charlotte through the years. Follow me through the interesting tale of a true Chantilly

treasure!

Nell was born in Charlotte in 1921 and first lived on

Hamorton Place in Plaza-Midwood. Her family moved to

Thomas Avenue soon afterwards and this is where her

childhood memories were made. Nell attended school

at Elizabeth Elementary, Piedmont Middle and Central

High. Fishing in Briar Creek and roller-skating down

Commonwealth Avenue were favorite pastimes of Nell

and her siblings and friends. A single farm house with

cows and chickens was the only house on Commonwealth

then. Fresh milk was delivered to the house every week

from the time Nell was a young girl until after she was

married. She remembers a man from Albemarle who

would deliver fresh farm eggs to the house. They got their

groceries from a small store on Central Avenue, Harris

Super Market. Prices were figured on a brown grocery bag

and $5-$10 would buy two bags of groceries.The store was known as simply Store #1 to its employees and

the Harris family. You can still buy groceries in that same spot today, now Harris-Teeter’s Store #401.

In 1940, Nell married Jack Hyland. They were married on a Sunday,

immediately following the worship service at Belmont Park Methodist

Church, on Pegram Street at the time. This church today has evolved to

University City United Methodist Church off of Sugar Creek Road. Nell

is still a dedicated member and has spent most of her life among the

friends in her Sunday School class. Nell and Jack lived one block from her

parents on Thomas Avenue for two years, before moving to Camp Lejeune

for Jack’s work. He worked a civilian job on the Marine base, installing

plumbing, heating and steam systems. Nell was homesick for Charlotte

and two years later they returned and made their home in Chantilly. The

war in Europe was still going on and Jack was drafted overseas with the

U.S. Army. While he was away, Nell took in boarders to help pay for the

house. One set of boarders that stands out were married soldiers who

were stationed at Morris Airfield. They would mix drinks in the closet and

pour them into Coca-Cola bottles to “hide” them from her young daughter,

Donna.

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Nell and Sister Ruby as Children

Nell and Jack Hyland

Jack returned safely, the war was over and they resumed their life together in Chantilly. They raised 3

children, daughters Donna and Karen and a son, Ed. Today that family includes 7 grandchildren and 14 great-

grandchildren.

Before she was even 16 years old, Nell had her first job. She was employed at McClellan’s Five and Dime

Store earning $1.35 a day. Though her most important life’s work was caring for her family and providing

them a good home, she held a variety of interesting jobs over the years. She worked at Harris Super

Market selling Royal Crown colas. She set up a deep fryer at the A&P Store to make hushpuppies. When

a gentleman approached her to try some of the hushpuppies, he commented that her portion sizes were

not very generous, to which she replied “Well, I’m not feeding them supper”! Later she would find out this

gentleman was the store superintendent. She went door to door all over Charlotte one summer giving away

sample size loaves of Holsom bread for the bread company. At a catering business on Crescent Avenue she

would help make as many as 1200 sandwiches for clients like Belk stores when they hosted parties for their

employees and clients. We know it today as “The Park,” but when the Charlotte Merchandise Mart opened

Nell landed a job selling clothing at the Carolina Virginia fashion trade show. She sold clothing lines like Yard

Britches, which was a bathing suit line and Sweet and Sassy pageant dresses. Remember the Raggedy Ann

and Andy dolls? Nell made hundreds of them by hand and sold them for $10, then upped the price to $35

later on. She hand-embroidered the eyes, nose and mouth on each face and on the doll’s body she would

outline a red heart with the words “I Love You”. Her dolls lived in at least 14 states and often she would ship

out 10 or more at a time.

If you have been in the area a while, you may recognize Nell from the election booths. She spent many years

working at local polling precincts, first at Chantilly School and later at the WTVI television station board

room, precinct 46. Just a mere six years ago she took the training class to be a precinct judge and invested

the money she made from it. Nell got a call this year asking her to work the precinct again, but she turned it

down and said it is time to pass this on to someone else.

Some of her fondest memories of Chantilly are the simple times spent with neighbors. After dinner, families

would bring their lawn chairs to sit in the yard and share watermelon or ice cream with one another. Children

would draw hopscotch games in the dirt and play kick the can. Her next door neighbor also happened to

be her sister, Ruby, and every Saturday night for decades friends would gather there for hamburgers and

socializing. As Nell described these times, there was a smile on her face, with maybe just a fleeting sense of

sadness at these happy days gone by. The importance of knowing and caring for your friends and neighbors

was not lost on me and I knew I could learn a lot from this wise and kind soul.

As she gave me a tour through her home, I asked her to recall some of the happiest times there. Bringing her

babies home from Presbyterian Hospital, giving piano lessons to her children and having 28 people gathered

around her table at Thanksgiving were at the top of the list, as well as getting ready for the weddings of her

children. Nell had sewn the dress her oldest daughter, Donna, wore to her prom. Donna loved the beautiful

dress so much that she wore it as her wedding dress. Nell made all of her children’s clothing and they fondly

remember it. Before the start of each school year she would take them to the fabric store to choose the

pieces for her to make. She sewed dark cotton plaid dresses with smoke pearl buttons, dresses for Easter

and costumes for dance recitals. Often she sewed from morning until night getting wardrobes ready for

whatever special occasion was looming. Name tags were sewn into every article of clothing that her hands

stitched!

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Think your most productive years are behind you once you reach your nineties? A plaque on Nell’s wall

would tell you otherwise. The President’s Volunteer Service Award Program recognizes citizens for the hours

they have dedicated to volunteer work. The President’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honor,

was presented to Nell in 2016 and signed by President Obama. This award requires over 4,000 hours of

volunteer service and Nell has logged 10,000 hours and counting. A great deal of this work is done among

friends at her church. A group of expert seamstresses known as the “Sew and Sews” get together each

Tuesday to work at their craft. These special ladies knit caps for the premature babies born at Carolinas

Medical Center. They make and donate around 90 caps every two months. They also make crafts to sell at

the church bazaars, including bags, centerpieces and their own creation, “soup mitts”.

One of their best selling items, soup mitts cradle a hot bowl of soup or chili while you enjoy it. The Carolina

Panthers soup mitts are a hot item, be sure and get yours! Every penny earned has been given to their

church: over $90,000 donated by these remarkable ladies.

Sewing is not her only craft. A reliable source tells me her cream style corn, stuffed celery, pecan pie and

fresh coconut cakes are “to die for.” She used to bake cakes for her dear friend Tiny to take to covered dish

suppers. When someone would ask Tiny for the recipe she would just grin and say “I don’t remember the

recipe.”

Nell has witnessed a lot of change take place in Chantilly over the years and I asked her how she felt about

the many renovations taking place. Though she likes to see the lots cleaned up and homes being well taken

care of, it is still hard for her to see so many of the older home and bungalows changing or being torn down.

She spoke highly of all the neighbors she has known in Chantilly, though the one who once lived there with

39 cats may not have been her favorite neighbor of all time.

Before I left, I asked Nell for some words of wisdom for her Chantilly

neighbors. Though she did not think anyone would be interested in

what she said, I prodded her to share some life advice. Her words

to us, her neighbors, are “Make all the memories you can, while

you can. You don’t realize now how much you will appreciate those

memories someday”.

Get to know your neighbors. Everyone has a story to tell. And if you

happen to see a neighbor sitting outside in a lawn chair one night,

pull up a chair beside them. Maybe you can grill some burgers or

share a watermelon while kids play and neighbors stroll by. Who

knows, you just may be making some of the best memories of your

life. Thank you, Nell!

Additional photos of Nell and the early Chantilly days can be viewed at www.

ichantilly.org/historical-Chantilly.

If you know of a neighbor you would like to be featured in the next

newsletter column of “Know Your Neighbor”, please contact Jill Story at

Jill_Alana@yahoo.com.

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spent many evenings last year leading a team of Chantilly attorneys on our bylaws

committee. Sydney, and her husband Brookes, have contributed crucial help in

designing our fantastic Hilly Chantilly logo. Leslie, another veteran, is a contributor

in this newsletter and draws on years of experience with the Brier Creek stormwater

restoration project. Thank you again to our new class of board volunteers. Also, a

special thank you to Sally Jenkins for her enduring efforts to assemble and publish

this newsletter. It is a demanding task – especially when neighborhood presidents

procrastinate and ask her to meet impossibly short deadlines! Thanks Sally!

If you are interested in joining the neighborhood association board, serving on a

committee, or just have a great idea to share – check the website, iChantilly.org -

and reach out to one of your neighbors.

Our next neighborhood meeting (as always, on-time and to the point!) will be at

Chantilly Hall (2100 Shenandoah Ave.), 7 pm Tuesday September 13, 2016. Please

also spend a few minutes with your neighbors at our next street clean-up, Saturday,

September 17, 9:00 am at the corner of Bascom and Shenandoah. Please keep in

mind to clear any storm drains by your house – sediment impacts the health of our

nearby creeks and streams.

The annual Maddie Healy Halloween Parade will be Monday, October 31 - lineup

begins at 4:30 pm at 2441 Shenandoah Ave. It is a great time, featuring police and

firetrucks with neighbors handing out candy along the parade route. Check for

more details online.

Happy Fall, y’all!

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SEE YOU THERE!

CNA OFFICERS

2016

PresidentRick Winikerpresident@ichantilly.org

TreasurerJonathan Storytreasurer@ichantilly.org

SecretaryMolly Putnamsecretary@ichantilly.org

COMMITTEE

CHAIRS

Communication &NewsletterSally Jenkinscommunications@ichantilly.org

SecurityKristin Simmersecurity@ichantilly.org

SocialGenevieve Williamssocial@ichantilly.org

BOARD MEMBERS

Julie Brookhart

Brooke Leonnig

Genevieve Williams,

Christie Driscoll

Libby Meiners

Amy Hazelwood