Saturday, April 21

10:30 am to 6:00 pm

(rain date April 22)

Click here for Application for Booth Space

By Alex Smythe, V&E Greenline Committee

Hi, everyone. Over the last few months the V&E Greenline Committee has been planning an art event that will take place in many of our backyards within the Vollintine Evergreen neighborhood.

 The V&E Art Walk will take place along the V&E Greenline on Saturday, April 21. With a large number of artists and food vendors interested, the walk is planned to occur between McLean and Stonewall along the V&E Greenline itself.

Many artists from the Memphis Arts Collective and others have expressed interest in being involved in the event. These include Angi Cooper, Alisa Botto, and Colleen Couch-Smith, just to name a few. Work from students from the University of Memphis, Rhodes College, and Memphis College of Art will also be included.

In addition to great works of art, there will be lots of food and music. Food trucks will be lining up on the streets that cross the V&E Greenline, so the people enjoying the stroll down the Greenline can stop and enjoy food from vendors like YoLo and Café Eclectic.

Being a lifelong Memphian and having spent time in my mother’s art booth at events like the Cooper-Young Arts Festival, I felt that our beautiful neighborhood needed an event that highlighted what makes this a great area in which to live. With the creation of the Shelby Farms Greenline that runs from Tillman to Shelby Farms, our own V&E Greenline has lost some of its renown. This event will bring some much-needed use and notice to our beautiful V&E Greenline. With this event, and hopefully more to follow, I would love for people to associate the V&E Greenline with this Art Walk. With the help of the community, I feel that we truly can have an incredible event. Stay tuned via the Weekly ENews for more information.

If you know of an interested artist or would like to contribute in any way, please contact me at 901.461.4387 or via email at thealexsmythe@gmail.com.

Lick Creek Survey for New Consultant Study

The City of Memphis has hired a consultant to work on storm water detention in Vollintine Evergreen at Snowden School and maybe Evergreen Presbyterian Church’s soccer fields.

Please complete and return the survey below to Gwendolyn Page email listed below.  This information will help in the design of the project.  Your help is appreciated.

Gwendolyn J. Page
garage@eticorp.com

Survey in Microsoft Word

Survey in Pdf

Feel free to contact our Study Coordinator at 758-0400 to discuss this project.
Please return this survey at your earliest convenience by fax, mail or email to:

David Docauer, Study Coordinator
ddocauer@eticorp.com

ETI Corporation
6799 Great Oaks Road, Suite 100
Memphis, TN  38138
Phone:  (901)758-0400
Fax: (901)754-5135

The January/February 2012 V&E Newsletter is available online.

Older issues are available on our V&E Newsletter page.

Final reports for Lick Creek Storm Basin prepared by TETRA TECH are available on the Lick Creek Committee page. CLICK HERE (or via the left column)

VECA has retained the services of Shannon Dixon to help develop a strategic plan focusing on both the Vollintine Evergreen neighborhood and the Vollintine Evergreen Community Association as an organization. The strategic plan will be used by the VECA Board, the VECA members, Vollintine Evergreen residents, government, corporations, foundations and others where appropriate.

The consultant will:

• Review the existing resident surveys administered in the fall of 2010;
• Conduct four resident meetings in each of the four quadrants of the neighborhood. Meetings will survey residents about their community, their understanding of the organization and their desire to participate in their community;
• Conduct interviews with neighborhood leaders, businesses and the VECA Board members to gather more in-depth information;
• Conduct interviews with government leaders, institutional neighbors and funders. The interviews will gauge their knowledge of VECA and the Vollintine Evergreen neighborhood, their assessment of the organization’s strength and assets, and their willingness to support VECA as an organization and neighborhood;
• Lead a Board retreat to present and synthesize the information and finalize the strategic plan with the board.

We need your help and your voice. Please come to the resident meetings. There will be one meeting in each of the four quads. The dates will be announced via yard signs, Facebook, veca.org (here) and through the VECA email system.

Dates for the Four Neighborhood Meetings:

Receiving VECA emails is the best way to stay up-to-date on current events in the neighborhood. You can sign-up via the “Mailing List” box in the right column.

The VECA Weekly ENews is also where neighbors can advertise yard sales, list items for sale or giveaway, or plug upcoming events. Please email your information to news@veca.org. The ENews guidelines are available in the left column.

A public input meeting about bike lanes on North Parkway was held on Tuesday, May 24.

The Commercial Appeal provides a recap on the meeting.

The Memphis Flyer wrote up the meeting as well.

CLICK HERE for a pdf about the proposed bike lanes. This information comes from Mr. Kyle Wagenschutz, City of Memphis bicycle and pedestrian coordinator. This is a draft and not a final plan.

Your dues help your neighborhood!
Please check out the MEMBERSHIP PAGE
for information on becoming a member
or renewing your annual membership with VECA.

Framed House History
VECA Historic Committee Fundraiser

Celebrate your historic home with a unique gift idea!

Featured will be the historic description of the home along with a photograph of the home.

Please allow 30 days to process the order. Free delivery if you live in VECA.

Three sizes are available: $15, $20 and $25.

Access the order form HERE. Please return the order form to the VECA Welcome Center, c/o VECA Historic Committee, 1680 Jackson Ave, Memphis, TN 38107.

Or Fax to 901.276.1784

If you have any questions, please call the VECA Welcome Center at 901.276.1782

The VECA Facebook page is a great place to share neighborhood updates and pictures.  You can access the page here or find it in our list of links on the bottom right hand of the VECA website.

Please feel free to share your events (events, yardsales, etc.) on the Facebook page.