ENA
President's Message
THIS PAST YEAR HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT IT HAS
ALSO BEEN REWARDING. THE CHALLENGES HAVE MADE US STRONGER, AND. THE
EAST NEIGHBORHOOD HAS COME TOGETHER LIKE NEVER BEFORE. ENA IS NOW
STRONGER AND MORE UNIFIED WITH OVER 125 MEMBER HOUSHOLDS.
NOW IS THE TIME TO FOLD SAVE EAST WILTON MANORS INTO ENA. IT HAS SERVED
ITS PURPOSE AND IT IS NOW TIME TO BECOME ONLY ONE NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION! BECAUSE OF THIS, THE TIME IS RIGHT FOR ENA TO MOVE FORWARD
WITH NEW IDEAS AND NEW ENERGY TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE ELECTED NEW BOARD MEMBERS AT OUR JANUARY MEETING WHO WILL HELP DRIVE
US INTO THE FUTURE WITH A RENEWED SENSE OF DIRECTION NEVER BEFORE SEEN
IN ENA. THESE ARE PEOPLE WITH VISION WHO ARE DEDICATED TO WORK
HARD TO IMPROVE ENA AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
BECAUSE OF THIS, I WILL BE ORGANIZING, WITH THE APPROVAL OF OUR NEW
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, A CHARETTE FOR THE EAST NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIAITON. THIS WILL TAKE PLACE ON A SATURDAY SO WE CAN SPEND
THE TIME NECESSARY TO PLAN THE FUTURE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. THE DATE HAS
YET TO BE DETERMINED, AND WILL BE E-MAILED TO ALL OUR MEMBERS AS WELL
AS GETTING THE WORD OUT TO THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.
WE NEED TO SIT DOWN AND FIGURE OUT WHAT WE WANT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD TO BE
LIKE IN ONE, FIVE AND TEN YEARS. THIS WILL GIVE US A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN
TO GO TO THE CITY COMMISSION SO WE CAN HAVE IMPROVEMENTS WE WANT
DONE TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. EVERYTHING WILL BE ON THE TABLE AND WE WILL
HAVE NO SACRED COWS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE NEED TO REVIEW OUR OWN ORGANIZATION AND SEE WHAT WE
WANT ENA TO BECOME AND HOW WE WANT TO GET THERE. CHANGES ARE NEEDED TO
IMPROVE HOW WE FUNCTION AND IMPROVE OUR EFFECTIVENESS.
WITH THE AMAZING TALANT THAT WE HAVE HERE, WE CAN COME UP WITH
INCREDIBLE IDEAS TO MAKE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD THE BEST IN THE WILTON
MANORS, AND IN SOUTH FLORIDA. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A BAD IDEA.
HOWEVER, THE FAILURE TO DREAM AND COME UP NEW IDEAS WILL CONDEM US TO
MEDIOCRITY AND THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.
THIS UPCOMMING YEAR WE WILL HAVE NEW CHALLENGES: THE TRANSPORTATION
ORENTATIED CORRIDOR ZONING WILL NEED TO BE DILIGENTLY MONITORED. THIS
HAS THE POTENTIAL TO DESTROY THE FABRIC OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE WILL
NEED TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE FEC RAIL CORRIDOR STATION
LOCATION PROCESS TO ENSURE THAT WE GET A COMMUTER RAIL STATION LOCATED
IN WILTON MANORS, AND FINALLY WE MUST SET UP OUR NEW PRIORITIES FOR OUR
NEIGHBORHOOD AND BRING THEM TO THE CITY COMMISSION.
IN SPITE OF ALL THE HARD WORK AHEAD, WE WILL STILL HAVE TIME TO HAVE
SOME FUN! WE WILL REMAIN THE BOWLING CHAMPS AT THE ANNUAL NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION BOWLING TOURNAMENT, WE WILL GET TO KNOW OUR NEIGHBORS
THROUGH SOCIAL EVENTS AND ENJOY OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING THE NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AS WELL AS WITH
ALL OF OUR NEIGHBORS TO MAKE THE WILTON MANORS EAST NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION THE BEST IN THE CITY!
East Neighborhood
Association of Wilton Manors
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