Important Notices

New LCA monthly meeting format

LCA board meetings will be cancelled during this stay-at-home time. We usually meet at the school, and have decided against “virtual” meetings. We’ll be in touch by email and phone, so let any board member know of any questions or concerns.

Spring Litter Clean Up Postponed

LitterCancel-square-2020The annual LCA Spring Litter Pickup has been postponed, on advice of the Northampton Health Department. But we all know the litter is still out there, so we’ll let you know when we have a new date.

Stay tuned for news about our Memorial Service at the Veteran’s Park across from Leeds School. Like other years, we hope this can still be held on the Sunday before Memorial Day, to honor of Leeds Veterans. If the Memorial Day Parade in Florence is still on, we’ll expect to go ahead.

Please be sure to fill out your 2020 Census

It has never been easier to respond on your own, whether online, over the phone or by mail–all without having to meet a census taker. Leeds households should have received an invitation in the mail to complete the 2020 census. Your household’s invitation will have a 12 digit Census ID number. If you did not receive a 2020 Census invitation because you use a P.O. box, or misplaced your invitation, please go to:  https://www.2020census.gov . Click “Start Questionnaire”. Then click the link “If you do not have a Census ID, click here”. (This link is directly under the larger login button.)

Completing the census ensures that our community receives the resources it needs including how much federal dollars we’ll receive over the next ten years.  Census data is used by many local, state and federal programs, so it is important that everyone is counted.  Additionally, the census impacts political representation as congressional and state legislative districts are redrawn based on the census count and determines the number of seats our commonwealth gets in Congress.  Your response to the census is confidential and protected by federal law. Your answers can only be used for statistics and are not accessible to any other government agency.

New Conservation Land in Leeds

On March 23rd the City of Northampton closed on the property between the bike path and Saint Mary’s Cemetery creating another conservation area in Leeds! It is a beautiful parcel of over 40 acres of wooded land and trails. The final step will be for the City to grant a conservation restriction to the Leeds Civic Association. This is a condition of the Community Preservation Funding that helped, along with the donors, to protect the property. Thank you to everyone who contributed and helped with fundraising for this new conservation land purchase!

The City will soon close on a trail easement from the rear of Saint Mary’s Cemetery out to Route 9. This trail easement is an extremely generous donation from Peter and Stephanie Flinker. It allows for an easy connection to the Beaver Brook Greenway’s entrance which is located just across Route 9.

Shelter at Home

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Early winter sky in Leeds

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Flash back ten years!  

Bike-celebration

LCA hosts 2009 bike path ribbon cutting

OCTOBER 5TH CELEBRATION RIDE

Come celebrate 10 years of trail recreation with a neighborhood bike ride and mini parade! This is a celebration! Come with your bikes and helmets DECORATED and ready to be shown off! The route will take us from Mulberry Street through Look Park and back! The ride will be led by Morgan Lea, a new LCA volunteer. Meet on the bike path at Mulberry Street. 10:00am-10:15am Bike Viewing | 10:20-11:00am let’s hit the trail!

Rain date, Sunday, Oct 6th.

Great Barn

Planes know when they are flying over Leeds thanks to the Rocket’s Grove Ave Roof.

May Meeting Minutes

May 14, 2019

Attendees:
Earl Nunier
Tommy Quinn
Penny Geis
Marc Freedman
Emily Quintana
Sue Carbin
Steve McDonough
Jason Johnson

Beaver Brook grand opening June 22
LCA to provide lemonade

Nature’s Classroom donation – LCA to make a donation equivalent for 1 student

Hotel Bridge planters – Jeff Marney will help water. Marc will circle back with Heidi about the plants

Trees in Leeds – Penny Rich P wants to plant trees in Leeds with owners approval, because of lack of sidewalks and clear town property line

First Aid Training – Penny – looking for options to bring first aid training to Leeds. Settled on Stop the Bleed sponsored by The College of Surgeons. Closest facility in Amherst.

Hotel Bridge – Donna continues to keep the bridge on the capital funding budget.

Memorial Day – Earl – looking for someone to do introductions Sunday May 26 @ 1:00 Leeds Memorial Day Service
Saturday June 15th @ 4:00 Flag Burning (retirement of the flag) at the Elks in Florence

Ice cream social on June agenda

Meeting adjourned 7:50

 

April meeting minutes

April 09, 2019

 

Attendees:

Penny Geis

Tommy Quinn

Sue Carbin

Marc Freedman

Jon Dietrich

Karyn Nelson

Steve McDonough

Jason Johnson

Hanuman Goleman

 

Date for Yard Sale: June 15th 8:00 am, rain date 16th

 

Treasurer’s Report:

 

Bench: deciding on forest green bench

Karyn will get estimate on delivery date

Rich P will coordinate the bench installation with another bench on Hospital Hill

 

Sue

Conservation Commission Report: Does the LCA want to continue the Conservation Restriction to Robert’s Hill? Yes

Sue will follow through

 

Heidi

Beaver Brook Greenway work day: April 20th 9:00 am asking for volunteers to clean trails around Beaver Brook, stain picnic tables  (strip of land between Beaver Brook and Haydenville Road)

Mustard/Weed pull; May 16th 9:00 am

Grand Opening in June

 

Hotel Bridge Planters:

Ask Jeff Marney to water the planters (Tommy to ask)

 

Heidi

Newsletter: May/June

Yardsale

Green tip

Bench

Weed recipes garlic mustard & knotweed

 

Adjourned 7:50 pm

Laurie Saunderson and Sue (author of in the shadow of dam) to do a reading