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Dear neighbors,
I received three notes below for you all to review. Several neighbors did write to Kate Harper about the 202 landscaping. She is posting a response from Kate and more. Please read and decide whether you want to take more action. Many thanks to those who have spoken up!

Secondly, this quick note from Jo-Anne Ward:
My son, Nicholas, just graduated from La Salle College High School and is looking for work.If anyone needs a babysitter, dog sitter, gardener, errand runner, etc, give him a call. Nicholas Ward 215-661-1303

Lastly, see the bottom note about a college application help company highly recommended.

Congrats to all the high school grads in the neighborhood!!

Carol Pfister
gwyneddknoll@gmail.com
215-661-8775

Dear neighbors,
Below is my response to the attached letter sent by Kate Harper, our representative. I find it unacceptable the way this highway has been left to us. Proceeding north of 63, the highway is beautiful, filled with lovely greenery, as well as nicely maintained. At our end, we literally and figuratively just hit a brick wall that is full of weeds, gravel, and sparse plantings lined along it. Now we are told there is no budget for us, yet the rest of the highway looks splendid. This situation affects us all. It is a deplorable entrance to our beautiful neighborhood and a black eye to our township.  At this point, I would appreciate a dialogue through this neighbor email on suggestions on how to proceed. We need to unite to solve this neighborhood problem. Petition? Meeting? All ideas are greatly appreciated!
Thanks so much!
Best wishes,
Gwen Douse

RESPONSE TO KATE


Dear Kate,
We thank you for you help with the 202 highway. Travelling on it north of 63
it is beautiful-lined with greenery, bike paths, maintained gardens. Once
you cross over 63 on the Lower Gwynedd side, we literally meet that brick
wall. There are weeds and very few shrubs. It saddens me what an eyesore it
is. Neighbors, lacking professional experience with highway landscaping,
trying to maintain that small strip along the wall could become involved in
a potentially dangerous situation.
Mr. Comunale had agreed to contact Rhoads garden center and consider the use
of township trees. We look forward to information about that. We greatly
appreciate your help and support, as well as Senator Greenleaf's, as our
elected representatives, in restoring the ivy lost as well as helping to
find the funds moving forward to restore the natural beauty to this section
of 202.
Thank you very much!
Best wishes,
Gwen Douse

-----Original Message----- From: Kathy Rusch
Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2013 12:38 PM
To: jlmarzi@aol.com ; gdouse@comcast.net ; donna.palmieri@redcross.org ; hartsmart@comcast.net ; cweiss@appirio.com ; hweaver@montcopa.org
Cc: pbeadling@pasen.gov ; bearly@pa.gov ; lcomunale@lowergwynedd.org ; Kate Harper
Subject: From Representative Harper

Good Afternoon

Representative Harper wanted to be sure to get back to each of you and provide as much complete information as possible.  Please see her correspondence attached.  (Bottom of this note)

Best

Kathy Rusch

College application help:

I got this note awhile ago from Julia recommending this company and a seminar they had at the library. Unfortunately that date has passed - my apologies - but you can contact the company at this website: http://myivyexperience.com/. See Julia's note below:

Hi Carol - the son of a friend of mine founded this company a few years back, and they do excellent work in college planning and prep.  My sister worked with Ivy for her daughter who goes to college next year, and he was very helpful - she is getting a free ride at the college of her choice!

 

This is a local event at the North Wales library, and I highly recommend The Ivy Experience to our neighbors.  For those with kids nearing that college planning stage, this would be a good jump start.  Thank goodness mine are still far away from that!

 

 Julia Wagner