Founders' Grove Neighborhood Association

FGNA Calendar

Know when, what, and where to have fun

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Tuesday, September 22nd, 7 PM
Washington Street Book Club
Book: "Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City" by Matthew Desmond
Host: Rochelle Gridley \
Usually meets every 4th Tuesday of the month.

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Saturday, September 26th, 10 AM

Weekly, Outdoor FGNA Story Time

Location: "The Grove", 1222 E. Grove St.

Weather permitting

See description in "The Prez" column to the right.

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Saturday, October 3rd, 10 AM

Weekly, Outdoor FGNA Story Time

Location: "The Grove", 1222 E. Grove St.

Weather permitting

See description in "The Prez" column to the right.

Thursday, October 15th, 7 PM.
Mystery Book Club
Book: "Temper" by Layne Fargo
Host: Jen Johnson \
Meets every 3rd Thursday of the month.

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Tuesday, October 27th, 7 PM
Washington Street Book Club
Book: "My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry" by Fredrik Beckman 
Host: Rochelle Gridley \
Usually meets every 4th Tuesday of the month.

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Thursday, November 19th, 7 PM.
Mystery Book Club
Book: "A Murder at Rosamund's Gate" by Susanna Calkins
Host: Jen Johnson \
Meets every 3rd Thursday of the month.

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Tuesday, November 24th, 7 PM
Washington Street Book Club
Book: "The Yellow House" by Sarah M. Broom
Host: Rochelle Gridley \
Usually meets every 4th Tuesday of the month.

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Prez on the Edge

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Weekly, Outdoor FGNA Story Time

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Published children’s author and neighbor, Chris Elle Dove, will lead a weekly story time on Saturday mornings at The Grove – 1222 E Grove St. – beginning at 10am on Saturday, September 12, and continuing on Saturday mornings at 10am as long as weather permits.

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Bring either a blanket or chairs to sit on.

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Activity sheets and silly songs are likely to accompany story time. Parents are asked to bring their own crayons or writing utensils if they wish to work on activity sheets while at The Grove. If preferred, families are welcome to simply take their activity sheets home with them.

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We will spread out, and masks will be encouraged when social distancing cannot be maintained. Hand sanitizer and disinfectant wipes will be available, but feel free to also bring your own.

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Fall Meeting

In June we had scheduled Kathy Yoder, McLean Country Coroner, to speak. Due to the coronavirus, we cancelled the meeting and rescheduled the presentation to our August meeting, And now we have to reschedule again, to December..

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Don’t forget to participate in our "Unique Items Challenge" on Facebook as you enjoy the beautiful weather wandering the neighborhood this weekend!

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City Tree Trimming

Some residents have inquired about the trimming of low hanging branches on trees that are between the street and city sidewalk, and thus on city property. We received this response from David Lamb, the Assistant Superintendent of Parks: “We were in the area that includes Founders Grove for circuit trimming in 2017 we will be back to do the whole section in 2022. Our goal is to hit every tree in town at least once every 5 years. We certainly can address any issues or specific trees if we knew which block or addresses were of concern. Please feel free to share the with Council Member Emig as you see fit."

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Stay well,
Amanda

Rules of Facebook Group Engagement

All rights reserved by FGNA

The FGNA Facebook page is intended to be a family-friendly community where the FGNA Board and neighbors can interact about the Founders’ Grove neighborhood & the Bloomington-Normal community.

It’s important to note that postings to the FGNA page are not representative of the opinions of the FGNA Board, nor do we confirm their accuracy.

As part of our commitment to you, we’ll do our best to ensure the postings on our page are in line with FGNA’s family-friendly intentions. The FGNA board requests that Facebook group members treat each other with mutual respect. FGNA expects that users will not post content that falls into the following categories and reserves the right to remove postings and/or ban users who are:

- Abusive, attacking, defamatory, or obscene
- Fraudulent, deceptive, or misleading
- In violation of any law or regulation
- Excessively repetitive
- Otherwise offensive
- Posting overtly partisan political endorsement and/or opposition content (FGNA is a non-partisan organization)

If you are banned from commenting on this page, you may appeal the decision or inquire about the status of your account to the FGNA Board by emailing fgnabloomington@gmail.com. The Board will review appeals quarterly. To this same address, you may also request to check content for acceptability prior to posting.

NOTES:
- While residents are welcome to advertise services they provide (pet sitting, lawn care, wood refinishing, etc.), we ask that these posts be limited to one post per month. Repetitive posts will be removed. This page is not intended to be used for commercial advertising.

- By request, FGNA will post homes that are for sale within the FGNA boundaries; we limit these posts to one per sale. If a home’s price changes by $2,500+, we will post the home a second time, also by request.

DISCLAIMER: 
In addition to the rights that you grant to Facebook, you grant FGNA a royalty-free license to use your content in any manner without any obligation to you.