By Zaid Duwayri
Those who attended our February membership meeting witnessed a familiar lineup of festival organizers who are looking to hold their festivals in Candler Park in the next few months. Since these festivals are not organized by CPNO and Candler Park is a city park, we don’t have the authority to approve or reject these festivals. The festival organizers understand the importance of the support of our neighborhood, and we appreciate them coming to present their plans and answer questions from our members. Our External Affairs Officer (Lauren Welsh) is interacting with the organizers to explore areas for collaboration or support of our project and initiatives.
We also have exciting events of our own that are being organized or sponsored by CPNO. Our annual fall festival is scheduled for October 1 and 2 and is shaping to be bigger and better than ever before. The committee in charge of the festival is already hard at work lining up sponsors, music, food and artists to ensure we have an event we can all be proud of and one that generates revenue to support our projects and our grants program. You’ll be hearing more about our main event in subsequent issues of The Messenger.
This year will also feature another popular CPNO event which is the Candler Park Easter Egg Hunt. Scheduled for a noon start on March 20th, this fun event is sponsored by the Candler Park Market and attracts many families from our neighborhood and beyond. This year’s event is being led by our Treasurer (Chris Fitzgerald) and it’s a great opportunity to meet and reconnect with neighbors.
The very popular movie night series is back. The series, which is sponsored by CPNO and organized by Mark Clement and the Friends of Candler Park, has been receiving positive reviews in several web and print publications for years. The lineup and the dates are on our website, www.candlerpark.org.
There is more to come. We will be also getting ready to kick off our porch party season soon and we are planning for a special annual party later this year. We are thankful to all of you who responded to our call for help and we invite more of you to reach out. We need more volunteers to help us organize and publicize our events, and of course, propose new ones. Please contact our membership officer (Roger Bakeman) to become a member of the membership committee and help us organize fun social events for Candler Park and our neighbors. Roger’s email is membership@candlerpark.org