About UsOur Mission StatementTo enrich the lives of the people of Redwood Village by using the power of positive relationships to promote and encourage community action and advocacy. Our VisionWe will help residents and local area leaders to maintain Redwood Village as a safe, friendly, diverse, clean, and community-oriented neighborhood. Redwood Village Community Council History The Redwood Village Community Council (formerly known as The Darnall Coummunity Council) was formed in 1982 and consists of a volunteer board. The goals of the Redwood Village Community Council (RVCC) are to promote the welfare of the community and the residents within, to secure adequate representation before any organization dealing with the well being of our community, and to serve as a channel of communication between legislative bodies or city departments and the community. RVCC in ActionThe RVCC places phone calls, emails or sends letters to city and state officials on behalf of residents concerned with; graffiti, shopping carts, traffic mitigation, noise abatemetn and litter. The RVCC coordinates subcommittees to handle community projects or tasks such as; redevelopment, neighborhood watch, tree plantings, graffiti removal and community clean ups. The RVCC publishes and distributes through volunteers a community newsletterto Darnall and area residents. Articles are designed to provide information and address issues facing the community. Sub committeesThe RVCC provides opportunities for residents to make a noticeable contribution in the improvement of our area by enlisting your help in the council's subcommittees. Currently we are focused on helping to direct the redevelopment of Streamview drive. Your participation in the progress is welcomed. For opportunities and information visit your Streamview Redevelopment page. We also are fortunate to have representatives from our committee and community on citizens advisory boards. In 2010 we had members on the Crossroad Redevelopment Project Area Committee (PAC) , and the Eastern Area Community Planning Committee. The PAC meetings are open to the public and are held on the fourth Thursday of every month at 6:30 p.m. at College Avenue Baptist Church, 3rd Floor Meeting Room , located at 4747 College Avenue. The EACPC group meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7:00 p.m. The meetings are held at the Holy Spirit Church, 2725 55th Street. Community MeetingsThe Redwood Village Community Council provides leadership and representation for the community. Your involvement at the meetings helps to shape the destiny of Redwood Village. Currently we are involved in several projects to improve the quality of life in Redwood Village such as; Streamview Drive redevelopment, organizing community clean ups, fund raisers for the school, dumpster day organization, electrical box painting, graffiti removal to name a few. This is also a great place to exchange important information and hear interesting speakers. Meeting usually feature reports from the community relations officer from the police department, the city council persons office and County executives office. In November of 2009 RVCC community meeting City Councilperson Marti Emeral was in attendance. She is gathering input from community members to help determine the priority of city services in the up coming year to help her direct city funds for the upcoming budget year. Those in attendance were asked to select their top priorities from a list provided by Marti.
The Redwood Village
Community Council presented at the Redistricting Commission Pre-mapping
Public Outreach meeting on May 11, 2011, the suggestion that the College
Neighborhoods and SDSU should remain in the same district. We suggested
that the borders of our district be La Mesa to the east, 94 to the
south, Euclid to the west and then as far north or further west as
necessary to get the needed district population. We suggested that
Allied Gardens & Del Cerro as well as Talmadge and Kennsington could
be included in our proposed "community of interest" because they border
SDSU, the College Neighborhoods and have similar communities. To see a
video of the presentation delivered by Anna Orzel-Arnita on our behalf,
advance the video at the link below to 1hr and 12min:
http://granicus.sandiego.gov/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=43&clip_id=4724
AchievementsRVCC has received 501(c)3 status by the IRS. This designation will assist us in supporting the Darnall E-Campus, the College Avenue Library and other charitable projects. Development of a partnership with the City of San Diego's Environmental Services Dept., resulting in an effective shopping cart retrieval program. Elminating shopping carts from the streets of the community. In collaboration with the City Attorney and Mid-City Community Court our efforts resulted in implementing projects enabling misdemeanor offenders to perform community service in Redwood Village as an alternative to the criminal justice process. Our community enhancement efforts have resulted in; - community signage
- bus benches
- trash receptacles
- stop signs
- graffiti removal
- demolition of 3 derelict buildings in the chollas triangle
- increased police presence in the community.
The Redwood Village Community Council provides leadership and representation for the community. Your involvement at the meetings helps to shape the destiny of Redwood Village. Currently we are involved in several projects to improve the quality of life in Redwood Village such as; Streamview Drive redevelopment, organizing community clean ups, fund raisers for the school, dumpster day organization, electrical box painting, graffiti removal to name a few. The RVCC organized a College Avenue clean up in November of 2009 and provided dumpsters for community residents to drop of large items for disposal. Trash was removed by community volunteers on the entire length of College Avenue from University to Streamview. At the same time volunteers were working at the dumpster day site across from the school to help fill two large dumpsters with residnets items for disposal. Robert Baltran was there to help recycle any metal and items were also donated to charity. On Going EffortsThe RRVCC organizes clean ups quarterly all over Redwood Village, so look for your opportunity to join in the fun at our next event.
How Redwood Village got its name backIn 2007 the residents of Redwood Village voted to restore the communities original name. Here is the contents of the Article from the local newspaper about this momentous decision. You can also read it at there site: http://legacy.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070607/news_7m7redwood.html
Farewell Darnall, hello Redwood Village Community's name change marks a 'new beginning' SAN DIEGO – The community of Darnall is no more. It's now Redwood Village. Residents voted for the name change earlier this month. The new name, denizens of the community said, sounds more pleasant and conjures images of a more vibrant place to live, which is what the residents have been working toward. “We're really excited,” said Anna Orzel-Arnita, president of the newly renamed Redwood Village Community Council. “It marks a new beginning for the community.” Orzel-Arnita said it also caps the past few years of efforts that have built a stronger community for their area, near San Diego State University. Residents have organized street cleanups and graffiti-removal patrols, collected abandoned shopping carts, sent underprivileged children to summer camp and persuaded the city to add speed bumps and raze two abandoned buildings. “We want to be a model community,” Orzel-Arnita said. Redwood Village, a modest San Diego bedroom community of about 1,000 homes, is bounded by College Avenue and 54th Street and University Avenue and Streamview Drive. The business district fronting University Avenue and El Cajon Boulevard has a variety of small family shops, automobile service shops and fast-food restaurants. At a May 14 community meeting, 65 of 71 attending chose to adopt the new name, which developers had given to a 1951 housing development in the area. In 1952, the neighborhood's elementary school was named after Orton E. Darnall, a former city school board member. Over time, the wider community became known as Darnall, too. Shakespeare opined that “a rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” but Orzel-Arnita said the new name is more evocative of community and reaches back to the area's roots. She said she hopes it will galvanize people to even greater involvement. The community council, a nonprofit organization and residents explored the name change for a couple of years, making sure, for example, that it would not confuse police, the fire department and other city services. Councilman Jim Madaffer supports the name change, and he will introduce a council resolution asking Mayor Jerry Sanders to coordinate the change throughout city government departments, said Aimee Faucett, Madaffer's chief of staff. Madaffer also has volunteered to make available money from a community development block grant for neighborhood signs to post the new name around the community, Faucett said. Orzel-Arnita said the community council will be working with Madaffer's and County Supervisor Ron Roberts' offices for help with other improvements: adding landscaping for neglected, small public parcels; adding landscaping and a trail along Chollas Creek by Chollas Parkway; and more community cleanups. They also want to attract more restaurants and shops and maybe establish a dog park. Part of the economic improvement may come from the city Redevelopment Agency's plan for the area. It calls for encouraging new businesses along El Cajon Boulevard and University Avenue, spokesman Eric Symons said. It also would provide money for some landscaping, he said. Added Orzel-Arnita, “That's what we're working toward.”
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