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SHERWOOD FOREST CRIER
January 1, 2023
Twelfth Night Adult Post Holiday Party
Friday, January 6, 6pm-9pm
The 12th Night adult gathering is set for Friday, January 6th hosted by Regina Monteith at 530 Kilbourne Road. The property is known as Bloomwood, the original 1920’s home of W. Gordon Belser.
This event is only for members of the Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association. Begin or renew your membership for 2023 today.
If you are not feeling well, please do not attend.
Traditional potluck protocols (bring a dish to share!) will apply. A spiral ham and beverages (beer, wine, soft drinks) will be furnished by the Association.
Join the Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association
Become a member or renew your membership now for 2023!
The SFNA is a volunteer organization of neighbors working to create a greater sense of community in the Forest.
Dues are only $20 for a calendar year. Pay your dues now online at sherwoodforestneighbors.org/paypal or mail a check to Henry Nechemias, 4 Robin Hood Ct., Columbia, SC 29205, and you will be paid up through 2023!
The benefits of membership document on our website explains what it’s all about.
SFNA Needs Your Input!
Do you and your family like living in the Forest?
We hope so! But we want to know why. So please take a couple of minutes to fill out our resident survey.
Your input will help us settle on an image identity caption/message to represent our neighborhood to residents, visiting friends, nearby commercial businesses, buyer prospects, public officials, Realtors and vendors.
Our request is to take a few minutes to have some family conversations, gather your thoughts and answer a short 4 question survey.
Forest Friends
In Sherwood Forest, we are grateful to celebrate that our neighborhood is considered an urban forest. Our neighborhood includes the 9-acre Belser Arboretum with its 130 foot high poplars and over 130 varieties of wooded plantings, including seven of Columbia’s Treasured Trees. This urban forest also shelters an abundance of wildlife.
And while we as a neighborhood association cannot enforce a tree removal policy for your personal property, we have some thoughts to share.
While we acknowledge that there are reasons for tree removal due to disease or damage we are against clear cutting on a property. We have compiled a shortlist of some of the benefits of trees in all stages of growth. If you still want to remove trees, we ask that you consult a certified arborist to speak about your safety concerns. Before you proceed make sure your contractor is licensed, bonded and insured.
And finally, do not remove any trees from the City right of way on your property or face serious fines. The City will be glad to remove diseased or dangerous trees on the right of way for you, and will provide a replacement tree, too.
Embrace our forest life!
Grinding of the Greens
December 26, 2022 – January 19, 2023
Don’t let your Christmas tree end up buried with the trash; recycle it through the annual Grinding of the Greens program offered by Keep the Midlands Beautiful!
Bring your naked trees (no lights, tinsel, ornaments, etc) to the City of Columbia’s Compost Facility at 121 Humane Lane (off Shop Road on the way to the City’s Animal Services facility) Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm. Other drop off locations are available.
Free mulch made from the recycled trees is available to the public on Saturday, January 21 from 8:30am until the mulch runs out at the SC State Farmer’s Market, 3483 Charleston Hwy, West Columbia, SC 29172.
USC Belser Arboretum Open House
Sunday, January 15, 1-4pm
Open House is always the 3rd Sunday of every month.
Follow the Arboretum on Instagram and see Facebook for event info.
SFNA General Meeting
Wednesday, February 8, 6:30pm-8pm
Sherwood Forest ARP Church
Mark your calendars!
The meeting will also be available on Zoom at https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8035302436. Meeting ID: 803 530 2436.
If you have an issue you would like discussed at the meeting please let us know!
Draft minutes from the Annual meeting…
Curb Appeal Program
While few of us are lucky enough to have sidewalks we are blessed with extra wide streets. Please keep the street clear all the way to your soil edge. This allows ample room for our walkers and bikers, as they dodge passing traffic.
If you do have a sidewalk please keep it tidy, too. Tree and bush overgrowth, weeds, litter, leaf piles and trash bins make it difficult for all walkers and especially for physically disadvantaged to transit. The City spent a lot of money lowering curbs at corners to ensure access.
Please do your part to keep it clean!
SFNA Adopt-A-Highway Clean Up
Saturday, February 11, 9:30-11am
Mark your calendars!
Contact Dave Nelson at 803-447-4793 or appearance@sherwoodforestneighbors.org for more information.
Neighbor Information
The SFNA would like to know who our neighbors are, add you to our monthly Crier email, and how we can contact you if necessary.
All information is for the sole use of the Sherwood Forest Neighborhood Association.
Send us your info by emailing membership@sherwoodforestneighbors.org with your name, address and email (and contact telephone if wish), or fill out the form online.
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