Thank you for visiting the Summit Park Neighborhood Association! We hope you can join us at upcoming community events and activities planned for 2022. If you are interested in helping plan events or have any questions/ideas, please reach out to us at SummitparkNA@gmail.com. We are happy to connect with you and look forward to hearing your input.
Upcoming Events for 2022:
* Coffee In the Park on Saturday, April 23, 2022
We want to give special thanks to folks who donated to our event, and especially to Cutbow Coffee (located at 1208 Rio Grande Blvd NW, north of I-40 and south of Indian School Rd NW) for supplying the great coffee at a discount. We'd also like to express our gratitude to those who brought food for Roadrunner Food Bank!
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* Summit Park Neighborhood Garage Sale on Saturday, May 7, 2022, 8:30am - 11:30am
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* Tree Giveaway for Residents on Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 10:00am
As part of the NeighborWoods program there will be 100 small trees available for pick-up. The tree giveaway will be on May 28th at Bataan Memorial Park, 748 Tulane Dr NE. Residents of Summit Park neighborhood may receive 1 - 2 small trees (per household). Here is how you can pick up a tree:
- The pick-up point will be on Amherst across from Walgreens. The line should go south on Tulane Dr, east on Marmac Ave, and south on Amherst Dr.
- Fill out the flyer that was left on your door
- You must bring a vehicle, no walk-ups
- Trees will be given out on a first-come, first-serve basis
- Please be patient, stay in the car, and volunteers will come to you
- Anyone who arrives early will have to wait until the start time
- If you wish to adopt 2 trees, you must go to the end of the line and wait until others receive their 1st tree
- No dogs please
Trees come in 5-gallon sizes. Here are the available trees:
*16 Desert willows
*15 Vitex, chaste trees
*10 NM olive, privet trees
*10 Smoketrees
*10 Crepe myrtle
*25 fruit trees - cherry, nectarine, peach, apple
*14 shade trees - Honeylocust, Chinese Pistache, Afghan Pine
Reach out to SPnewtrees@gmail.com if you have questions and/or would like to volunteer.
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* Summer Coffee in the Park - Saturday, Aug. 20, 8:30am-10:30am
We plan to host another coffee in the park later in the summer.
If interested in planning, sponsoring, or volunteering for this event please reach out to the board. We’d appreciate your help!
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* Annual Neighborhood Meeting - Saturday, Oct. 15, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Save the date! Our Summit Park Neighborhood Association Annual Meeting is planned for Saturday, Oct. 15 in Summit Park. More details to come. There will be a variety of speakers, elections, and discussion of items of interest to neighborhood residents. If you have ideas for things that can improve our neighborhood and would like to join the board, we encourage you to consider running for a position.
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* Pumpkin Glow - Monday, Oct. 31, 2022
The Halloween Pumpkin Glow is a great family event that has drawn 600 people in years past. We will have candy, apple juice, and hundreds of glow bracelets. We will have lots of carved pumpkins in the park. When the weather is warm, many families stay and visit after 8pm while their children play. We need volunteers to continue to make this a fun, successful event.
If you’d like to participate in the planning please contact the board.
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* Luminarias in the Park - Dec. 2022 (TBD)
We are considering hosting an event to raise money and/or collect donations for charities around Christmastime, and also make our neighborhood look beautiful for Christmas Eve.
If anyone has ideas or experience planning this type of event, we welcome you to get involved.
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Upcoming Events for 2022:
* Coffee In the Park on Saturday, April 23, 2022
We want to give special thanks to folks who donated to our event, and especially to Cutbow Coffee (located at 1208 Rio Grande Blvd NW, north of I-40 and south of Indian School Rd NW) for supplying the great coffee at a discount. We'd also like to express our gratitude to those who brought food for Roadrunner Food Bank!
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* Summit Park Neighborhood Garage Sale on Saturday, May 7, 2022, 8:30am - 11:30am
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* Tree Giveaway for Residents on Saturday, May 28, 2022 at 10:00am
As part of the NeighborWoods program there will be 100 small trees available for pick-up. The tree giveaway will be on May 28th at Bataan Memorial Park, 748 Tulane Dr NE. Residents of Summit Park neighborhood may receive 1 - 2 small trees (per household). Here is how you can pick up a tree:
- The pick-up point will be on Amherst across from Walgreens. The line should go south on Tulane Dr, east on Marmac Ave, and south on Amherst Dr.
- Fill out the flyer that was left on your door
- You must bring a vehicle, no walk-ups
- Trees will be given out on a first-come, first-serve basis
- Please be patient, stay in the car, and volunteers will come to you
- Anyone who arrives early will have to wait until the start time
- If you wish to adopt 2 trees, you must go to the end of the line and wait until others receive their 1st tree
- No dogs please
Trees come in 5-gallon sizes. Here are the available trees:
*16 Desert willows
*15 Vitex, chaste trees
*10 NM olive, privet trees
*10 Smoketrees
*10 Crepe myrtle
*25 fruit trees - cherry, nectarine, peach, apple
*14 shade trees - Honeylocust, Chinese Pistache, Afghan Pine
Reach out to SPnewtrees@gmail.com if you have questions and/or would like to volunteer.
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* Summer Coffee in the Park - Saturday, Aug. 20, 8:30am-10:30am
We plan to host another coffee in the park later in the summer.
If interested in planning, sponsoring, or volunteering for this event please reach out to the board. We’d appreciate your help!
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* Annual Neighborhood Meeting - Saturday, Oct. 15, 11:00am - 12:30pm
Save the date! Our Summit Park Neighborhood Association Annual Meeting is planned for Saturday, Oct. 15 in Summit Park. More details to come. There will be a variety of speakers, elections, and discussion of items of interest to neighborhood residents. If you have ideas for things that can improve our neighborhood and would like to join the board, we encourage you to consider running for a position.
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* Pumpkin Glow - Monday, Oct. 31, 2022
The Halloween Pumpkin Glow is a great family event that has drawn 600 people in years past. We will have candy, apple juice, and hundreds of glow bracelets. We will have lots of carved pumpkins in the park. When the weather is warm, many families stay and visit after 8pm while their children play. We need volunteers to continue to make this a fun, successful event.
If you’d like to participate in the planning please contact the board.
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* Luminarias in the Park - Dec. 2022 (TBD)
We are considering hosting an event to raise money and/or collect donations for charities around Christmastime, and also make our neighborhood look beautiful for Christmas Eve.
If anyone has ideas or experience planning this type of event, we welcome you to get involved.
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