January 6, 2020 - - - - - - - - - - Keeping Fondren Fabulous!

 There's no place like home!
FRF provided 55 New Year's Day lunches, complete with black-eyed peas, from McDade's for the employees of JPD's Precinct 4 as part of Our Fondren Neighborhood Association 's "Twelve Days of Appreciation." Pictured is Officer Jeremy Jefferson of Precinct 4 .
So Fabulous! Fondren decorations!
Our Fondren Neighborhood Association (OFNA) once again recognized outstanding holiday decorations in three categories. And the winners are ...
..... SO FUNKY
.......... First Place: 3328 North State Street
.......... Honorable Mention: 619 Mohawk Trail
..... SO FESTIVE
.......... First Place: 618 Patton Avenue
.......... Honorable Mention: 3712 Greenwich Street
..... SO FABULOUS
.......... First Place: 3640 Crane Boulevard (pictured above)
.......... Honorable Mention: 3825 Hawthorne Drive
County Supervisor Graham to meet
with Fondren Street Captains
..... County Supervisor Robert Graham will meet with Fondren Street Captains at their first meeting of 2020, January 7, 5:30 p.m. Graham will provide an update on county activities and discuss how county funds could be used to address pot hole issues in Fondren. The meeting will be held at The Cedars . For information on how to become a Street Captain, contact Belmont Trapp .
Business Improvement District readies for operation, Spring 2020
..... The first meeting of property owners comprising the Fondren Business Improvement District (BID) is scheduled for January 28, 10:30 a.m. at Duling Hall . At this meeting, commercial property owners, as members of the BID, will elect a Board of Directors which will oversee the work of the BID. If you are a member of the BID and would like to serve on the BID Board, please email [email protected] . ( List of BID members )
Fondren Social Club invites you
to download its app, save $$
..... Fondren Social Club , in conjunction with Mantle.City Club , is offering a new way to support FRF and Fondren merchants : a special app that offers a minimum 10% discount on purchases.

..... The app subscription is $20 a month with $15 going toward FRF and its programs. By using the app and supporting our Fondren merchants, you can earn your monthly fee back.

..... To get your first month free, enter the code: 2020
Keeping Fondren Fabulous!
.....  Thanks to the following neighbors who support  FRF  with Annual Fund giving:
Buddy and Frenchie Graham (Benefactor)
Larry and Pamela Edwards
Fred and Virginia Ezell
Nathan Campbell Best, in memory of Mary Jo McAnally
Frances Shields, in honor of Andy and Jimmye Sweat
Joseph Wise
Sarah Weisenberger (Investor)
Ward Sumner
Ron and Beth Aldridge
Beau Wilson
Arty and Amy Finkelberg
Camille and William Morris Jr.
Suzanne Hickox, in memory of Brenda DiFatta
Natalie Maynor, in memory of Brenda DiFatta
Vicki Prosser, in memory of Brenda DiFatta
Belmont Trapp, in memory of Brenda DiFatta
Gloria B. Reese, in memory of Brenda DiFatta
Sarah Morris, in memory of Brenda DiFatta
Coleen O'Brien, in memory of Brenda DiFatta

.....   FRF  accepts contributions of all sizes! Help us Keep Fondren Fabulous with a tax deductible contribution today!
Calendar for January & February .................. ...

January 7, 5:30 p.m. - Street Captains Meeting at The Cedars
January 8, 9 a.m. - Vision 2020 at The Cedars
January 14, 5:30 - FRF Board Meeting, 5:30 p.m.
January 28, 10:30 a.m. - BID Membership Meeting at Duling Hall
February 1 - Broadmeadow's Annual Soup Sale on Super Bowl weekend. More details to come!
February 11, 5:30 p.m. - FRF Board Meeting
February 25, 5:30 p.m. Conversations at The Cendars (RS members)
February 27 , 6 p.m. Opening Reception "Alchemy - works of abstraction" , The Cedars


2020

Renaissance Society
Members



Helen Boone

Liz & Bill
Brister

Nancy & Roy
Campbell

Ann & Sandy
Carter

Mary & Tom

Dunbar

Carol & Ronnie
Edmonds

Linda & Tony
Edwards

Mary Sanders Ferris

Wendy & Alex
George

Debbie & Jeff Good

Frenchie & Buddy
Graham

Betsy & Jason
Greener

Peggy & David
Hampton

Sarah & Randy
Hines

Winston & Avery
Jenkins

Elta & Jim
Johnston

Holly & Alan
Lange

Melanie & John
Lauderdale

Kenneth Leggett
& Jody Donald

Allison & Louis Lyell

Lauren & Christopher
Lomax

Natalie Maynor

Mary Eliza & Howard McMillan

Britney & James
Moss

Jan & Billy
Mounger

Coleen O'Brien
&
Wally Powell

Janet & Luther
Ott

Pam Garman
&
Roger Parkes

Becky & Don
Potts

Frances Richter Shield

Carol & Bill
Sneed

Sperri & Nick
Strickland

Stracener & Neely
Law Firm

Mary Linley & Andrew Sweat

Belmont & Frank &
Trapp

Emily & Stuart
Whitaker

Lisa Wigington &
Erin Dehon




The Renaissance Society is sponsored by the
Mary and Yirt Yerger Jr. Charitable Fund
&
Ross & Yerger

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