Welcome To The New Pierson Place Website!

In here you will find information ranging from neighborhood events, recent improvements, and Historic District info, to our Association activities, past history, and new developments proposed on our borders.  The home page contains quick information about current events and what is happening in the neighborhood right now!

Check out the links and phone numbers in our Contacts section for more information about a wide variety of neighborhood concerns.  Have a neighborhood problem right now?  Check out the "Community Links" and "Our Partners" menus in the Contacts section, and start pursuing a solution today!

The site is still in the development stage, and we welcome your comments about how it can be improved to better serve you.  See the contacts section, and send us your comments today!

Current News and Neighborhood Issues

• The City Streets Department has agreed to do a traffic study in our neighborhood next spring to document the new rash of speeding and cut-thru traffic. After that, we will be in good position to pursue resolutions to these problems.

• Safety features in the pedestrian walkway between the Light Rail Station and our neighborhood are being reviewed by Mariposa residents. Pedestrian access to (and from) the station has the potential for effecting the neighborhood negatively, but these residents are working hard to make sure that doesn't happen.

• FYI - The city has agreed to build an 8-foot block wall between the neighborhood and the Light Rail Station and the Camelback Park n' Ride lot. (from Central to 3rd Ave.)

• A giant new billboard is illuminating three or four back yards on Mariposa by 3rd Ave, and the City Development Services Department is working on ways to minimize this problem.

• The principals of the Omninet hi-rise condo project (south of the southeast corner of Central & Camelback) are planning more neighborhood presentations next spring. Stay tuned for this one!

• Irrigation: reminder, no water in January because of the canal clean-out program.

• More porch lights, deadbolt locks, and monogrammed t-shirts and caps are available for free! Contact us to get yours now!

• We formed a new committee to pursue an Historic designation on the National Historic Register, and JoAnn Muench is the Chair. A listing on the National Register allows property owners to apply for a reduction in their property taxes. Our part of this project is expected to be completed in 2008, and we hope the designation will be completed by 2009.

• Officer and Board elections are coming up at our next General Meeting in the last week of January, date to be announced.

• Our secretary position is vacant, and our upcoming elections is the perfect time to volunteer for this position. It's super easy, takes very little time, and it's a good way to get involved in YOUR neighborhood.

• We plan to install new permanent message boards along 3rd Ave this spring, look for them and all the valuable information they will contain!

• There are two more digital cameras available for residents to take pictures of graffiti, code violations, and potential crimes in the neighborhood. Forwarding these pictures to the Police and City Departments is super easy, and it gets fast results for our neighborhood. Let us know if you want to use one!

• The deadline for the 2008 Block Watch Grant Application is February 1st. Send us your ideas about the types of projects we should pursue this year. Remember, the Block Watch projects must be for crime fighting efforts, anything that helps reduce crime in our neighborhood.

• We plan to install permanent monument markers on the major entrances of the neighborhood. These are made of brick/block and measure roughly 3' x 3' x 5' tall. Land for these at 3rd & Camelback and Central & Highland has been donated, and we are still looking for a site at 7th & Highland.

• What goals and objectives should we pursue in 2008? Start thinking about what we should do in the new year, and bring us your input at our next General Meeting in January!