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I don't know the date of the next General Meeting after the one this week on Thursday at 7:00. They aren't monthly (I think we do 6 per year). I'll see if I can find out something. You can certainly attend the General Meetings, you just couldn't vote on any matters the board brought to the meeting. But there are often guests from surrounding neighborhoods in the area.

Also you might want to consider joining the Hobby Area Chamber of Commerce. It's a joint business and residential Chamber. Many area reseidents from variety of subdivisions and civic clubs are members along with area businesses. Great way to hear what is going on, influence area decisions, etc.

Does anyone know the date of the date of the next Glenbrook Valley Civic Meeting. Have lived here over a year and have not made it to one, but want to know what is going on over here so I want to make it a point to attend the next one. At times it looks like things are getting better over here and other times not so much. Does anyone have an opinion?

That is the house. I know the subdivision is Barkerwood, but assumed that because of its size that it probably had no civic group. I too would like to see it included in the Glenbrook Valley initiatives as it is so close in proximity. Unfortunately, the 15th is the day I close, so I doubt I will be able to attend the meeting. But, I want to get engaged as soon as I can. Do you know the date of the next meeting? Thanks for the reply.

There was a one story house over there that never had any pictures on MLS that recently went under contract. I think I know which one it is. I listed and sold the big mod on the corner recently.

That section is actually Barkerwood, which technically is not Glenbrook Valley. There are deed restrictions & at one time I had a copy but I think I pitched them. I know I gave Ann Collum the GVCC President a set though.

I would certainly encourage you to attend the next Glenbrook Valley Civic Club meeting on the 15th at the Methodist church on Wilmerdean and Glen Valley. I would like to see us include Barkerwood as much as possible since it is intertwined with Glenbrook proper.

The street is Alanwood. I am interested in becoming involved as soon as move in. What's going on with Broadway? Is it the condo issue?

What street did you buy on? There is a civic club and there are several programs they are working on to improve the area. There is a whole episode of drama going on regarding Broadway Blvd too.

I just bought a house north of Lewis Elemetary. What programs are in place for the neighborhood? Is there a civic association? And, how do you become involved? It looks like they doing major road repairs on Telephone Rd., is that a sign of new businesses coming into the area?

Like many older transitional neighborhoods, there is a variety of housing stock in Glenbrook and some sections are very different from others.

The sections between Sims Bayou and Bellfort typically have the collection of largest homes on the largest lots. The lots backing up to Sims Bayou can run over an acre. Both sides of Broadway are good. I have heard some people comment that they thought the section around Colgate and Deleon was the best maintained, others like the slightly older homes and small hills around Glen Dell, Stony Dell and Santa Elena on the other side of Broadway. Some streets look better than others, Colgate for example, has better curb appeal than Dover one street over, and Glencrest generally looks better than Glen Valley.

There is one section north of Bellfort over off of Glenloch. There are some nice homes but typically they are a little smaller and some of the lots aren't as large as the Colgate, Santa Elena, etc sections. The proximity of this section to the run-down complexes on Leonora affects the value some, but they are still nice homes and a lot of nice trees.

The worst section, IMO is section 4 and 6, which is south of Bellfort, east of Broadway, between the park and Bellfort. There are some nice well maintained homes in there, but just enough train wrecks to ruin the look of the area. Hopefully some programs we are working on to improve that will help.

There is a really nice section just north and west of Lewis elementary that is really nice, and Cayton has a lot of great modern, albeit more modest, ranch homes.