Hello from Your Chairperson 

 

Dear Neighbors;

 

Happy New Year to all!  New Year’s Day is a day to relax and enjoy the start of a bright and promising new year, a new beginning.  It is a time to be with family, eat too much and watch the parades and ball games that day. 

 

It’s also the time that so many of us make New Years resolutions from practical to spiritual, many of us set significant goals for ourselves for more meaningful, productive, healthful, or peaceful lives.  What will it be this year?  Did you vow to make the time to read a book, to organize your desk, to declutter your mind of nonessential and negative thoughts, to go on a strict diet and exercise program, to quit smoking, to make more time for you family and friends, to work harder towards your dreams of a better life or was it to get more involved in your neighborhood?  I wish you success on any and all resolutions that you make.

 

I hope some of you decided to become more involved in our neighborhood.  We are all so fortunate to live in the kind of neighborhood that we have.  During the holidays I had the pleasure of meeting some people that were driving through our neighborhood looking at all the festive decorations.  They saw me in my drive way and stopped to tell me how pretty everything looked.  They said that they live in another neighborhood but always come here every holiday just to see how our residents have decorated this year.  They told me that on Christmas Eve when all of their family is gathered together, they drive through and sing Christmas Carols as they enjoy our decorations, but most of all they enjoy the spirit that our residents share with them by waving, shouting greetings of “Merry Christmas, Season’s Greetings, Happy Hanukah, Felix Navidad, or Happy Holidays”. Regardless of the greeting that you are accustomed to the message is the same in every language, we wish you well!  That spirit is present in our neighborhood at Christmas and every day of the year!!  What a wonderful blessing to all of us that live here. 

 

We are currently working with The Town of Jupiter Neighborhood Services and Independence Middle School to try and get our “Friends of the Heights of Jupiter” meetings changed from Jupiter Town Hall to the Middle School.  Hopefully with this it will enable more of our residents to attend our meetings and take an active role in our community.  To make a long story short, the bottom line is we need more neighbors to get involved in our “Friends of The Heights of Jupiter” meetings, Beautification Phases, Parade of homes, and our Water District meetings.  As our editor, Katie Shepherd is famous for saying, “Together We Are Strong”, so please join us and help us become stronger with your ideas and input.  Help us to maintain the vision statement of our Neighborhood… “Neighbor working with neighbor to enhance and maintain a community of people who are united in creating a beautiful, safe and friendly environment where families take pride in where the live.”

 

 

The Town of Jupiter will be helping us to organize “A Parade of Homes” for our neighborhood in February.  They will do advertising; work with the Realtor Association and Lending Companies to sponsor this event.  Please watch the paper and website for more information to follow.  IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE A FEW RESIDENTS VOLUNTEER FOR TO HELP WITH THIS.   If you are interested please e-mail me.

 

I want to thank all of our residents that have made the time to attend our meetings, e-mail or call me with their concerns, ideas, suggestions and opinions on different issues.  If you haven’t had the time to make one of our meetings please try to in the near future.  They are very informative.  If your schedule won’t permit it and you want to receive updates on our community happenings via e-mail, please send me an e-mail  GinaRealtor@comcast.net with your name and e-mail address information and I will gladly add you to our e-mail list for updates, the meeting agenda, upcoming events and activities, as well as alerts from the Jupiter Police Department and other organizations.

 

I want to extend a warm welcome to all of our new residents that have moved into our neighborhood and invite you to become part of “The Friends of The Heights of Jupiter” group.  It is a great way to meet your neighbors and to feel a part of our community. Please call or e-mail me and we will arrange for one of our board members to deliver a copy of our monthly paper and provide you with information of upcoming events.

 

Our next “Friends of the Heights” Meeting is scheduled for Thursday, January 10th at 7:00pm.  It will be held at the Jupiter Town Hall. I hope we will see you there. (Please check our website or contact a member of our board if you need directions.)

           

From my family to all of you, “May each day begin with a smile on your face, a song in your heart and spirit in your soul.” 

 

And remember IT'S NOT WHAT YOU GATHER, BUT WHAT YOU SCATTER THAT TELLS WHAT KIND OF LIFE YOU HAVE LIVED!

 

Happy New Year,

Gina Pierce

Chairperson “The Friends of the Heights of Jupiter”