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  • July 2025 Updates

    Greetings Neighbors! 

    There are some exciting things happening in our neighborhood that we want you to know about! 

    First, you may have heard about the Resident Survey: A Park for Hollywood Park! Councilmember Caity Maple is working on a plan to bring a new community park to the neighborhood, and we need your input.

    To fund the park’s ongoing development and maintenance, we’re exploring the creation of a Community Facilities District (CFD) — a voter-approved funding mechanism where neighbors pay a small monthly to support local improvements. In this case, the CFD would ensure the park stays clean, safe, and well-maintained throughout its existence.

    Because a CFD requires strong neighborhood support, we’re conducting this short survey to hear from you. Your feedback will help shape the project and determine whether we move forward. Please take five minutes to complete the survey; you can access it here, or by going to the QR code on the flyer below (also attached to this email).

    National Night Out is on August 5th this year. The NNO website describes the evening as “an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, more caring places to live. National Night Out enhances the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement while bringing back a true sense of community.” 

    While this is not an HPNA-sponsored event, if you are planning on hosting a NNO gathering at your home and would like to share that information, please reply to this email and HPNA will add your address to a map that will be posted on social media and also shared with Sacramento Police Dept. (South Command) so that officers *may* visit. 

    Join Us for a District 5 Clean-Up on August 9!

    We would like to invite you to our next community clean-up. Join Councilmember Caity Maple and neighbors to pick up trash and spruce up the 24th Street Bypass! We will be providing donuts, coffee, cleaning supplies, and any training necessary. Let’s repeat that: FREE DONUTS AND COFFEE! All while doing great work for our neighborhood. It’s really a win-win! 

    Plan on meeting at Two Rivers Cider (4311 Attawa Avenue) at 10 a.m.; we will be cleaning and communing until noon. You can go home with a full heart and a clean street! 

    RSVP here: https://sacd5.com/24thStreet or by clicking the QR code on the flyer below (also attached to this email). 

    Bring a friend and wear comfortable clothes. We’ll see you there!

    The HPNA is pleased to be co-sponsoring the annual ice cream social and movie night the evening of Friday, September 5 at St. Robert School!  This annual community event is such a nice way for our community to celebrate the end of summer, and come together. Councilmember Maple’s office will be posting a survey online to see what movie we want to watch, so be sure to keep your eyes open! 

    Your HPNA Board will be meeting on Thursday, August 7 at 6:30 p.m. at Fountainhead Brewing (4621 24th Street). If you would like to join us, or if you have anything that you would like the Board to know about or discuss, please email hpna95822@gmail.com to submit your suggestions. We hope to see you there! 

    Finally, the HPNA can only do good things for our community with neighbor support, both through service and financial. We want to thank the incredible volunteers that helped create wonderful events in June and July! If you’d like to help the HPNA bring good things to your neighbors, either once or on-going, simply reply to this email! If you’d like to become a dues-paying member of the HPNA ($20 for a 12-month membership), please take five minutes to do so. Thank you! 

    May you continue to care for yourself and for others, and enjoy your remaining weeks of summer, neighbors! (First day of school for SCUSD schools is August 18. First day of school for St. Robert School is August 13.) We all look forward to seeing you around the neighborhood! 

    Your HPNA Board 

    Hollywood Park Neighborhood Association

    P.O. Box 22278, Sacramento, CA 95822

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  • Harvest Hollywood Park

    By Christina Maradik-Symkowick
    Have an over abundant citrus tree with excess ending up on your lawn, then the yard waste bin? Or unable to harvest your citrus tree? Or excited to help your Hollywood Park neighbor harvest a fruit tree? Lets make an effort not to let all that wonderful citrus go to waste this winter! Mark your calendar to come out and join your neighbors in our annual Hollywood Park neighborhood harvest, and to welcome the Land Park Community Association into the fold. We will meet at Centennial United Methodist Church in the morning for coffee and some nourishing treats and fan out through the neighborhood to harvest citrus trees. Afterward, we will return to the church to enjoy a hearty vegetarian lunch and share stories. We’ll set our fruit out for the taking by anyone who will use it and donate the rest to local food banks.
    Harvest Hollywood Park, a neighborhood affiliate of Harvest Sacramento, a project of Soil Born Farms, is focused on redistributing the bounty of the neighborhood to those neighbors that will use it and donating the rest to those without enough food in our greater Sacramento community. If you would like to join one of Harvest Sacramento’s larger city-wide picks, please visit soilborn.org and click the volunteer button for more information.
    What? Hollywood Park Neighborhood Harvest
    When? February 18th, 2017, 9AM
    Where? Centennial United Methodist Church, 5401 Freeport Blvd.
    Where can I sign-up to bring a nourishing morning treat? Please send an email to harvesthollywoodpark@gmail.com
    How do I register for the event? Please follow this link
    How do I donate fruit from my tree for the harvest? Please follow this link

  • Make Your Voice Heard: New Raley’s Store & Shopping Center Project Will Be Voted on By City Council at 11/22 Meeting

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    Hilary Moise (HPNA Board Member)

    By Hilary Moise

    The project is called “The Park” and will include a 55,000 square-foot Raley’s store and six smaller buildings for retail stores and restaurants.  The proposal includes changes to Freeport Boulevard to create an entrance/exit into the shopping center and a new traffic signal at Meer Way and Freeport.  HPNA has a web page with current updates on the project, which can be found at: https://hpnadev.hollywoodpark95822.org/raleys-project-info/.

    The City Planning Commission voted 12-1 to approve the project at its October 20 meeting, after three hours of comment by the project developers and local residents speaking both for and against the project.  HPNA President John Maradik-Symkowick spoke at the meeting to present HPNA’s position of suppoting the project with some recommended changes. The recommendations were that the buildings on Freeport Blvd. should be re-oriented to face and open up to the street and sidewalk, bicycle and pedestrian safety and access should be improved with wider sidewalks and a passenger loading zone, and the bus stop in front of the current Raley’s should be moved to the new shopping center location.  Read the full HPNA comment letter to the Planning Commission on our website: https://hpnadev.hollywoodpark95822.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/HPNA-The-Park-P15-048-10.19.16.pdf.  

    Now, the last step for the project to be approved is a vote by the City Council.  The project proposal will be considered and voted on by the City Council on Tuesday, November 22 at 6:00pm.  Any Hollywood Park residents who want to share their opinions for or against the project can comment by attending the meeting or by submitting a written comment to the Assistant City Clerk before November 22.  More information on City Council meetings, agendas, and public participation is at: http://www.cityofsacramento.org/Clerk/Meetings-and-Agendas.

  • HPNA Holiday Social & General Meeting

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    Hilary Moise (HPNA Board Member)

    December 14th at 6:00pm

    We invite all neighbors to join us to share a meal and some holiday cheer at the December meeting.  We will share some announcements about the new Raley’s development and the neighborhood sign and hold an election for the HPNA Board of Directors (see article in this newsletter for details).  But we want the focus to be on neighbors getting to know each other and enjoying a sense of community spirit.

    The Holiday Social will be a potluck.  Please sign up to bring a hot dish, side dish, dessert or drink by going to this link HERE!  

    HPNA will provide plates/napkins/utensils and is also arranging some festive additions like live music and holiday decorations. With your help this will be a wonderful opportunity for neighbors to get together!

    Also, HPNA invites you to participate in our canned food drive to support families in need in our community.  We will be gathering non-perishable food items at the meeting to donate to the Sacramento Food Bank.  Suggested items:

    • Whole wheat pasta
    •  Canned fruits, vegetables, beans
    • Canned meat, tuna, chicken
    • Dry grains and beans
    • Low-sugar/high fiber cereals
    • Snack bars, fruit cups, peanut butter, nuts
    • Soups
    • Juices
    • Baby food

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  • MEGA Yard Sale 2016 – Saturday, Oct. 1, 2016

    Mark your calendars! Our annual HP Neighborhood MEGA yard sale is happening this year on Saturday, October 1st at 7 am

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    If you plan on having a yard sale that day, and would like to be added to the neighborhood map, please add your info HERE. The neighborhood map lists all the homes that will be having a yard sale that day and is distributed to neighbors to make treasure hunting in Hollywood Park easy and organized.

    If you have questions please email hpna95822@gmail.com

    Printable Map of participating neighbors HERE

    Check out this awesome Garage Sale Guide for Pricing your items that we found online –  Happy selling!yard-sale-price-guide

  • HPNA Ice Cream Social and Movie Night

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    Join your neighbors for our end of summer social and outdoor movie! As always, the film (and popcorn!) is being provided courtesy of our fabulous City Council member Jay Schenirer. This year’s feature film will be Disney’s The Jungle Book. Our signature hot dog meal deals (both meat and soy) will begin at 6PM with free ice cream for dessert. Bring a side dish or a salad and the hot dogs are on us (limit 2)!

    This year we’ll also have information tables from neighbors and others for everyone to check out. We’ll have ‘Succulent Propagation Basics with Pearl Skelton, Harvest Hollywood Park, an expert gardener in the neighborhood to ans    wer any gardening questions and the Sacramento Public Library. These folks will be at the event from 6-730PM, so there is plenty of time to enjoy your meal, chat with your neighbors and learn something new.
    Don’t forget to bring a blanket or chairs because after the ice cream and hot dogs, at sundown, the film will be projected onto a huge portable movie screen.     

    If you would like to volunteer for a shift helping out, please CLICK HEREIf you plan to bring a side dish or salad, please CLICK HERE

    If you interested sharing your gardening know how, please contact maradik@gmail.com

    When: Saturday, September 10, 6pm-10pm 

    Where: Hollywood Park Elementary School, 4915 Harte Way

  • National Night Out 2016

    NNO SliderNational Night Out (NNO) is Tuesday, August 2nd this year and we can’t wait to get out in our neighborhood and meet all of our fabulous neighbors.

    What is NNO you ask?! National Night Out is an annual community-building campaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neighborhood camaraderie to make our neighborhoods safer, better places to live. The National Night Out program culminates annually on the first Tuesday of August and neighbors participate across thousands of communities from all 50 states. Of course Hollywood Park is proud to be a part of this annual tradition.

    Every year we put together a map of homes that volunteer in the neighborhood to be “open” or host homes in our community. For people that aren’t hosting you are encouraged to stroll the neighborhood, chat with neighbors you already know and meet new ones in the spirit of NNO. Basically it is a strolling  neighborhood party hop!

    In the past some host homes have offered strolling neighbors a tasty treat; such as a root beer float, pulled pork sliders, ice cream, lemonade/refreshments to name a few. Hosts are not obligated to provide anything other than friendliness, but of course the amazing people of our Hollywood Park never cease to amaze us with their generosity!

    Be sure to mark your calendars for August 2nd this Summer to meet all the fantastic people out and about for National Night Out!

    If you would like to be a host house this year please email hpna95822@gamil.com to be added to the NNO map. 

  • 2016 Annual 4th of July Parade

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    Every year Hollywood Park neighbors meet up at Leonardo da Vinci School on the 4th of July to celebrate our countries independence by walking in an annual parade! Here are all the details to make sure you are ready to celebrate with the neighborhood!

    Schedule:

    9:00 am: Gather at LDV (4701 Joaquin Way) for refreshments and meeting your neighbors

    9:30 am: Parade leaves from LDV going South on Joaquin Way.

    11:00 am: Parade arrives back at LDV

    What you need:

    Bikes, trikes, noise makers, wagons, strollers and your red, white, and blue best! All are welcome at the parade!

    The Route:

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    The route is the same as last year: Start at da Vinci School, south on Joaquin, left on Shielah to Harte, left on Hollywood Way, left on Irvin, left on 23rd St, left on 22nd Ave, left on Larson, right on Meer, left on Joaquin, and back to da Vinci School.

    Volunteer Opportunities:

    We will need neighbors to help with publicity, handing out flyers to houses on the route, and on the day of the parade we’ll need parade marshals, donations of refreshments or homemade treats, and help with setup and cleanup of the refreshments and supplies. Also, if you have creative talents or ideas to increase the neighborhood’s patriotic spirit, we’d love your help!

    Feel free to contact Parade Coordinators to lend a helping hand!

    Jannelle Rattigan (916-455-1510) jwrattigan@aol.com

    Patty Turner (916-451-6263)920sac@gmail.com

     

     

  • Hollywood Park Citrus Harvest – A Call for Volunteers!

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    We are looking for some great volunteers for the 2nd Harvest Sacramento coordinated Hollywood Park Citrus Harvest!
    Last year we harvested over 3000 pounds of citrus (yes, three thousand!!).

     

    EVENT DETAILS:
    Date: Saturday, February 20, 2016
    Time: 9 am
    Location: Centennial Methodist Church 5401 Freeport Blvd

    Volunteers are needed to:
    1. Bring a tasty morning treat to Centennial United Methodist Church at 8:45am
    2. Harvest trees
    3. Have a tree harvest

    Please contact Christina Maradik-Symkowick at harvesthollywoodpark@gmail.com or go to the Event Brite Page or the Facebook Invite

    Happy Harvesting!!

    To stay up to date please join our Harvest Hollywood Park Facebook Group too for future beighborhood harvests!