From the Green

Special Points of Interest: S P R I N G 2 0 1 2 Spring tips from the Hello, Neighbor! Maintenance Crew..Pg 1 Local Sports in Happy Spring! newsletter. Have a busi- us or call us with content Rochester…...... Pg 2 ness? Want to share a suggestions. Normally we’d talk about recipe? Looking for a Pool Opening……..Pg 3 how nice it is to welcome group to play cards or While we can’t promise the first days of Spring af- other games with? How to include them all, this is “It’s a Beautiful ter such a long, grueling about an editorial on cur- your community and your Evening”……………Pg 3 Winter but, well...yeah. rent events? We encour- newsletter, and we will do Not so much, right? Still, it age you to participate, so our best to incorporate as “Brain Boilers” It’s is nice to see life and color please feel free to email many ideas as possible. Sudoku!…………....Pg 4 returning to our surround- ings, so we’ll say it any- ways: Welcome Spring! $ EASTER EGG HUNT! $

Somewhere inside this news- And here to help you en- letter is the name of one of our joy it is the latest edition of Erie Station Village staff, your community newslet- spelled backwards. Find it ter, “From the Green”. We and let the office know who it is and we will enter your name hope you will find it to be a in a drawing for a $250 rent useful vehicle for connect- credit! ing with us and with your All entries must be received neighbors here at Erie Sta- by 5:00PM on Friday, April tion Village. 6, 2012. Remember, it is YOUR Drawing$ will be held on April 9, 2012 and the winner noti- fied on the same day. From Your Erie Station Village Maintenance Team ous “pet stations” throughout as plots are on a first-come, Spring is (still??) here! the community for your con- Regular Features: first-served basis. Thanks to the mildest winter venience, so please bring a and earliest spring in recent baggie with you and clean up memory, we’ve already been TRASH ROOM CLEAN-UP: Maintenance 1 after your pet. Spring cleaning of the trash outside sprucing things up, so soon the Village will be look- COMMUNITY GARDEN rooms will begin in mid-April. Please make sure that all 2 ing its best again, though we EXPANSION! We are happy Just the FAQ’s… your bikes are properly la- can always use your help! to announce a community beled and your contact infor- garden expansion this spring. From the 2 DOG OWNERS: PLEASE mation is up to date with the “Concierge Desk” pick up after your pets! Each The community garden is leasing office. All unlabeled year there seems to be an currently located behind 310 material will be removed from inordinate number of “land Davies Ave and is planned to the trash rooms by the end of N2N: Neighbor 2 3 mines” left around the prop- open mid-May for planting. If April in order to prepare for erty and it makes it very diffi- the busy summer season you are interested in obtain- Views From 4 cult for everyone to enjoy a ahead of us. ing a plot, a sign-up sheet is the Green casual walk through the grounds. There are numer- available in the leasing office, HAPPY SPRING! Page 2 From the Green

Just the FAQ’s…

“Can I plant some flowers 334-6958 and one will be and vegetables that I like delivered to your resi- around my apartment or dence. townhouse?” Yes! As “Can I store personal long as you fill out a Garden items in the garbage Permit and have it approved room?” by the landscaping staff. Unfortunately, no. Per- The reason for the permit is sonal items should be kept so that all staff members in your apartment, town- have knowledge of what house, or, if you have one, residents are growing, and garage. young plants will not be mistaken for weeds and dug “Can I bring a guest to up by the offuT sirhC land- the pool?” YES! You can scaping crew. These per- bring 2 guests with you, but A Village resident gets creative about mits will be available start- be sure to bring your pool the Poop Problem ing April 15th. Please call pass!

A Few Words from Erie Station Village Concierge: Take Me Out to the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Also home in Sahlen's Sta- Ball Game Yankees are playing 37 dium, call 454-5425 for tick- "home" games right here at ets.

Frontier Field, while their Spring is when It's spring, which means home is under Pittsford Regatta you feel like along with returning birds, construction. Their nick- If ball games aren't your blooming flowers, and the name for the season is thing, or if you want to add to whistling even being filled, it's "Empire State Yankees," your spectating repertoire, with a shoe full of time to take in a game! No and they even have a spe- head down to Schoen Place matter what your fancy, cial (limited-edition) logo to May 26-27 to watch the slush. there are plenty of sports match. For tickets, call the speedy scullers on the canal. ~Doug Larson teams beyond the Roches- Red Wings box office at Races start early in the morn- ter Red Wings (whom we 423-WING (9464). ing. For a complete event love!) to keep you cheering schedule, visit throughout the season… www.regattacentral.com. If you haven't made it to a

Empire State Yankees Rochester Rhinos soccer Here to Help match yet, make this the Not enough Red Wings And, of course, we’re always year you go! The games games to satisfy your base- here to help you make the are a lot of fun, and ball tooth? This year, the most of Rochester, whether Sahlen's Stadium is a great or not you’re going to a venue. Call the stadium at game! Please don’t hesitate 454-KICK (5425) for tick- to give us a call at 244.2040, ets. email us at esvconci-

[email protected], and join Rochester Rattlers our exclusive group on Raise your hand if you've Facebook (once logged into ever been to a professional your account, search Face- game. If you book for “Erie Station Village have, then you know how Concierge”, and select “join exciting these games can group”). be. And if not, don't worry - it's an easy game to follow. Volume I, Issue 2 Page 3

WHAT’S NEW: POOL OPENING!

ing office is a fire lane and Believe it or not, the pool parking there is prohib- will be open before the next ited. Unfortunately, the newsletter comes out, so Town will not allow us to we get to talk about it now! create a parking lot on the Weather permitting, we other side of the stream will be open on weekends without connecting the only beginning 05/26/12 end of Hendrix Rd (Mem. Day Wknd) until through to the “other” schools let out (towards the Hendrix Rd (near West end of June). After that, Town Village). This will the pool will be open daily not be done until the va- from 10am until 8pm cant land in that area is pool. If you must drive, ATTN: SENIORS! through the summer. Life- developed and plans for please park in an available guards will hang an “Open” Phase III are on hold until space along Gilmour, or On the first Friday of flag in plain view whenever the economy completely parallel park along the every month we invite you to come to the the pool is open, so just recovers. straight portion of Hendrix Community Center for glance out your window or We hope that you will Road to avoid being towed coffee, donuts and good give the Leasing Office a take the opportunity to by the Town. conversation with your call if you’re not sure. neighbors! say hello to your Thank you! A note on parking: the cul neighbors, and make the Starts at 8AM -de-sac in front of the leas- short walk over to the

NEIGHBOR 2 NEIGHBOR: “It’s a Beautiful Evening…” by Anonymous WIN $250 RENT It’s a beautiful evening . . . other colorful four-letter Technology has given us CREDIT words. many gifts; unfortunately, The day has been hot. But See “Easter Egg there are always people who night has come. You crawl The conversation goes on abuse these wonderful gifts. Hunt” on page 1 for into bed and heave a long sigh and on. You hear people details! of relief. You are home . . . slamming their windows; but, We live in a community. We ahhhhhh. A nighttime breeze the cell phone user is oblivi- do not live in a bubble. Why school or the office and all wafts through your window ous to this encroachment of do people yell into cell they want is to enjoy the gently cooling the evening air. private space. phones? Pause and think: solace of their home. There is stillness and a sense do I really want to broadcast Common sense says that When playing of peace. to everyone in the complex, noise travels, especially at music, step outside your restaurant, grocery store, or Then it happens . . . someone night. Does the individual closed door. Use the on the bus? on their porch, balcony, or on think that their exploits are common sense test - if a bench in the grassy common worth sharing with the whole This pertains to music too. you can hear it, the music area starts yelling into their cell complex? Do they really You may like Rap or Country is too loud – invest in a phone “Do you know what that think that we want to hear or Classical music. But your great set of headphones &*@* idiot said to me . . .” about their latest life trag- neighbors may not or maybe and blast the music to followed by more F-bombs and edy? they’ve had a bad day at (continued on page 4) A View From the Green...

“Beautiful Evening” continued:

your ears’ content.

ERIE STATION You might also want to turn everything off and just sit in VILLAGE silence . . . to some this may be a very uncomfortable experi- ence but when repeated over 290 Hendrix Road and over you might come to West Henrietta, find it to be truly amazing!

New York Signed – Your Neighbor 14586 -N2N Phone: 585-334-6870 Fax: 585-334-6938 Express Yourself! E-mail: [email protected]

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Brain Boilers (Answers available at the Leasing Center)

A sudoku puzzle consists of a 9 × 9–square grid subdivided into nine 3 × 3 boxes. Some of the squares contain numbers. The object is to fill in the remaining squares so that every row, every column, and every 3 × 3 box contains each of the numbers from 1 to 9 exactly once.

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