Contents 3 The Coronado 18 Historically stay connected Neighborhood “Modern Love” Neighborhood homepage Association thecoronadoneighborhood.com 19 Coronado’s Email 5 Community Calendar Visionary Artist [email protected] Facebook 6 Contributors 20 The First Rule of facebook.com/ Coloring Club CoronadoNeighborhoodAssociation 8 Coronado History Instagram 22 The Coronado #CoronadoNeighborhood 10 The Coronado Community Garden Historically Modern Tour Copyright 23 The Fighting © 2016 Coronado Neighborhood Association. P.O. Box 5195 Phoenix, AZ 85010. The 11 Your Home Mustangs Coronado Neighborhood Association, Inc. of Coronado is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. 12 Neighbor on Neighbor Cover photo/illustration 24 Scene around the Cover photo by Al Aguinaga. 15 The Art of Agave Hood Correction from last issue We incorrectly stated the name of the wonderful local business “Swiss Metal 16 The Birth of the CNA 28 9 Tips to Thwart Works” in our last issue. We inadvertently Thieves changed Goody Gutknecht from being Swiss to Swedish! But the good news is that you can find him and his amazing metal work at swissmetalworks.com and in the hood at 2345 N. 10th Street. Thank you to Realty Executives, our back cover delivery sponsor. With their sponsorship, the Dispatch is able to have the young men and women of the Fuentes Boxing Club hand-deliver our magazine to the 4000 homes in Coronado. Not only is this an invaluable service to our neighborhood, but it helps this great organization to continue to offer services to kids. advertise The Dispatch Is distributed to in the over 4,000 households and Special thanks to dispatch Techniprint businesses per Issue. For more information and pricing, contact us at 7th St and Virginia [email protected] 602.257.0686 www.techniprintaz.com The Coronado Dispatch | Summer 2016 Page 2 The Coronado Neighborhood Association our board committees Join the Coronado Neighborhood Association (CNA) PRESIDENT BLOCKWATCH Michael Anderson Cole Schlabach Contact membership@ [email protected] Chad Speas thecoronadoneighborhood.com [email protected] VICE PRESIDENT Membership Cost Sarah Schlabach CNA COMMITTEES $10.00 per year, per person [email protected] Community Action Officer Ben Harris SECRETARY [email protected] Alicia Vink our mission [email protected] CORONADO DISPATCH Kellie Kreiser The Coronado TREASURER Cindy Findley Neighborhood Eric Paschal Matt Santa Cruz [email protected] Susan Hardiman Association [email protected] (CNA) is a group of residents DIRECTOR and businesses organized to Kelly Dinon LITTLE FREE LIBRARIES Kelly Dinon preserve and promote the DIRECTOR [email protected] unique character of Coronado. Sharon Frye The volunteer membership TOOL SHED DIRECTOR Nick Orciulo works to build a united and Patrick Jordan Brett Girod informed neighborhood, [email protected] DIRECTOR increase resident safety, Belen Konesky MEMBERSHIP promote artistic and cultural [email protected] DIRECTOR appreciation, and hold events Cole Schlabach CORONADO HOME TOUR to bring neighbors together. Doreen Pollack, Chairperson This creates a deeper sense Renee Jordan, Co-Chairperson of community making [email protected] #tourcoronado Coronado an attractive and desirable place to live. CORONADO COMMUNITY GARDEN Sarah Schlabach [email protected] #gardencoronado The Coronado Dispatch | Summer 2016 Page 3 reetings Coronado! Before I get into some of the great things we’ve got going on, I thought I’d take a moment to introduce G your newly elected board. Our newest board members are Patrick Jordan (Director), Belen Konesky (Director), Alicia Vink (Secretary), Eric Paschal (Treasurer) and Sharon Frye (Director). We’re also fortunate to have returning board members Sarah Schlabach (Vice President), Cole Schlabach (Director) and Kelly Dinon (Director). I’ll be stepping in to take on the role of President. Speaking on behalf of the Board, we’re all excited for the great things we’ll do together this year! Now, onto the newest of the news... As many of you know, we’ve been operating the community garden and toolshed at the Maricopa Adult Probation office located at 1222 E Virginia Street for some time. The property was recently purchased by the Christian Fellowship Church located next door. The probation office operations were consolidated to the Garfield location, which left the current building vacant. The pastor of the church has offered to rent the property to the Coronado Neighborhood Association for a very reasonable rate. The offer was recently approved by the CNA membership and I’m happy to announce that we now have a true community center! We’ll be moving in this month and hope to be up and running very soon. This is a huge win for our neighborhood and will give us the infrastructure to create impactful programs that will benefit all of Coronado. Along with the creation of our first ever community center, we have expanded our garden through our partnership with Recycled City. We now have a ‘farm manager’ who will oversee the day-to-day operations of the community space and will assist in the expansion of the produce and garden space. We’ve already started the planning for our 30th anniversary Home Tour and have a fantastic group of people who have stepped up to get involved. This is by far the biggest fund raising event of the year for our neighborhood and requires a lot of planning. We’ve incorporated many of the suggestions from previous years’ tours and we’re confident that this will be our best Home Tour to date. This event takes a lot of work and is 100% volunteer based. I encourage you to reach out to our extraordinary Home Tour team, Doreen Pollack (chairperson) and Renee Jordan (co-chairperson) hometour@ thecoronadoneighborhood.com to get involved. It’s a great way to meet new neighbors and be part of a truly historic event. I’m often asked what got me interested in getting involved in the neighborhood. We do many great things in this amazing neighborhood and they all have one thing in common… community. This word can mean different things to different people, but to me it represents who we are. We all have unique backgrounds, interests and beliefs. And while we may not always agree, there is genuine care and concern for one another in Coronado. It is unlike any other place I’ve lived and I feel an obligation to help foster the spirit of community we have built and continue to build. Thank you all for making this the best place in the world to live… Michael Anderson, President, Coronado Neighborhood Association Page 4 The Coronado Dispatch | Summer 2016 Have an Event? Submit a request to Community Calendar [email protected] AUGUST 2016 SEPTEMBER 2016 OCTOBER 2016 NOVEMBER 2016 AUGUST 4 SEPTEMBER 1 OCTOBER 6 NOVEMBER 3 Coronado Neighborhood Coronado Neighborhood Coronado Neighborhood Coronado Neighborhood Association Meeting Association Meeting Association Meeting Association Meeting 917 E Sheridan Street 917 E Sheridan Street 917 E Sheridan Street 917 E Sheridan Street 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm 7:00 pm AUGUST 6 SEPTEMBER 3 OCTOBER 19 Block Watch Meeting Bulk Trash placement begins Fall Seed Swap 1222 E Virginia Street 1222 E Virginia Street 10:00 am SEPTEMBER 16 4th Annual Coronado Art show The Hive, 2222 N 16th Street REOCCURING EVENTS Garden Hour Coloring Club 1222 E Virginia Street Location changes 8:00 am – 9:00 am 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Every Sunday until November The third Wednesday of every month The Coronado Dispatch | Summer 2016 Page 5 Contributors Al Alguinaga Patrick Jordan Al has lived in Coronado for six years with wife Jessica Patrick has lived in Coronado since 2007. He is a and son Asher. He is a novice photographer that member of the CNA Board of Directors. Patrick is loves capturing true moments of joy and beauty. He a Realtor and Certified Negotiation Expert with appreciates and loves living in Coronado and compares Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage. Patrick has it to his childhood life in the small town of Morenci. He's been on the team to select the homes for the annual always ready to host a party and give a helping hand. tour for the past two years. 602.377.9579. Al is the neighborhood shutterbug, taking photos at most Coronado events. Many of the shots in this issue are his work. (thank you, Al!) Michael Anderson Sheila M. Kruger Michael is the current President of the CNA. He is the Sheila trolled the Coronado neighborhood until Founder of the Coronado Hoodlums, Coronado’s she found the house that would be perfect. Walkable only golf cart gang. He is also the only member. to her work and the size she and her husband Paul were looking for as a winter retirement home. The job is long gone, but the love for the Coronado neighborhood remains. Sheila and Paul are happy to have a place to hang their hats in the best neighborhood in Phoenix. Andrea del Galdo Shawnee Hill Andrea is a long time Coronado resident and Shawnee is an international woman of mystery, and animal lover. a wannabe singer with no talent whatsoever. She’s lived in Coronado for 5 years in an awesome little house that she and her husband restored with their own hands where they have hosted one of the first Coronado Porch Concerts. Julia Fournier Meredith Lee Julia, a second generation Phoenix native, has been Meredith has been a resident in Coronado for 9 a Coronado resident since November 1994, when she years. She is an advocate for Blockwatch and a Little and her husband Steve purchased their first home Free Library steward. In addition to facilitating the on Evergreen Street. Still living in their “starter home” Coronado Coloring Club she also facilitates a monthly with their eighteen-year-old twins, they now own and coloring club for participants at The Cancer Support operate The Hive Gallery and The Bee’s Knees resale Community AZ at 360 Palm Lane.