Southern Village HOA

Southern Village now has an established Community Watch program. As of today, each street has been assigned a street captain. It is our hope that you have already been contacted by your street captain. If not, please send an e-mail to communitywatch@southernvillage.org and we will help you get signed up. Communication is the foundation of a successful Community Watch program, thus it is very important that everyone consider signing up in the weeks ahead. Please do your part to ask your neighbors to join up as well.

Additionally, the Community Watch program has a subcommittee focused exclusively on traffic issues, specifically those issues that directly relate to child safety. This subcommittee has already met formally with several Town of Chapel Hill employees, including the police department and several traffic engineers. As a result of these meetings, some new stop signs will be added to selected streets next month. Also, some of the existing stop signs will be better marked with permanent orange flags. Finally, next month several crosswalks will enhanced by adding more signage and in some cases more paint on the road. If you any interest in joining this important committee, please send an e-mail to traffic@southernvillage.org and we will help you get signed up.

A Park Map (Paths to Activity in Southern Village) and the HOA Enforcement Policy are available on the HOA page in the download section.

Construction has begun on the improvements to Market Park, at the corner of Newell Street and Winston Ridge Drive. Due to the nature of the improvements, the work will need to be somewhat intermittent, beginning this week and lasting through mid-June. While the vendor do what he can to minimize disruption, some disruption will be unavoidable. Please bear with us as we make some much-anticipated improvements to the park.

The annual NC Symphony Concert on the Southern Village green will be held Friday, June 8, at 8 p.m. Blankets and lawn chairs are welcome on the green. There is no charge for the concert, which is sponsored by Southern Village Homeowners Association, Harrington Bank and Market Street Merchants. For the complete Southern Village Summer Music Series schedule, please visit The annual NC Symphony Concert on the Southern Village green will be held Friday, June 8, at 8 p.m. Blankets and lawn chairs are welcome on the green. There is no charge for the concert, which is sponsored by Southern Village Homeowners Association, Harrington Bank and Market Street Merchants. For the complete Southern Village Summer Music Series schedule, please visit www.southernvillage.com.

The developers of the village center in Southern Village are sponsoring a design workshop to focus on the parking lot in the village center. It will be directed by the Durham Area Designers and will be held on Saturday, June 9, in Ascension Hall in Christ United Methodist Church, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The topic is to discuss whether to "complete" the village center with a building in that space, and if so, what should be the building's uses, mass, height and configuration. The workshop is open to the public. Please RSVP to info@bryan-properties.com. The complete invitation can also be found at www.southernvillage.com or by clicking here.

Over the next several weeks, the playsets in the Highgrove and Edgewater playgrounds will be replaced. The new playsets are from a company called Playmart (http://www.playmart.com/). Removal of the old playsets and installation of the new playsets are being scheduled to minimize disruption and maximize access to the parks. Pending weather or other delays, the existing playsets will be removed this week (week of May 14) and the new sets installed during the following week (week of May 21). Improvements are also planned for Market Park, these improvements will be happening later this spring.

The Franklin 5000 is Chapel Hill’s Premier Running Experience and celebrates the downtown Chapel Hill Community and ‘the power of possibility’. The Franklin 5000 is a unique 5K running event that showcases downtown Chapel Hill — runners of all ages and abilities will start at Kenan Stadium, run along the length of Franklin Street (from Boundary to Merritt Mill) and then back along Rosemary Street – ultimately finishing on Church street across from University Square for a true downtown finish experience.

This event is supported by and benefits the Chapel Hill/Carrboro YMCA Strong Kids Program.

You can register at www.activezach.com. Course map: www.mapmyrun.com/route/united- states/nc/chapil-hill/270888420