Happy Spring Everyone!

The Settlement is blooming with Azaleas, Loropetalum, and Bradford Pear trees.  Our neighborhood looks very nice this time of year, so please remember to rake and bag your leaves.  The County collects yard waste every Thursday and the bulk trash on the 4th Friday of each Month.  Dog walkers please clean up after your dog and do not place your dog's waste in your neighbors trash can.

The Board is aware of the lighting problems at the entrance and we have received a quote for replacing the landscaping can lights with LED lights.  The cost for this is approximately $100 per can.  However, the LED bulbs would burn for 30,000 to 50,000 hours as opposed to 5,000 hours that the present lights burn.  If anyone has any thoughts on this subject, please contact a board member.  Also, we welcome any suggestions for the spring and summer plantings.

Please remember not to park or drive your vehicle on the grass or sidewalks at the front and sides of The Settlement entrance.  We have had to replace sprinkler heads this year in those areas because they have been damaged by parked vehicles. 

Over the weekend some of the Board members visited each household to give out information about our new website and the new directory.    Hopefully by now you have had an opportunity to join the website by email and take a "look" around.  Please make sure you complete your directory form and return it to 4 Settlement Court as soon as possible.  We are hoping to have the directory completed by May 1st and many other summer activities planned very soon.

Are you ready to celebrate St. Patrick's Day?



 

Greening of the Fountain

March 8, 2013 at 12:00pm the fountain in Forsyth Park will turn GREEN to help kick off the St. Patrick’s Day festivities in Savannah. Enjoy this Savannah tradition, as the city gets ready to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

 

Tybee Irish Heritage Parade-Saturday, March 9th at 3:00pm 

The 11th Annual Tybee Island Irish Heritage Celebration Parade will be held Saturday, March 9. Tybee Island’s fun, family-friendly parade to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.

Dress in green & join in the fun at 3pm on Saturday. Parade starts at City Hall and proceeds down Butler Avenue to Tybrisa Street.

Parade goers are encouraged to come out dressed in green and join the celebration. This is a free, family-friendly event and is open to the public.

 

Shamrock Run for March of Dimes
6 PM Sat. Mar 9, 2013 @ City Market
912.354.5900
Beginning and ending in City Market, there is a free1/4 mile Kiddie Fun Run prior to the race.

 

Tara Feis family festival
Saturday, March 9, 2013
11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Emmet Park (east end of Bay Street)
Presented by the City of Savannah’s Department of Cultural Affairs
Free and open to the public



Savannah St. Patrick's Day Parade- Saturday, March 16 at 9:00am

Article from http://www.savannahsaintpatricksday.com/

 

Savannah is known for hosting the second largest parade in the world. However, all that have seen it say it is the grandest in the world! We begin this religious and cultural celebration approximately two weeks prior to the parade. Some of these traditional events include the Investiture of the Grand Marshal, Greening of the Fountain in Forsyth Park, Tara Feis, Celtic Cross Mass and Ceremony, and Sergeant William Jasper Green Ceremony. On the morning of the parade, Mass is held at the Cathedral of Saint John the Baptist in historic downtown Savannah. We welcome you to attend any and all of these events and learn about our rich Irish heritage.

Savannah’s first St. Patrick’s Day Parade was in 1813, only 80 years after the city was founded by General James Oglethorpe. A small group of Hibernians organized and marched on the streets of Savannah to remember the death of our Patron Saint, Saint Patrick of Ireland. Over the years the city prospered with Irish immigrants due to the potato famine and political persecution their country faced. We are proud to carry on the tradition our ancestors began almost 200 years ago.

Stepping off at 10:15 a.m. sharp, the three-hour parade consists of over 350 units, including several U.S. military divisions, many award-winning bands, and the world-famous Budweiser Clydesdales. Some of the bands include the 282nd U.S. Army Band (Fort Jackson, S.C.), The Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps (Fort Myers, VA), U.S. Coast Guard Pipes and Drums (Norfolk, VA), Irish Air Corps Pipes and Drums (Dublin, Ireland), and many more outstanding marching units.

Link to Official Site here

 

"The Ditch"

What we have come to call “The  Ditch,” is the area behind the houses on Mary Musgrove Drive. The County Engineers and the US Army Corps of Engineers calls it the Wetland Conservation Drainage Easement. This is a municipal and federally protected area for drainage and flood control.

There are two distinctly different parts to the ditch. Behind addresses 1 thru 19 Mary Musgrove Drive the ditch is an intermittent stream. When the water gets to high it flows into the culvert that carries it into the Storm Drainage system.

The second distinct part runs behind addresses 101 thru 119 Mary Musgrove and along the side property line of 106 Settlement Way, here the ditch is defined as a Chanel. It is a terraced series of retaining ponds that fill with water from rains and overflow from the Lagoon. The storm drainage runs from Settlement Way, under the far side of the property at 106 Settlement Way through a culvert that empties overflow into the Lagoon. At the far and of the Lagoon the water Overflow enters the far end of the Chanel and flows back towards Settlement Way. This works to keep our properties and streets from flooding. Last week we had over 5 inches of rain and the system is very healthy and worked well. Check out the pictures.

No alterations to this area can be made. Our responsibility is to keep the ditch clean and clear of trash and non-organic materials. Recent clean ups have removed Construction materials, cans, bottles, Styrofoam and a large assortment of balls. It is now very clean and the entrance way is being maintained for ease of entrance for Cleanup and Mosquito Control.

Chatham County mosquito Control does an excellent job of responding to our requests for assistance. Because of the density of the canopy over the ditch, helicopter spraying does not always penetrate to the ground. They come out often in the worst of the Mosquito season and make egg counts, hand spray and have put gallons of small fish into the water to eat the mosquito eggs.

Mosquito Control and The Ditch Update-March 5, 2013

From Jean Soucy...

We have a new Tech, as Laura has been promoted to a supervisors position. Our new Techs name is “ Everyone Just calls me B ”. She is extremely knowledgeable and Laura briefed her about our ditch. The recent rains have left the water very deep and there are literally millions of hatched and hatching eggs. These are eggs that were laid some time last fall and due to the moisture are now hatching. She hand sprayed a mineral oil on the water to block the larvae’s breathing tubes and destroy the young. Also she spread a growth inhibitor, to stop their growth to adulthood. I have seen a couple slow moving adults but I think we are ahead of a major infestation of mosquitos. The methods being used so far are all natural. The ditch remains clean and very healthy.

We are very excited to get our website up and running for 2013 and will be posting important announcements and information about our neighborhood very soon.

If you would like to get updates to the website automatically, you can sign up by putting your email in the "get the latest news" box to the right. You will receive a confirmation email from feedburner that you will need to confirm. Once you are confirmed, you will get an email each time the site is updated. Note... If the email doesn't come through pretty quickly, check your spam box for the confirmation email.

We are happy to have you be a part of our new website and hope that you will find it informative and helpful. 

If you have any news that you would like to share with the our neighborhood, please email us at thesettlementonwilmington@gmail.com