The Berkeley Project – Starts Out the ’23 Gateway Garden Season with a Bang!! After many pre-planning negotiations, The Berkeley Project leader Katlyn said they wanted to come and work at Gateway Garden ‘Rain or Shine’ on Saturday March 4th, so the A Team showed up and got to work straightaway removing the weeds at the […]
WIN! WIN! WIN! GREAT RAFFLE PRIZES CAN BE YOURS AT OUR ANNUAL MEETING! Lots of great prizes and opportunities to win while interacting with your neighbors, NHCA Board of Directors
The NHCA by-laws stipulate that prior to holding the election for new board members for the coming year, we need to post on our website the board’s approved slate for the coming term. Please click here to view the board slate.
CITY OFFICIALS – GUEST SPEAKERS JOIN US AT OUR ANNUAL MEETING! We look forward to seeing you then, NHCA Board of Directors
SAVE THE DATE!! NHCA Annual Meeting Agenda Thursday March 23rd – Highland Country Club Please find the NHCA Annual Meeting agenda attached and look for additional communications each week regarding the Guest Speakers, Raffle Prizes and the Business meeting details. We look forward to seeing you then! NHCA Board of Directors
The Oaklandside has prepared a summary of Oakland’s Housing Element plan. Click here to access the article
It’s time for a ‘live, in-person’ NHCA Annual meeting! Where: Highlands Country Club – 110 Hiller Drive, Oakland CA 94618 When: Thursday March 23rd, 6:30pm What: 6:30pm Meet & Greet 7:00pm Business Meeting 7:30pm Guest Speakers 8:00pm Raffle & Socializing Please look for additional details as the event date gets closer. We look forward to […]
2023 Garden Season Kick-Off with Bentley School at the Firestorm Memorial Garden! On a beautiful clear sunny day with a break in the winter storms, Vicki & Dan welcomed Ryan Nepomuceno and his Bentley design class composed of 14 eager middle school students at Firestorm Memorial Garden to kick-off the NHCA 2023 garden program. This is Bentley’s 2nd […]
2022 Year-End Summary Many thanks to our donors and Sponsors. We couldn’t do it all without you. Season’s Greetings! The North Hills Community Association (NHCA) has logged another impressive year of accomplishments consistent with our three-part mission of improving public safety, maintaining and beautifying community gardens and open spaces, and advocating on behalf of area […]
Public Safety Meeting: Recap: Wednesday, November 16th, 2022 @ 7 p.m. Kyle Trembley presenter Oakland CERT link to “Zone Haven” information from the meeting –evacuation, notification, community steps, maps
Oakland Tech Inaugural Day at Gateway Garden – Sunday Nov 13th Another volunteer day spent in the Gateway Garden! On Sunday, November 13, Dan and Vicki met with members of the Ecology Club from Oakland Technical High School to help with garden cleanup. This volunteer garden day was initiated by Ava Stern who started Oakland Tech’s Ecology […]
The Berkeley Project II, Saturday November 5th – Cal Students Did It Again!!!! The Berkeley Project is a group of students with the mission of helping to bridge the gap between students and the community, and to foster a spirit of service. Today was a particularly special day in that this was one of their large-scale events that includes over 1,000 […]
The Berkeley Project – STRIKES ONCE AGAIN!! On a beautiful, crisp, clear October 23rd Sunday morning, Vicki & Dan once again welcomed 25 of “The Berkeley Project” student volunteers to Gateway Garden to finish up late season detailing to get ready for Winter. Many of the students took a bus to a local meeting spot […]
As of January 1, 2023, our NHCA area will now be in District 4 because of redistricting changes in the City of Oakland. Dan Kalb will still be the District 1 Rep, but no longer our Rep as the boundaries have changed. We will vote on Nov 8 for a new Rep for District 4 […]
Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) – Mulching Away at Firestorm Memorial Garden, Thursday October 12th On a beautiful crisp Fall Thursday morning, Vicki & Dan welcomed a dozen volunteers from two Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation (IICF) groups to help spread mulch at the Firestorm Memorial Garden. This effort was done to prepare the garden for Winter after BrightView […]
Inaugural Bentley School Volunteer Garden Day – Firestorm Memorial Garden Sept 26th If you have been following the ongoing work-in-progress highlighting a string of garden event posts this season (over the past 6-months), you’ll know that we have just finished the Gateway Garden ’22 program in September. We recently had a mulching event that covered […]
To kick off the Fall season, Vicki & Dan welcomed an energetic young group of 20 volunteers from Sequoyah Community Church on September 24th to help complete the garden maintenance plan to get ready for Winter. MISSION – Finish mulching the remaining Zones 6, 7, 8, plus 11A/11B and 12 at Gateway Gardens. This effort follows the […]
Chevron Day @ Gateway Gardens & Pavilion – Sept 15, 2022 On a beautiful early Fall Thursday morning, Vicki & Dan welcomed 18 hard-working Chevron volunteers to help at the Gateway Garden. The objective was to follow the garden maintenance plan in getting the garden ready for Winter after a Summer of garden clean-up and detailing with the help of […]
The North Hills Community Association has partnered with the League of Women Voters of Oakland to invite our residents to their three candidate forums. For each of these events, you can pose your own questions to candidates. The events are: Sep 27, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM PDT: Candidate Forum: Oakland Unified School District 4 Virtual Zoom Webinar Click here to […]
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