Sep 3, 2025

We met on a gorgeous early Fall day in Holy Family Church Hall . President Lois Parmelee called the meeting to order. After a delicious lunch filled with more socializing, we heard announcements (see upcoming events section below). Tim Gendron shared a very funnny joke and Happy Dollars were collected.

A big welcome to our two new members inducted today - Luc LeBlanc and Denis Dees

Our guest speaker was Chris Yuen, Community Development director of the City of EssexJunction. Chris shared a lot of information in a relatively short time pertaining to proposed changes at 5 Corners and along Pearl Street to where it connects to the Susie Wilson area. Both are being done to encourage more use of mass transit, develop more housing and shared use space,, and to improve connection between residential and commercial or services.

The plan can be viewed on Essex Junction.org website .

Public comment is welcome at Connect the Junction.org

ANNOUNCEMENTS/ UPCOMING EVENTS:

Food drive on 9/13 at Price Chopper in Essex. Supports Heavenly Food Pantry. Contact Tim Gendron for more information.

Environment Committee would like 1-2 homes from the Essex Junction/City of Essex area to participate in the Window Dressers Community Build of storm window inserts used to cut energy costs. Contact Greg Morgan for more information.

Communication Committee needs a person who is comfortable working in Clubrunner, the Club website and the club Facebook page. This person would ideally have 5 or more years in the club as well. Contact Donna Johnson for more information.

Next meeting is September 17, 2025. Speaker will be Rob Coburn, from Myers Container Service. Myers is one of our leading sponsors , contributing as presenting sponsor for our Golf Tournament and contributing to the Hockey tournament as well. Please plan to join us as Rob discusses the challenges related to recycling and trash disposal facing the Red Can Family.