2008 Stickers Needed - GNW ID
To Access ALL GNW Facilities,
Not Just The Pools

THERE IS NO ANNUAL POOL PASS

When each property owner pays their assessment in January, or subsequent to then, you become eligible to update your GNW Photo ID Cards with the 2008 sticker.

If you already have a card, and have already paid your 2008 assessments, bring it in to the office during normal or special office hours to get it updated ASAP in order to be able to continue to enjoy our facilities.

GNW Photo ID cards are provided free of charge to members and their family members living in the GNW. Replacement cards cost $5 for lost cards. Cards may be obtained during normal business hours at the lodge. Must be present in person to have photo taken before card will be issued by the office staff. Old cards (more than 5 years), or cards with faded photos, will be replaced for free so that you can update your photo.

RENTERS CAN GET ID CARDS ALSO

Renters can download this form from our website, or from our office, to have their landlord give them permission to get photo ID cards so they can use our facilities. There is no charge for this service, but the landlord (or property manager) has to authorize it. The link is to a PDF file that can be completed on-line and then printed for your landlord's signature.

NOT SURE IF YOU ARE RESIDING
INSIDE GNW BOUNDARIES?

Download our area maps from this page to look up your street. If you know that you are inside Silver Creek, Timberwilde, Ridge Creek, Stage Coach Crossing, The Commons, Village of the Northwest, or Emerald Valley subdivisions, you are inside our area. If you reside off Meadow Trace, live in a duplex or apartment, the development near the GNW Library & Timberwilde Elementary (not the fenced in area called Timberwilde) then you are NOT inside our boundaries. If your landloard doesn't pay annual assessments to the GNW, you are NOT inside our boundaries and are NOT elegible to get an ID Card.

New Web Site Features

Search The Great Northwest web site for any topic by entering your key word(s) and click on the SEARCH button.

Feedback Forms

Use these forms to submit comments, suggestions, or letters to the editor, direct to a specific department, person, or entire Board of Directors with a single message. You can also submit ideas or comments for the 2008 Budget Process using one of these forms on-line. Only the department or person you select will see what you send via the form.

CLICK HERE FOR FEEDBACK FORM PAGE

Download Documents & Forms

We have posted a few more GNW documents and forms to the documents page for downloading. These include the Bylaws (as amended January 09, 2007), Lodge & Pool rental rate schedules, Change of Address Form, a form to allow the property owner to grant the renter the right to have a GNW ID Card for using the pools, registration form for Kids Movie Nite, etc. The 2007 Approved Budget is now available on-line, compared with actual (Jan-Aug) 2006 expenses and projected (Jan-Dec) 2006 expenses. More documents and registration forms will be posted soon.

Business Web Ads &
Great Discount Deals
Now On GNW Website

The Board of Directors has authorized posting ads on this website for all of the event sponsors or paid advertisers in the Passages. We've created a special web page with all the advertisers and special offers that we've collected for our residents.

Click Here To See All Biz Ads / Offers

1. Advertise using our normal low monthly rates.
   
2. Sign up to become a Sponsor of a GNW event, such as our quarterly Newcomers’ Reception or one of our numerous holiday / social events, and get FREE advertising.
   
3. Offer FREE (or heavily discounted) “stuff” for our members with a coupon ad (up to 1/8 page size).

Advertising doesn’t have to be expensive any longer. Click Here to download a PDF flyer with our current advertising rates. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this file. Download the free reader from www.adobe.com if you don't have it already installed

Calendar of Events
On-Line

We now have the current month's schedule (similar to what is printed in the Passages) plus the next month's expected calendar, both on-line at this web site. Click here to view our calendar

Celebrating our
32nd year !

The Great Northwest Community Improvement Association, Inc. is an incorporated non-profit mandatory membership deed restricted property owners association of 4,959 properties with about 21,000+ residents located in the Northwest San Antonio (Texas) in the Tezel / Grissom / Culebra Road area.

Founded in 1976, we celebrated our 32nd anniversary in April of 2008.

Attention Realtors & Landlords
List your GNW property In the Passages

Get Your FREE
For Sale or For Rent
Classified Ad

Effective with the September 2008 issue of the Passages, we are introducing a new Real Estate Classified Ad Section. To get it started, we are offering the chance to list your property for sale or for rent, at No Charge during the remaining 2008 issues. Depending upon the success, this service will be re-evaluated at the end of the year and a charge may be applied for 2009 similar to the current business classified ads. Submission deadline for all ads remains the 15th of the month prior to the next issue. Visit this link www.Greatnorthwest.org to submit your property, or call the office for more details.

All properties submitted for this offer must be inside the GNW boundaries. Please include contact info in the ad, such as phone and email address. We hope to soon have a searchable directory on the website to map the locations of all offered properties to aid in searches by folks wanting to move into the Great Northwest.

Map of SA Gas Prices

Automated Trash Pickup Comes to GNW

The new automated trash pickup systems has arrived. Remember to store your carts behind your fence, inside your garage, or around the side of your house, not in front of your house or garage.

Help keep our neigborhood looking clean!

• Brown cart is for bagged garbage,
• Blue cart is for loose recyclables.

Wednesday - Trash Day
Saturday - Recycle Day

City crews deliver the new trash and recycle cans in Silver Creek. These cans have serial numbers which were matched up to each address when delivered.

Neighbor admiring his new trash and recycle cans

Here is a video (with sound) of one of the new trucks picking up on recycle day (thus using the blue container). Our thanks to Dave Stone's blog for this video link.

Click on the Play Arrow above to watch video.

Pool Rentals Available
For Private Parties

Rent either pool for 3 hours with 2 lifeguards included.
Parties can start as early as 7pm or 8pm. Only "members in good standing" can reserve the pool for private parties. Your dues must be paid up in full. Renters can rent the facilties if they have valid GNW ID cards issued to them.

Standard pool rental rates are $160 for 3 hour party, plus $50 deposit. Alchohol being allowed during party will vastly increase costs of damage deposit and the requrement to have armed security on duty. Number of lifeguards and security officers will vary by number of expected guests.

Contact the Lodge 210-681-2983 for rates, hours & availability, (first come, first reserved). Contract payment in full, required with contract signing. Pool Parties with Alcohol require additional deposits, on-site security, etc.

1st Monday - Scrap Book Lesson
Class Starts @ 7 PM
2nd Friday - Scrap Book Lesson
Class Starts @ 7 PM

Wednesday & Friday 8am - Water Aerobics
Class Starts @ 8am both days. There is a $2 fee per member required for instructor. Monthly passes are available from the office, or can be purchased at the EV Pool during the event. Event held only at the Emerald Valley Pool on these two mornings.

Pools now open 7 days.

See Passages or Calendar page for schedule.

Pool Hours are 11am - 7pm most days, but Silver Creek is now kept open until 8pm on Mondays and Thursdays, while Emerald Valley Pool will be kept open until 8pm on Tuesday and Wednesdays. This change in pool schedule was approved by the Board during its June 5th meeting, effective immediately.

Adult Pool Hours are available from 10am-11am Tuesday thru Friday at Emerald Valley during the week, and Silver Creek on weekends (Saturday and Sunday). Contact pool staff members for more details. The swim team uses the Silver Creek pool on weekdays, from 8:30am until around 11am, until their season ends on July 24th.

2nd Wednesday - Bunco Games
Starts @ 11 AM

Line Dancing Classes 10am
Resumes Thursday, August 7th

Line Dancing resumes on August 7th and will be held each Thursday morning. See Marquee for details or contact the Office @ 210-681-2983.

Last Tuesday - 6:30pm - Home & Garden Club

The Great Northwest Home and Garden Club meets the last Tuesday of every month, 6:30 p.m. at member’s homes or at a location chosen by the hostess for the month. The Club is open to all Great Northwest residents to learn, visit, and enjoy an evening of fellowship. A newsletter with the program details and other garden hints/tips is mailed each month to the members. For details on the next meeting, please call Judy Francis, Newsletter Editor, at 680-9662.

Passages Newspaper On-line
(Current through August 2008 Issue)

The August issue will be delivered delivered week of August 4th-6th rather than over the normal weekend due to delays in printing caused by last minute additions / corrections to the content. Contact the office if you did not receive your paper by August 7th.

Click here

Kids' Movie Nite
6pm-7:30pm
August 15th

FREE EVENT for Children, deadline to register is 5:30pm the night of the event. There is NO charge for this event.

Complete & Download Movie Nite Registration Form here to save time! (PDF format)

Drop your children off, enjoy a quick, quiet dinner or evening, then return by 7:30pm to pick them up (please). Volunteers needed to help coordinate and supervise this event, normally held the 3rd Friday or after the 3rd Thursday (i.e. 2nd board meeting of the month). Confused? Watch the sign marquee or check the back page of the Passages for update.

Getting Answers in San Antonio

Got a Complaint about something in the City of San Antonio? Well, they've made it easier for you to report problems. Here are three ways to report problems or find out "stuff" in the City of San Antonio.

Method 1: Use your phone to call 311 and tell them about it. If nobody tells the city about it, then how to you expect them to "fix" it? Visit the 311 web page for more information.

Method 2: Visit the City's web site and fill out an on-line report. Very similar to the GNW on-line forms we use on this web site, and very easy to use.

Method 3: Call your City Council Person's field office. The GNW is mostly inside the boundaries of District 6, where Delicia Herrera is the councilwoman at 210-679-6506, but we also have a few hundred homes over in District 7, where Justin Rodriguez is the councilman at 210-733-2723. If you live in Silver Creek, North of Timber Trace (toward Leon Valley direction), you are probably in District 7.