A Word From Mayor John Watras

GCTA Fun Run/Walk For Charity: The Garden City Teachers' Association is conducting a 5K Run/Walk and a 1.5 Mile Fun Run/Walk for Charity (Garden City For a Cure), tomorrow, Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 9 a.m.

The race route may interfere with ingress and egress from your driveway. Please review the route below so that you may make appropriate arrangements to avoid any inconvenience. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.

The route for both races will begin at the intersection of Merillon Avenue and Oxford Boulevard adjacent to the high school.  The 5K Run is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m and the 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk will begin at 9:10 a.m.  In both events, all participants will begin by heading southbound on Oxford Boulevard from Merillon Avenue, traveling south on Oxford Boulevard and making a “U turn” around the center median just before reaching Stewart Avenue.

Participants will travel north on Oxford Boulevard to Newmarket Road. The 1 mile Fun Run/Walk will continue straight on Oxford Boulevard ending in the west parking lot of the high school, across from Merillon Avenue. The 5K Run will make a left turn onto Newmarket Road, heading westbound in the eastbound traffic lanes, until making a left turn in a southbound direction on Weyford Terrace. It will make a right turn heading westbound on Stratford Avenue. It will then make a right turn heading northbound on Wickham Road. Then they will turn right traveling eastbound in the westbound traffic lanes, onto Newmarket Road. At Oxford Boulevard they will make a left turn heading northbound towards Merillon Avenue and will finish in the west parking lot of the high school.

It is anticipated that the 5K Run and the 1 Mile Fun Run/Walk will be completed by 10:15 a.m.  I look forward to seeing you at the race.

GCBS Second Annual Earth Run: The Garden City Bird Sanctuary will hold its Second Annual Race - Earth Run II on Sunday, April 21, 2013 at 10 a.m.

The route will begin in the vicinity of the Bird Sanctuary on Greenridge Avenue south to Hathaway Drive, continuing east on Fenimore Avenue, north to Kenmore Road, west to Colonial Avenue, ending in Greenridge Park.

I hope that you are able to get out on this day to support the Bird Sanctuary.

Shop Locally: Please continue to support the local merchants and I look forward to seeing everyone in town.

Board of Trustees' Meetings: The next meetings of the board of trustees will be on Thursday, May 2 and Thursday, May 16 at 8 p.m. I encourage all residents to attend board of trustees meetings so as to be thoroughly informed of village issues from a first-hand perspective.