Active Initiatives

Community Service Projects

The HTNA is organizing neighborhood community service projects throughout the year to help beautify our neighborhood. The Earth Day Community Service Project The Earth Day Community Service is one of them.

Grow Membership to 50%

To date, only 57 households are 2021 HTNA members at the modest cost of $15 per home. According to the City of Richardson, there are 1,884 homes in Highland Terrace neighborhood. If we could increase membership to 50%, we would be in a position to do more for our community! Our job is to be the voice of Highland Terrace for YOU to the City of Richardson, but our voice and influence relies on a healthy number of members (and volunteers) in our Association.

83% OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD IS NOT A MEMBER OF HTNA

Sign Toppers

 
 

We are very excited about all the enthusiasm for the sign toppers in our neighborhood. We hope this provides our neighborhood with the opportunity to work together and beautify the place we call home.


The Board has spoken with the City of Richardson and several other Neighborhood Associations. We have approximately 134 street signs in our neighborhood plus or minus a handful. The cost of each sign topper depends on the color and logo which we will need to design and get approved by the city. The best estimate right now is $115 per sign (brackets are included in this cost.) 134 x $115= $15,410. HTNA is designated as a non-profit with the State of Texas; therefore, there will be no tax on the purchase.


HTNA Board has decided on a 3-point approach to help accomplish this goal, but it will take all of us to work together in order to achieve the desired outcome.

  1. We need to set up Block Captains.
  2. We need to determine how many neighbors on each street are willing to donate to the cause.
  3. We need to increase membership.

If you are willing to donate to the sign topper program please email [president@htna.org]1 or you can donate now but designate in the notes that it is for “sign toppers.”

 

Example from College Park

 

Block Captains

The responsibilities of a Block Captain are currently limited to:

  • Reach out to the neighborhood on their block to ask for donations and collect money for the sign toppers campaign.
  • Reach out to their neighbors to see if they are willing join the HTNA by becoming a member.
  • Act as a contact for neighbors to come to with any issues to bring before the Board and possibly be taken before the City Council.
  • Deliver Newsletters (once a year) door-to-door on your block -HTNA would provide a t-shirt for identity purposes- (at this time the Newsletter is only sent out electronically due to limited number of people to deliver to 1,884 homes.)
  • Welcome new individuals and families on your block when they move into the neighborhood.

If you would like to become a block captain, we have made a designated sign up on our website at https://www.htna.org/volunteer.



Past Initiatives

Christmas Decorations

Decorate street sign corners with garlands and other Christmas decorations.

Highlight Stop Signs

Added flashing red lights to the stop signs on Grove and Frances Way as well as Grove and Spring Valley to increase awareness.