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For more than 12 years, Martin Tennant has been an active member of the Rockhill Gardens Board of Directors. He served as Director of Property Maintenance from 1996 to 2007, when he then became President of the neighborhood association. This is an incomplete, though certainly not brief, listing of some of his accomplishments over the years.
As Director of Property Maintenance, Martin oversaw extensive work on the rebuilding and maintenance of the RGNA brick and stone markers. He was the principle author of a 1999 grant from the KC 150 Foundation to completely rebuild the marker at 71st Terrace and Oak. He's done numerous inventories of the markers and spent time reattaching urns that have snapped off. In 2005, Martin was the administrator for property improvement grants distributed through RGNA and also for a cooperative agreement with the Kessler Society for getting new trees planted at reduced rates to residents. This latter effort had the direct benefit of showing the neighborhood's commitment to reforestation, which in turn lead to a $33,500 PIAC grant for over 100 new trees for the neighborhood.
Easily our most prolific writer, Martin has contributed a wide variety of articles to the monthly newsletter. These concern everything from parking to tree trimming to grass clippings to noisy neighbors. Just his articles on neighborhood fauna alone include information on rats, owls, dogs and ants. His experience and contacts at City Hall made him the expert on getting information related to property issues.
Martin has also been an invaluable resource in dealing directly with City Hall. He has coordinated efforts such as Clean Sweep cleanups in the late 1990s, the continuing saga of issues with the property at 75th and Holmes, and issues regarding tree trimming and brush pickup. He's attended numerous meetings, dealing with such issues as the radio tower in Tower Park and the postal distribution station on Gregory Boulevard.
In addition, he was a regular member of the volunteer security patrol and even volunteered for dunk tank duty at the annual all neighborhood block party.
In 2007, Martin left his position in Property Management and became the President of the Association. This was a challenging task, since there was an almost entirely new Board of Directors and Martin took on that challenge of leading us through a time of transition. However, there's an old golf joke that says, "If you're shooting over 80, you're neglecting your golf. If you're shooting under 80, you're neglecting your business." While serving on a volunteer board isn't exactly like playing a round of golf, after 12 years it is time for Martin to start paying more attention to his own work. It is with a huge sense of loss that we bid him farewell from the Board and wish him the best in his daily endeavors. His numerous contributions over the years have definitely made Rockhill Gardens a much nicer place to live.
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