(WSB photo from 2015 Food Fest)

If you live, work, and/or play in Fauntleroy, its community council invites you to the annual Food Fest membership celebration on Tuesday (March 15th). As is usual every March, that was the hot topic at the monthly Fauntleroy Community Association board meeting this past week – though not the only topic.

The event on Tuesday is FCA’s annual membership event, with local food-and-drink establishments participating in order to celebrate community as well as entice attendance. It’s at The Hall at Fauntleroy, starting at 6 pm, and will include officer elections (in a festive atmosphere). Come renew or start your FCA membership, while enjoying free samples from more than half a dozen local food/drink establishments, and learning about community businesses/organizations. Bring a food-bank donation too!

ALSO AT FCA – NEXT STEPS FOR EX-SUBSTATION: When the City Council gave City Light the OK to dispose of its surplus ex-substations, the FCA was given a year to come up with a plan to purchase it; if that doesn’t happen, the city will sell it on the open market, as it’s doing with the former Andover substation on Pigeon Point and the former White Center substation in Highland Park. FCA informally met with some neighbors recently and reported that most would like to see it become a greenspace, but some would be OK with housing. FCA is currently trying to rustle up funding for a landscape consultant to evaluate the site.

ENDOLYNE TRIANGLE: Following up on last month’s discussion of plans to calm traffic around the “triangle” in the Fauntleroy/Endolyne business district, FCA’s Marty Westerman says SDOT’s Jim Curtin told him the work is just awaiting two consecutive warm, dry days. As for the planters that are also in the works for the triangle, a neighborhood discussion will determine their configuration and maintenance plans.

FAUNTLEROY SCHOOLHOUSE: Vicki Schmitz-Block reported on a recent daylong retreat that included not only the board but also building representatives, working on a new long-term business plan for the historic schoolhouse. One of its major tenants, the Fauntleroy Children’s Center, has a fundraising auction coming up March 19th.

The Fauntleroy Community Association usually meets second Tuesdays in the schoolhouse conference room – but don’t miss the March 15th Food Fest mentioned above!