GREG SWAN

National Night Out: Downtown Chaska, Mn

July 29, 2010 by Greg Swan Leave a Comment

National Night Out is “an annual event designed to strengthen our communities by encouraging neighborhoods to engage in stronger relationships with each other and with their local law enforcement partners.”

What a great opportunity to get to know your neighbors even better!

I’m helping to organize NNO for our neighborhood in downtown Chaska this year (west of 41).

Hope to see you there!

You’re invited to National Night Out
Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Time: 6-7:30 p.m.
Location: Hickory Park, downtown Chaska
Event Specifics:
Come to Hickory Park, meet your neighbors, let the kids play, and meet Chaska Police, Firefighters and McGruff the Crime Dog.

Want to help with the event? Contact: Greg Swan, gregoryswan@gmail.com, 304-449-GREG

Filed under Chaska Tagged with mn, minn, Chaska, minnesota, national night out, nno, downtown chaska, hickory park

Photos from Chaska River City Days 2010

July 24, 2010 by Greg Swan Leave a Comment

What a crowd!

The Chaska Fire Department brought a pumper truck, hooked up a sprinkler and showed off with some firefighter games like “spray the can with the hose.” Pretty fun to watch, actually.

My church pumped out the delicious food again with our Pork Chop and Roasted Corn on a stick booth.

And Grant got to jump in the inflatables, race his favorite NASCAR and spend some quality time with Grandpa.

More photos here. Parade is tomorrow!

Filed under Chaska Tagged with Chaska, chaska river city days

Chaska River City Days 2010, this weekend

July 23, 2010 by Greg Swan 1 Comment

Hey hey – it’s Chaska River City Days this weekend.

City Square Park is packed full of food vendors, inflatables for the kids, and music and refreshments for the parents. I just love seeing historic downtown Chaska so packed full of people.

It was two years ago this weekend that Jenny and I fell in love with the community, and RCD had a lot to do with it. My parents are in town from Florida, so we’re be taking them tomorrow. Our church, Oasis Church, is again hosting the pork chop on a stick booth. Can’t wait for one of those.

And the parade is Sunday at 1 p.m. The photo is my son from last year. Gotta love a parade with candy…especially when you can lift one or two pieces without them noticing (guilty as charged).

Links to plan your weekend:

Shoot me a text or DM if you come out. Would love to say hello.

Filed under Chaska Tagged with mn, city square, minnesota, chaska river city days, festival, river city days parade

Have you noticed flat screens are everywhere?

July 20, 2010 by Greg Swan 2 Comments

Even mounted to the columns at St. Patrick’s Cathedral (bonus: Bose speakers).

Filed under From the Road, Technology Tagged with nyc, saint patrick's cathedral

We’re safe now that Gatorboy is patrolling the neighborhood

July 15, 2010 by Greg Swan Leave a Comment

Filed under mn

Neighbor House in the News

July 8, 2010 by Greg Swan Leave a Comment

After keeping tabs on my epic blog post chronicling the foreclosed house next door, the Chaska Herald wrote a feature story about the struggles we’ve had with the property management company, the city and the companies who aren’t doing their jobs to maintain it.