The Scoville Homes Neighborhood

Scoville Homes Neighborhood Association

The meeting of the members of the Scoville Homes Neighborhood Association took place on Saturday, December 7th, 2013 at 1:00 p.m.  

The neighborhood survey process is still underway, and, once complete, the process of building membership will begin its next phase.  

All street captains are in place, and all areas of the neighborhood are amply covered.

The Adopt-a-Spot locations have not yet been permitted or improved, but will include the islands at Wood & Carpmill, Young & Carpmill, and Ives & Carpmill Streets.

The Treasury, which steadily hovers around $1,000, currently has a balance of $1,153.

The Association voted to include themselves in the Sunshine fund of the Walnut-Orange-Walsh Neighborhood Revitalization Zone.

After the meeting, association President took visiting Town Plot Neighborhood Association President Vincent E. Martinelli on a tour of the Scoville Homes Neighborhood Association, and of the larger Walnut-Orange-Walshi Neighborhood Revitalization Zone.  

Scoville Homes Neighborhood Association Dissolves Under Guest

The Scoville Homes Neighborhood Association (SHNA) faced many issues which lead to it's eventual demise.  For several  years SHNA was headed by James Monroe, current President of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Under Monroe, SHNA worked with the City of Waterbury and several City officials to improve not only the Scoville Homes Neighborhood but also the relationship between the neighbors and City departments.

The Scoville Homes Neighborhood resembled a war-torn neglect-ravaged forsaken place of disgrace for many years.  Monroe helped to catalyze changes which dramatically ameliorated decades of abandonment by the City.

A member of the Waterbury Neighborhood Council (WNC), SHNA should have had support from WNC.  SHNA issues were long-rooted and solutions proved problematic.  Under WNC President Joshua Angelus, Monroe and SHNA experienced little actual support - largely due to the extent of other WNC member association issues and activities, and WNC responsibilities in general.

Best intentions from WNC continued with the change in leadership from Angelus to the incoming WNC President Dave Therault.  Still, WNC proved ineffective.

Monroe began making inroads with the City, with more than marginal improvements.  Largely, the improvements were due to the actions and resultant shift in mentality of SHNA residents.

Another WNC change, from Therault to the new WNC President Vincent E. Martinelli, Jr., stirred a drive on the part of Martinelli to fix SHNA issues.  Nonetheless, effective solutions continued to elude SHNA.