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RVCA President’s Message

eading into 2022 I want to start by thanking my fellow Board Members for
their continued volunteer efforts to benefit our neighborhood. More specifically,
Hthanks to Mark Snead and Lori Sterling. Mark- thanks for the many years of
wearing the hats of both Vice President and Treasurer. Lori- thanks for agreeing to be
RVCA’s 2022 Vice President and giving Mark a break.

An Informed Approach
In reflecting on matters affecting Rio Vista and our surrounding area in the past year,
the value and impact of neighbors who are informed on local matters has been notable.
The current RVCA Board has made a commitment to assist in making sure residents
know where to go for information. To that end, this edition of RVCA’s official print
magazine will include articles on the upcoming Tarpon River Dredging update, and a
message from the Mayor covering the Broward Commuter Rail project. The DDA has
released some images of what our Downtown will look like in 2030 with a commuter
rail bridge running from just south of Hardy Park to south of Sunrise Boulevard, please
Christina Currie, Esq. review them in the Mayor’s Message. As a reminder, in October of 2021 the RVCA
President
issued a position in favor of a tunnel as the preferred option for the New River crossing
should this project move forward.
OFFICERS
President RVCA Events in Q1 2022
Christina Currie, Esq. After a pause in events, the RVCA Board is back to helping residents be social. On
president@riovistaonline.com
February 14th, RVCA partnered with the City and Harbordale HSA to host an event at
Vice President South Side Cultural Arts Center where we honored the lives lost and affected in the MSD
Lori Sterling
vp@riovistaonline.com Tragedy. Materials were provided by NSU Art Museum and about 50 public school
students/faculty created art with messages of love and kindness which are on display at
Secretary South Side. Our RVCA Member Campout at VY Park was back and bigger than ever on
Julie Hough
jbethhough@gmail.com 2/19. Be sure to check out Nancy Messing’s article for the highlights! On February 27th
we were excited to be a Featured Neighborhood at NSU Art Museum and to receive an
Treasurer opening day private tour of the Art Museum's new exhibition featuring Keith Haring &
Mark Snead
Pierre Alechinsky.
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The Official Publication of the RVCA
BOARD MEMBERS
Nancy Messing Brand Did you know that this print magazine is not only the Official Print Publication of the
RVCA but it won national recognition in 2021? If you have a great idea for something
Julie Hough
that we should include in our official neighborhood publication, please let me know
William (Bill) Kirk ASAP. We are always open to new ways to increase the value of our “newsletter.” And
Sam Koster thanks to all of our advertisers whose participation helps fund RVCA events/efforts!
Jean-Jacques Rajter
Save the Date: RVCA Virtual General Membership Meeting
Fred Stresau
Our next General Membership Meeting will take place on May 23rd at 7:30PM via
COUNSEL TO THE BOARD Zoom. Meeting access/materials will be emailed to RVCA members in the days prior to

Charles Tatelbaum the meeting. RV
Regards,

Christina Currie, Esq.
RVCA President
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