Welcome
Welcome to the Juniper Ridge Community Association's website!
History of the JRCA
The Juniper Ridge Community Association was originally formed in 1983
when local residents were concerned with the tussock moth destroying the fir
trees in the area. Long time resident Marion Farrar contacted the
Ministry of Environment and asked for a permit to spray on Crown land.
With her husband and sons helping they printed up a letter and delivered it
door to door asking for contributions for aerial spraying. The
response was extremely positive and volunteers collected money and gave out
receipts. In June 1983 the trees were sprayed, and survived. The
money was held in trust by the Juniper Ridge accountant ( still a resident)
Dan Hazell. The left over money eventually went to the playground
equipment for the park.
That is the story of how it started, and decades later still maintains the
ideas of uniting and sharing resources to make our neighborhood a better
place. Annual fees are collected each year, which go into activities such as
the fireworks on Halloween, and helping to co-ordinate the annual garage
sale.
Thanks to Marion Farrar for supplying us with this information. She
also enclosed the original newspaper clipping which I will put in a section
called Our Scrapbook. If anyone else has pictures or articles about
the area to add to the Scrapbook please forward them to us.