Tamarack's Beginnings
The Tamarack Neighborhood Watch was started over 25 years ago as the Tamarack Heights Neighborhood Watch. In 2003, the name was shortened to Tamarack Neighborhood Watch. The original boundaries for the group were SR-95 on the East, Aviation Drive on the West, Palo Verde North to the North and Kirk Drive on the South. There are some of the original members from the early 90’s who recall the picnics at Rotary Park where they would BBQ’s and enjoy each others company.
In the early days there was a second group that had a neighborhood watch to the north of Palo Verde North. The Captain for that group passed away and the group became inactive. In 2014, those residents were welcomed into the Tamarack Neighborhood Watch. In addition, there are a few residents who live East of SR-95 and on Kiowa Avenue where there is not currently an active neighborhood watch group. Those residents have also been welcome to join and the group has grown from a few dozen homes in the early 90’s to over 150 members today.
The Tamarack Neighborhood Watch has a meeting once a month to get together, have lunch, listen to a guest speaker, and just get to know one another. As the members travel through their neighborhood and see something that doesn’t look right, they check on each other, If they see something suspicious, they call the authorities. The Tamarack Neighborhood Watch is not the type of organization you see in the movies, they do not “patrol” the streets looking in windows. They are just a group of people who believe knowing your neighbor is the best way to have a safe community.
Thank you for your part in making this community great!
In the early days there was a second group that had a neighborhood watch to the north of Palo Verde North. The Captain for that group passed away and the group became inactive. In 2014, those residents were welcomed into the Tamarack Neighborhood Watch. In addition, there are a few residents who live East of SR-95 and on Kiowa Avenue where there is not currently an active neighborhood watch group. Those residents have also been welcome to join and the group has grown from a few dozen homes in the early 90’s to over 150 members today.
The Tamarack Neighborhood Watch has a meeting once a month to get together, have lunch, listen to a guest speaker, and just get to know one another. As the members travel through their neighborhood and see something that doesn’t look right, they check on each other, If they see something suspicious, they call the authorities. The Tamarack Neighborhood Watch is not the type of organization you see in the movies, they do not “patrol” the streets looking in windows. They are just a group of people who believe knowing your neighbor is the best way to have a safe community.
Thank you for your part in making this community great!
