Santa Ana Neighborhood of the Year, Community Achievement, Most Beautiful Yard and Neighborhood Hero Award winners announced

On Thursday, June 27, 2019 at 6:30 pm at the Bowers Museum, Santa Ana’s Communication Linkages Forum (Com-Link) hosted their annual Neighborhood Hero and Most Beautiful Yard Awards. This year, the Com-Link Board added two more recognition awards – two recipients for the Community Achievement Award and the other for the Santa Anita Neighborhood Association in recognition of the Neighborhood of the Year Award for Social Revitalization. Congratulations to all of the winners!

Most Beautiful Yard Winners:

• Jonathan & Puanani Calvillo – Artesia Pilar Neighborhood Association
• Raymundo Suarez – Bella Vista Neighborhood Association
• Kathleen Reyes – Delhi Neighborhood Association
• Trevor & Bridget Smith – Floral Park Neighborhood Association
• Teresa & Silvano Rodriguez – Heninger Park Neighborhood Association
• Ken & Rosalind Wagner – Jack Fisher Park Neighborhood Association
• Martin Amezcua – Mar-Les Neighborhood Association
• Trung Dao – Metro Classic Neighborhood Association
• Michael & Linda Honda – Morrison Park Neighborhood Association
• Jack & Susan Bertram – Pacific Park Neighborhood Association
• Marnie Schnabel – Park Santiago Neighborhood Association
• David & Sandra Molina – Republic Homes Neighborhood Association
• Mimi Thuy Ngo – Riverview West Neighborhood Association
• Jesus M. Santos – Saddleback View Neighborhood Association
• Aristeo & Rebeca Hernandez – Santa Anita Neighborhood Association
• Oralee McNamara – Thornton Park Neighborhood Association
• Gloria Alicia Chavez – Washington Square Neighborhood Association

Neighborhood Heroes:

• Angel Barnes – Floral Park Neighborhood Association
• Dale Helving – Park Santiago Neighborhood Association
• Joanna Peterson – Casa de Santiago Neighborhood Association
• Karla Juarez – Heninger Park Neighborhood Association
• Karen Mittendorf – West Floral Park Neighborhood Association
• Eva Barrios – Santa Anita Neighborhood Association
• Maria and Angelica Carrillo – Morrison Park Neighborhood Association
• Luis Monter, Sr. – Santa Ana Memorial Park Neighborhood Association
• Don Harvey and Carlos Araujo – Washington Square Neighborhood Association
• Catalina Castellon – Nicolas Muñoz, and Rosa Peñaflor – Delhi Neighborhood Association
• Alex Vallejo – Sandpointe Neighborhood Association

Community Achievement Awards:

• David Diaz – In recognition of his outstanding efforts with the RunStrong Program for students in the greater Santa Ana community
• Luisa Ruiz – In recognition of her outstanding efforts with the Reading Corner Program for children in the greater Santa Ana community
• Santa Anita Neighborhood Association – In recognition of neighborhood of the year award for social revitalization

For more information on Com-Link, please visit https://www.santa-ana.org/neighborhood-initiatives/com-link.

Art Pedroza Editor

Our Editor, Art Pedroza, worked at the O.C. Register and the OC Weekly and studied journalism at CSUF and UCI. He has lived in Santa Ana for over 30 years and has served on several city and county commissions. When he is not writing or editing Pedroza specializes in risk control and occupational safety. He also teaches part time at Cerritos College and CSUF. Pedroza has an MBA from Keller University.

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