Civic League Highlights

2024 Highlights

• Held 4 Happy Hours throughout 2024 to help property owners get to know each other. We included Dewey in Bloom volunteers, sponsors, and Town Commissioners.
• Participated in Dewey in Bloom by sponsoring a planter. Several board members also helped maintain the planters throughout the year.
• Donated mulch for the center island in town.
• Notified property owners of upcoming public hearings regarding the Nalu expansion. Several DBCL board members attended the hearings to ensure the concerns from property owners were heard and considered.
• Added 3 new property owners to our Board of Directors.
• Spring letters to members on dues renewal and information on the formation of Dewey in Bloom
• Continuation of 9am Friday breakfast gatherings at Starboard.  We’ve had several guests throughout the year.
• One of our organization’s purposes is to help town residents and property owners to get to know each other and to help the town in general. Implementation of occasional Happy Hours at Dewey sites including: Grottos, Dewey Eat and Starboard Claw.  We invited other local support groups like town support staff, commissioners and Dewey in Bloom as guests and had large turnouts in the summer months. We thank all hosts and attendees.  Let us know if you wish to host an evening. 
• We partnered with Dewey in Bloom to help beautify the town. The DBCL sponsored a planter, we included Dewey in Bloom volunteers and sponsors in our happy hours, and our president, Diane Hanson, served as one of their gardening specialists and as a member of the Steering Committee.
• Sent out periodic notices to members on town issues including noise ordinances, expansion of premises, voting and residency requirements. Several DBCL members attended town meetings to be sure their complaints about noise were heard.
• Planned and held Candidates Forum (no election required) on 9/24 at the Lifeguard Station that included questions for present commissioners and updates from police chief and town manager.  Concluded forum with our DBCL Annual meeting and board elections and presented a tribute relating to James “Jim" Tyler for his years of service to the town and the Civic League
• Obtained a table for Civic League members at the Dewey Beach End of Year Beach Party on 9/14/2024
• Modernized our communication system to allow for information to be sent to members as needed.