The Highland Park Neighborhood Association is beginning 2025 with a series of introduction posts of our board members. Now you’ll be able to recognize them on the street; please say “hi!”.
Liz Rennie-Gardner
Board Role: At Large, board member for one (1) year
Hi everyone! My name is Liz Rennie-Gardner and I have been living in the Highland Park Neighborhood for 3 years. I purchased my first home in the 49507 neighborhood and lived there for 2 years before marrying my now husband and moving into the home we live in now in Highland. Our house is very special to us. We are the second owners of a 1950 bungalow. The previous family planted apple, peach and pear trees that we cherish. We have kept lots of original charm that the previous owners, a craftsman who worked at the Kindel Furniture Factory, had added.
Not only do we find ourselves so lucky in our home but also this neighborhood. We know and engage with our neighbors all around us. The history of the neighborhood is still alive if you just look around you. We love the massive spruce trees, the beautiful little creek right down the street and the deer and turkeys who mosey through our yard.
Community building has been a driver in my adult life. I have worked as a bike mechanic at the Spoke Folks, a previous non-profit co-op space in town, at Switchback Gear Exchange as an event organizer, and even used my art degree to host a gallery show at our home. Recently my career has led me to work as fabricator and mechanic at a small family owned snow plow shop. It is such a fun job. I work with a small team and am learning a lot of new trade skills.
In my spare time I enjoy bikepacking, playing with our dogs, working in the garden and finding watering holes to swim in.
With passions lying in equity, infrastructure, skill sharing and place making I found the Highland Park Neighborhood association a great place to get stuck in and help our neighborhood continue to grow into its full potential.
If you would like to support the Highland Park Neighborhood Association you can make donations at our donations page. The association is entirely funded by community support.