CHILDCARE AND PRESCHOOLS (nearby): Besse Bolton Kids’ Club, 500 E. Meadow Drive; Covenant Children’s Center, 670 E. Meadow Drive; Ellen Thacher Children’s Center, 505 E. Charleston Road; Hoover Kids’ Club, 445 E. Charleston Road; Palo Alto Infant Toddler Center, 4111 Alma St.

FIRE STATION: No. 4, 3600 Middlefield Road

LIBRARY: Mitchell Park branch, 4050 Middlefield Road

LOCATION: bordered by East Charleston Road, East Meadow Drive, Alma Street and J.L. Stanford Middle School and Herbert Hoover Elementary School

NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: Fairmeadow Neighborhood Association, Len Filppu, lead organizer, 650-857-1031

PARK: Mitchell Park, 600 E. Meadow Drive

POST OFFICE: Cambridge, 265 Cambridge Ave.

PRIVATE SCHOOL: Challenger School, 3880 Middlefield Road

PUBLIC SCHOOLS: Fairmeadow and Hoover elementary schools, Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School, Gunn High School

SHOPPING (nearby): Charleston Center