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April 2009
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Coming Up...
Monday, April
13,
7 to 9
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The Olympia Center
The City of Olympia formed an
Ad-Hoc Transportation Advisory Committee (ATAC) last
October to work on developing a Transportation
Mobility Strategy for the City. This group will be
sharing information on community mobility planning
and soliciting community feedback at this workshop.
More information about the ATAC can be found
at
ATAC Resources.
Coalition
of Neighborhood Associations
Monday,
April 20 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Eastside
Fire Station
Folks from neighborhoods
across the City will come together at this meeting
to share ideas, learn about community issues and
projects and reach out to each other for help to
address issues of common concern. One of the topics
at this meeting will be graffiti busting
strategies. Everyone is welcome at and encouraged to
attend these meetings. Peter Guttchen currently serves as the
Coalition's chair. The
Coalition is about to launch its new website soon,
but you are welcome to visit it now at
Olympia CNA.
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Mission Creek Estuary Restoration
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Saturday, April 25, 10 am to 1 pm
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Point Park
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Please contact Dan Grosboll by e-mail (dgrosboll@pugetsound.org)
or phone (360) 754-9177) for additional
details.
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City Council meeting
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Tuesday, April 28, 7 pm
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NENA is on
the agenda to express our appreciation to
the City and the Council for their
leadership on making our neighborhood more walkable with
projects like the SF St., Miller Ave.,
Quince St., and Miller Ave. sidewalks. We'll
sing the new song by Peter Guttchen, Walking
in the Northeast Neighborhood!
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Roosevelt Plant Sale and Neighborhood block
party
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Saturday, May 2, 9 to noon, SF between
Bethel and Garrison
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flier above!)
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- Also on
May 2 at
the Roosevelt Elementary playfield at dusk,
the San Francisco Street
Bakery is celebrating their 20th anniversary
with a special presentation of
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Dr. Strangelove Or:
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How I Stopped
Worrying & Love the Bomb
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bakery co-owner Judi Mendoza:
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blanket or chair to sit on and join us
in thanking the community for supporting us
for all these years. We are excited to be
able to show one of the best black comedies
of all time outdoors on 16 mm film."
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"Remarkably fresh and undated. A clear-eyed,
irreverent, dangerous satire."
- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN TIMES
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Mission
Creek Park Trail Clearing Work Party
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Saturday, May 16,
1 to 4 pm
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Meet at the
SF and Marion Street entrance.
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Capital
City Marathon runs through our neighborhood
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Sunday, May 17
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cheer on the runners and volunteer to support
the event. For a course map and to find out how
to volunteer ,visit their website at
Capital City Marathon.
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NENA Board Meeting
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The next meeting of the NENA board
will be held on Wednesday, April 15 from 7 to 9 pm in the
Roosevelt music room.
Our meetings
occur on the third Wednesday of most months. Join us to share your thoughts,
concerns, or ideas for our neighborhood!
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The NENA Board
needs your help to keep going! For several years now, we
have operated with a skeleton crew, yet have still
accomplished amazing things to put our neighborhood on the
map as a great place to live and grow. Will you be part of
the next wave? We hope so! Check out these
job descriptions
to see where you can invest your
talents and interests to best serve your community. Thank
you!
We won a 2009 Neighborhood Association Matching
Grant from the City of Olympia to build a community
kiosk and welcome sign at the corner of Bethel and
San Francisco! We will be getting the word out this
spring to recruit a few good builders.
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Visitor:
Updated:
05/06/2009
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