News~Oct06

October 2006 Mission Creek Refuge Walkability Issues NENA Meetings

Roosevelt School Walking Route Survey

~ now available online!

NENA, supported by a Healthy STEPS grant from the Thurston County Public Health Department, developed this brief school walking route survey to find out how Roosevelt students get to and from school. If you are a parent or caregiver of a Roosevelt student, please complete this survey so we can make it safer and more enjoyable for students and the entire family to get active and get connected in our neighborhood!

Paper copies of this survey will be sent home with all Roosevelt students on Monday, October 9, or you can complete this survey online right here beginning on October 9. Please return your survey on or before Tuesday, October 17! With your feedback in hand, we will begin:

Identifying the safest walking/biking routes to Roosevelt.

Working with the Olympia School District & the City of Olympia to make school walking routes safer by recommending the construction of sidewalks & other features that will protect pedestrians & cyclists in our neighborhood.

Setting a new standard for schools in the Olympia School District by making it safe & pleasant for our students to get active & stay healthy!

For those of you who have not yet seen the results from our spring 2006 Roosevelt Traffic Survey, here you go! Survey Results-Word

Survey Results-PDF

Mission Creek Refuge

Everybody is welcome at the public meeting to discuss the Mission Creek Refuge Interim Use and Management Plan!

Wednesday, October 18 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm

in the Roosevelt Elementary Music Room

Join us in the music room at 6:00 for a brief NENA Board meeting if you want to learn more about NENA and/or have a neighborhood issue you would like to discuss.

Walkability Issues

Construction is underway on this vital connector between Friendly Grove and the rest of the neighborhood! Read all about it in the Miller sidewalk flyer.

Reeves Middle School Connector to East Bay

This proposed trail will allow students and neighbors to more easily reach Reeves Middle School and will become part of the trail network planned for Priest Point Park. NENA and our partners, the East Bay Drive Neighborhood Association and Woodland Trail Greenway Association, leveraging grant funds from Thurston County STEPs, will work with the City and Olympia School District to build this trail while Reeves is closed for remodeling.

NENA Meetings

The next NENA Board meeting is scheduled for Nov. 15 from 7 to 9 pm in the Roosevelt Music Room. All are welcome!

NENA Board Members

We need you! If you want to help make our neighborhood even better, please consider joining the board!

President, Treasurer, Scribe

Peter Guttchen

Vice President

currently vacant

Brains, Muscles, Tenacity

Cheryl and Doran Hougham

Mary Donaldson

Retiring from board as of October 2006

Melinda Spencer

Mark Axtell

More than a hundred people danced, visited, painted & wielded pick axes to make our Sept. 16 Neighborhood Block Party a HUGE success! We celebrated improvements at San Francisco & Bethel, worked on improvements-in-progress & hatched plans for the future. Thank you for your investment in our neighborhood! Grateful & hearty thanks also go out to:

Mukana Marimba for their joyful music!

San Francisco Street Bakery for the coffee & pastries!

Don's EZ Stop for the cold drinks!

Emma Guttchen for donating her face-painting expertise!

Cheryl Hougham for organizing the Good Neighbor Awards!

Mark Axtell, Doran Hougham & Keith Spencer for setting up & tearing down.

Pam Turlove for her enthusiasm and know-how in creating the sundial!

Anthea Lawrence for loaning us her PA system!

Bradley Naragon for his amazing mandala creation. WOW!

Wendy Sternshein for her beautiful calligraphy on the Good Neighbor Awards!

Teresa Mosqueda for the much-needed A-boards for publicity!

City of Olympia Parks, Arts & Recreation Dept., specifically Rod Lode & Stephanie Johnson, for the picnic tables & garbage cans ~ a HUGE help!