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December 2008
~ January 2009
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Animal
Control
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Contact Thurston County
Animal Control Services to report stray or
dangerous animals.
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Block Watch~Olympia Police Department
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The City’s website provides
links to archived issues of the Block Watch
newsletter, but does not tell you how to
start your own Block Watch group. Contact
Amy Stull at Olympia Police Department
Community Programs, 360/753-8049 or
astull@ci.olympia.wa.us.
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Coalition of
Neighborhood Associations (CNA)
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The mission of CNA is “to
promote and enhance the quality of life in
our neighborhoods by providing a forum to
collaborate to achieve common goals.” This
is a valuable body for addressing issues
that affect every neighborhood.
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Code
Enforcement
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Report problems such as
trash, debris, overgrown vegetation
encroaching the right-of-way, and inoperable
and unlicensed vehicles on private property.
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Graffiti
Abatement
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Have a problem with graffiti
in your neighborhood? The Public Works
Department provides free graffiti removal
kits to recognized Neighborhood Associations
& Block Watch neighborhoods. To request a
kit, call (360) 753-8588, or email
Public Works.
Neighborhood
Crime Mapping Service
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This free on-line crime
mapping service will let you see police
activity that has occurred in the City on a
Google-style map. Enter a specific address
and see what crime has happened in the
vicinity of your neighborhood or pan the map
to see activity City-wide.
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Neighborhood
Crossroads Program
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This program encourages
people to create a gathering space for their
neighborhood, a place for community
interaction and celebrations. An added
benefit may be to slow down drivers, making
the streets safer for everyone.
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Neighborhood
Matching Grants
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The goal is to encourage
projects that foster civic pride, enhance
and beautify neighborhoods, expand citizen
involvement, and promote the interests of
the Olympia community. Olympia makes grant
funds
available to recognized neighborhood
associations up to a 50/50 matching basis.
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Neighborhood
Sustainability Grants
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Sustainability grants are
intended to encourage residents to work
collaboratively and creatively to find ways
to improve the environmental health of our
neighborhoods, and ultimately, our
community.
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Neighborhood
Traffic Management Program
(NTMP)
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NTMP helps residents address
traffic concerns in their
neighborhood. Neighbors nominate their
street for speed control devices, and work
with City staff to plan and build their
devices.
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NeighborWoods
Program
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The NeighborWoods Program
encourages residents to plant and care for
street trees in residential neighborhoods.
The City gives free trees to residents,
along with free training in the care of
those trees, in exchange for planting and
caring for the trees.
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Schools:
Olympia School
District
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The two public schools in our neighborhood are:
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Roosevelt Elementary School
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Reeves Middle School
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Thurston GeoData Center
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This is a great resource to look up property values
and records of home sales.
Transportation
Programs and Projects
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Great places
to walk
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Links to walking route
brochures are provided here. The City has
placed copies of our Walking Routes Through
Northeast Olympia guide at the Olympia
Center, City Hall, and the Smith Building,
but this list has not been updated to
include
our guide, so get it
here!
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Sidewalk
Projects
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New sidewalks create,
complete, and enhance recreational walking
routes that link neighborhoods, parks,
schools, and trails. The projects identified
in the Parks and Pathways program
are outlined in the City of Olympia Sidewalk
Program Report.
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©2008 by Olympia's Northeast
Neighborhood Association.
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Please contact
Melinda Spencer with your comments or additions to this
list.
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NENA Board Meeting
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The next
meeting of the NENA board
to be
announced.
The December meeting was
held on Wednesday, December 10.
Here are the
meeting notes.
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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!
Neighborhood Matching Grant
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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Touchstone Group Home to
close
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San Francisco Street Sidewalk
Completed!!! Thank you, Oly Public
Works! A springtime community celebration is in the
works. We'll provide details here as they become
available.
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