Saturday, September 27 from 1 to 4 pm at Lincoln School – 213 21st Ave. This event organized by the South Capitol Neighborhood Association with support from a City of Olympia Sustainability Grant is open to everyone. Highlights include a presentation by renowned architect, preservationist and sustainability advocate Peter Steinbrueck and sustainable art activities for kids. Visit http://groups.google.com/group/south-capitol-neighborhood for complete details.
All Neighbors from All Neighborhoods Invited to Join Wildwood in this Workshop
The Wildwood Neighborhood Association joins with Terra Commons www.terracommons.us to establish an Edible Forest Garden in Marianne Guerin and Miguel Perez-Gibson’s yard at 2418 Otis on September 19-21.
You are invited to help plant fruit and nut trees and berry bushes then sheet mulch the lawn by putting down cardboard and wood chips to remove the grass. Edible Forest Gardens consist of three main layers, with fruit and nut trees as the upper canopy, berries and other edible bushes as the middle layer and perennial vegetables and fruits as the ground cover.
The FREE workshop includes:
We will be there from 10 AM until 4 PM each day with potluck lunches. Feel free to come for both full days, half days or just stop by when you can. This hands on workshop will show what you too could do in your own yard. We hope that neighborhood planning could lead to a number of forest gardens on Otis and throughout the neighborhod – this is just the beginning. Let Michael Kelly [email protected] know of your interest.
DONATIONS NEEDED and WELCOME:
For more information contact:
Marianne Guerin [email protected] 357-7576
Michael Kelly [email protected] 339-3329
Saturday, August 9 the Eastside Neighborhood Association (ENA) will join in the Annual Neighborhood Picnic at Lions Park.
The Annual Neighborhood Picnic is an Eastside tradition for sharing conversation, games, and refreshments. The ENA will be at the park from 11 am to 2 pm. The members of the board want to take this opportunity to
invite everyone to come and have some fun and learn about the issues facing our neighborhood.
If you have any questions about food or activities at the event, please don’t hesitate to contact Whitney Bowerman at [email protected]. We look forward to seeing you on August 9!
The summer months are some of the slowest months for donations to food banks. To help meet this need, children’s ministry at New Bridge Community Church will be sponsoring a food drive for the months of July and August. The donations will benefit the Thurston County Food Bank and the Union Gospel Mission. Please bring nonperishable items (canned meat and cereals are in high demand) to church and place them in the designated bins found around our facility. There is a box in the administrative office located on the 8th St side (map). Office hours are Tuesday – Friday 9:00 to 5:00 p.m. Feel free to drop off your items during the week or on Sunday. Thank you for helping those who need a little extra help in our community.
Draft minutes for the July 17th Board meeting, taken by Carol Wilson
12 members present.
Luke called the meeting to order 7:10 the minutes from the June board meeting were read and approved.
Mark Bergeson sent in a treasurer’s report. There is currently $2,100.00 in our bank account.
The neighborhood picnic will be on Sat. August 9th 11:00—2:00
Terri Zander will bring some information on Bike Tech, some games
There will be a patrol car making the rounds of the park.
Eddie Willingham will provide us with a blow up slide or some similar type inflatable toy We will also check and see if he can loan us his sound system
Whitney will purchase and assemble the beef burgers.
Stewart will make the veggie burgers.
Sam will provide the iced coffee
Nathan and Casey will make the Costco run and purchase buns, hot dogs, condiments, soda, any paper products we may need.
Terri Zander will be in charge of the microphone and make any necessary announcements.
Whitney will put up signs around the neighborhood about the picnic and Jessica will help. Terri will put up 4 signs around the park
Whitney will set up a schedule for people manning the BBQs Elaine, Jessica, Chad and Luke all volunteered to cook. Luke will bring a BBQ and it would be nice if we could get someone else to bring one.
Jessica will bring her corn hole game and anyone who has any other group games is urged to bring them.
There is some confusion in the current boundaries of the neighborhood association. The written description doesn’t match the actual map. Luke will look into getting the written description and the map to match. He will also look into what the intention of the boundaries were.
Terri expressed some concerns about neighborhood safety issues. There have been a lot of car prowls in the neighborhood lately. Luke will continue to post the information on our website. Perhaps we could have someone come and talk to us at the next neighborhood general meeting. The main emphasis seems to be know your neighbors and report anything that doesn’t look right. Perhaps the neighborhood association could take the lead in informing people of how to have a small group block party or garage sale. This would involve just a few houses and would be a great way to get to know your immediate neighbors. It was agreed that we would put the basics in the newsletter and more information on the website. Terri also suggested that we call the police on any kind of issue so they know what is going on in our neighborhood.
The garden project—Luke got a copy of the contract between the city and GRUBB which has a garden at Sunrise Park. We thought maybe the same thing would be possible at Madison Scenic Park. It was also decided that we have confused the city with all the different people who have talked to them about our garden project. Luke will contact the city and let them know that we are still in support of the garden project and when plans are begun for Madison Scenic Park we want to be involved in the process. He will contact GRUBB and see if they want to partner with us. Luke will contact David Hanna and let him know he will serve as the contact person and a garden is our preferred use of the park. He will report back to us at the picnic.
Terri let us know that build a bike is looking for a new home and needs to move by the end of summer. Any one have any ideas?
Some concern was expressed about all board members being sure that anything they say or send out should be approved by the board first. Make sure they you aren’t appearing to be representing the ENA if you don’t have the board’s approval.
A Walking Train project is being started at Madison it is a way to get kids to school and home again safely with out using vehicles
The meeting was adjourned at 8:30.
Respectfully submitted, Carol Wilson Secretary.
