ENA Board Meeting
March 10, 2026 7:00 PM
Swantown Inn, 1431 11th Ave SE
Minutes
Board members present:
Sherry Chilcutt (President), Karen Sweeney (Vice president & CNA representative), Jim Sweeney (Secretary), Jim Rioux (Treasurer), Nathan Allan, Cheryl Bayle, Josh Elliott
1) Approval of February Minutes
The February 10th minutes were approved as submitted.
2) Treasurer Report
Jim R. reported the following account balances:
Checking $1,489.83
Savings $1,950.80
Total $3,440.63
The Board discussed reimbursements for CPR training expenses. Sherry said she intends to ask Brittany for clarification.
3) CNA report
Karen reported on the following topics from the March 9th CNA meeting:
- The CNA continues to ask the City to update the construction projects on their website.
- Jim S. described some of the projects on the City’s quarterly projects list.
- Councilmember Gillman updated the CNA on efforts to keep the Evergreen College pool open.
- An Intercity Transit representative described the project underway to add 100 new bus stops. Josh described changes to routes 60 and 64. Here is a link to an IT website page with a map and route descriptions:
https://intercitytransit.com/bus-system-redesign/map
- The CNA is now able to open its Zoom meetings to a larger audience.
- Requests for Neighborhood Matching Grants exceed the total funding available.
- Larry Dzieza created a coloring book from pictures of his neighborhood to encourage community identity and walking. He offered to share how to do it with anyone who’s interested.
- Lastly, Karen and I forgot to talk about the CNA’s City Council presentation on the neighborhood priorities forum, but there was an article in Jolt about it; here’s a link: https://www.thejoltnews.com/stories/neighborhood-group-gathers-information-to-better-understand-community-priorities,28398?
4) RNA grant proposal
Sherry described the ENA’s 2026 grant application.
These are the ENA events we will be sponsoring in 2026:
- June 27 Block Parties – We will need to determine the date block party applications are due, when to apply for street closures, and notify block party hosts of critical dates.
- Aug. 1 Emergency Preparedness Fair – The Board agreed we will need someone to be the lead for this event and Josh volunteered. We will also want to tap into BJ & Heidi’s expertise.
- Aug. 29 Porch Music Fest
- Sept. 26 Annual Picnic & Apple Pressing
5) Walking map discussion
Josh and Jim S. described their initial discussions and what they’ve learned from Olympia’s Hidden Histories Walking Tours:
They intend to look into ArcGIS StoryMaps, either the free version, or a State agency, or a college. The free version may not have the necessary functionality and we may end up needing to buy a subscription, but this decision will be made later.
6) Recruiting members to rebuild membership
We are planning to do a mailing in June to ask people for their email addresses. The mailing can include our logo and a QR code. Nathan suggested posting the flyer on the ENA Facebook page.
7) Apple press now has wheels
Thank you Sherry and Hank!
8) Priorities for 2026
- Getting dates on website calendar – Nathan will update
- 501(c)(3)
- Sherry will be out of town for most of April and May.
Jim R. volunteered to chair the meetings.
The meeting ended at 8:15 PM