Save the Date

 Monday, May 23, 2011

 6:30 to 8:30 pm

 Olympia City Hall

 City Council Chambers

The Coalition of Neighborhood Associations along with the City of Olympia is sponsoring a Neighborhood Conversation just for you, a conversation about where we all live; neighborhoods.  We are very excited and pleased to announce that the world renown Jim Diers, the former director of Seattle's Office of Neighborhoods is coming to Olympia to share his thoughts and vision with our community. Jim is a champion of participatory democracy who finds creative and resourceful ways to get more people involved with their communities and the decisions that affect their daily lives. In Jim's fourteen years of service with the city of Seattle, his department's mission was to decentralize and coordinate city services, strengthen communities and their organizations, and work in partnership with these organizations to preserve and enhance the neighborhoods.  Jim's influence and legacy is still evident throughout Seattle and in today's work at Seattle's Department of Neighborhoods. Jim is also the author of Neighbor Power: Building Community the Seattle Way.

Please be our guest for the evening. We will begin the program with a "Neighborhood Conversation" on neighborhood planning, a review of what was learned at the Imagine Olympia neighborhood meetings held in January and March, and then hear from Jim Diers on the endless possibilities we have for changing our future and for making our dreams for our community a reality. We look forward to seeing you on Monday, May 23, 2011, at 6:30 pm at City Hall.

Neighborhoods,

Here is a link to a graphic that illustrates the process and timeline Olympia is using in hiring a new police chief.

http://tinyurl.com/OPDCHIEF

The City Manager attended the Coalition's meeting on Monday, August 9, 2010. The neighborhoods discussed the qualities they would like to see in Olympia's new police chief. The discussion went well and many ideas were shared. We look forward to the next steps in the process.

Thanks everyone, 

Julie Hankins, Chair Olympia Coalition of Neighborhood Associations 

I. Special Meeting: A Neighborhood Conversation

How can we improve the quality of life in neighborhoods and in Olympia?

Please join neighborhood leaders for a neighborhood conversation, a discussion about what is happening in your neighborhood.  What are the main issues that are important to you and your neighbors? Come share your ideas and experiences with other neighborhoods so we can learn from one another.  

Let us begin dialogues about what can be done to improve the quality of life in our neighborhoods and what can be done to strengthen relationships between individual neighborhoods and between the neighborhoods and the city.  Concrete suggestions and new ideas for positive change are especially valuable.  Board members or another representative from your neighborhood are always welcome to attend.

II.            Date and Place

• Monday, May 24, 2010
• Conference Room, Downtown Olympia Fire Station, 100 Eastside St NE, Olympia, WA 98506

• 6:30-8:30 PM

Julie Hankins, CNA Chair

III.            RSVP

            Please contact one of the two persons listed below by May 17^th if you plan to attend.

CNA Steering Committee Member            Email                                                            Phone

Bob Jones, Vice Chair                                    bobjonesmilitary@comcast.net            867-0867

Karen Veldheer, Steering Comm.            karenveldheer@mac.com                        528-0970

Meeting Objective

• Review the process for joining the Coalition’s Steering Committee and serving on the Executive Board
• Solicit interest from Coalition members who may want to join the Coalition’s Steering Committee
• Learn about Olympia’s on-line neighborhood crime mapping service and the “Rising Tide Alliance”
• Learn about and discuss opportunities to enhance and expand neighborhood graffiti clean-up efforts
• Provide an opportunity for folks to share information on emerging issues and upcoming events
• Confirm next meeting dates and set and assign next steps

Meeting Objectives

• Provide an overview of the Coalition, review 2009 focus and proposed standard format for full Coalition
• meetings
• Review and adopt revisions to the Coalition Bylaws
• Review the process for joining the Coalition’s Steering Committee and serving on the Executive Board
• Solicit interest from Coalition members who may want to join the Coalition’s Steering Committee
• Review and solicit feedback on the Coalition’s new website
• Learn about and discuss issues, projects and proposals from local agencies and organizations
• Provide an opportunity for folks to share information on emerging issues and upcoming events
• Confirm next meeting dates and set and assign next steps