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11/30/04 The Roosevelt Neighbors' Alliance "The RNA Neighborhood"
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4. Neighbor Appreciation Day 2005 - CALL for ART (K-12) 5. History House Exhibit - Neighborhood Community Focus: Northeast Seattle - RNA is participant 6. Comprehensive Plan Amendments Public Forum
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. RNA Board Meeting, Wednesday, December 1 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Landmark Fence Project Construction News - the stone is started! > The RNA has signed with Fredhoe Construction, of Everett, to build
the main gateway of the Landmark Fence. The start date was November 4th. > The Foundation Stones are for the most part ready for installation,
several last ones are on order. These will be installed as the mason
is ready for them. Mary Hausladen and Nancy Bocek, project co-chairs, are working with Daniel Winterbottom, RNA's project manager to make a decision about extending beyond the gateway base bid to complete as much of the remaining project along 50th Street as possible. We will examine the funds remaining, the cost breakdown for each element and various design options. Anything left to build after this construction period may include another fundraising & construction phase to be done as soon as possible. We'll beginning appraising and planning for that as necessary after the gateway construction is completed late December. We are taking under consideration the recommendation by Ted Holden, our new Parks Project Manager and a Parks Department senior landscape architect, to omit the low wall between piers for the rest of 50th and replace it with picket fencing instead. The Parks arborist has concerns about the survival of the park trees as their roots may be damaged by digging the trench for the concrete footings. Ted also believes that the grassy area between the pathway and the fence would do well to as a planting bed instead of grass. If we must follow this course of action, ideas to buffer the effect of traffic could include shrub plantings or applied artworks to the picket fencing. For more info or to offer your help, please reply to this email. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. Neighbor Appreciation Day 2005 - CALL for ART (K-12) The Department is looking for artwork from children (K-12) depicting what's great about your neighborhood. Please help get the word out to schools in your neighborhood. Thanks! Karen Ko MEDIA ADVISORY SEATTLE - February 12, 2005 will mark the City’s eleventh annual
celebration of Neighbor Appreciation Day. Once again we are asking Seattle
students to contribute original artwork for a contest as part of this
annual event. Winners in the past have included students of all ages
from all over Seattle.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. History House Exhibit - Neighborhood Community Focus: Northeast Seattle RNA is a participant in History House's Exhibit - Seattle Neighborhood Community Focus: Northeast Seattle The exhibition will run from November 6th through January 30th. History House of Greater Seattle 206 675-8875 or hhouse@scn.org Participants and Friends of Northeast Seattle, It is our pleasure to send you this invitation to attend the opening of our Seattle Neighborhood Community Focus exhibition celebrating Northeast Seattle. Over 40 organizations and individuals from the Northeast Seattle Area
will be sharing their stories at the exhibit. These photo and caption
exhibits, PowerPoint presentations, DVDs and videos will display the
impressive history and diversity of Northeast Seattle. The exhibition
will run from November 6th through January 30th. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
7. Yes, Join! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The RNA's name says it all - we're an "alliance" of neighbors, grass roots and community lead. RNA is as strong as its membership, so help us achieve our goals by being an active member: come to our meetings and take part in making positive changes to improve our community. RNA isn't about money, everyone in our community matters. But dues-paying members are the ones that are tallied as RNA "members", which is important for validating our organization to the city, other organizations and grant makers. Due-paying members get the newsletter out, pay for stamps, support RNA organizational expenses. Dues range from a welcomed $10 to a more generous contribution of $30 (or more). To join: Send in the membership form! Its easy.... 1. Print this email and clip the form. Or copy and paste onto a document. 2. Mail to: The Roosevelt Neighbors’ Alliance Or, log on to RNA's on-line membership form:http://www.scn.org/rna/forms/mem_form.htm
RNA 2004 Membership Form Please print and mail your membership today - Don’t Delay! Name _______________________________________ Address ______________________________________________________________ City __________________________________________________________________ Zip ___________________ Phone ______________________________________ E-mail _______________________________________ "I would like to join the Roosevelt Neighbors’ Alliance with a one year, tax-deductible membership": Single $25 ____ Family $30 ____ Limited Inc. $10 ____ Contributing $50 ____ Business $50____ Benefactor $100 ____ Volunteers are crucial to the vitality of our organization - so please say "Yes, I would like to volunteer some of my time to help RNA serve our neighborhood!": Mailings _________ Special Projects ________ Telephone _______ Short Duration Tasks_______ "I would like to donate additional funds towards": Membership forms are also in all RNA newsletters. Newsletters can be found at the University Branch Library, University Neighborhood Service Center, University Heights Center for the Community and the University Family YMCA. Or newsletters are available by mail; for these please reply to this message, call Nancy Bocek 632-7760, or write Nancy Bocek 5011 9th Ave NE, 98105. Newsletters are provided with your membership.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit RNA's website: http://www.scn.org/rna Website for Northeast Seattle calendar and news: Northeast Seattle is a web source for community news, events and information. http://www.northeastseattle.com/home.htm Maple Leaf Neighborhood bulletin board: http://www.MapleLeafNeighborhood.org Daylighting Ravenna Creek in Cowen Park: Citywide Directory http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/directory/ This is a great resource for looking up city employees, departments and services. Access Washington http://access.wa.gov/ State government and services information and links. Metropolitan King County Council homepage http://www.metrokc.gov/mkcc/members/members.htm
Links and information for King County Council. One especially good site is History Link: http://www.historylink.org/ This site is great for student research. It includes very good short "Magic Lantern Tours" (several by Paul Dorpat) and a personal file for keeping essays, images, links and notes. Historic Seattle: Historic Seattle, founded in 1974, is the only city-wide nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the preservation of Seattle's architectural legacy. www.historicseattle.org A great resource is the Seattle Times "150 Years: Seattle By and By"/"Seattle Through the Years" from November 13, 2001: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/news/local/seattle_history/articles/timeline.html . This site has good links to other history sites as well. You can spend hours looking through them. (As I have!) Another Seattle Times resource of Census 2000 data in "Your Neighborhood": I especially like the maps showing income distribution, growth and population density. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/census2000/yncharts/nw/map/newzip_dbf61_m10000.html More details on the Census 2000 can be researched at: http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html Powers of Ten View the Milky Way at 10 million light years from the Earth. Just to get a more universal perspective! http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/index.html
Officers: Members-at-Large: *New to the Board in 2004 Also: Arn Slettebak, Daylighting Ravenna Creek Representative Many other volunteers have given much appreciated help in 2003-4 to deliver newsletters and leaflets, help produce the newsletter and website, volunteered to do project outreach, decision-making and more : (Including) Mark Bocek, Lyla Ciardi, Carmen Cook, Sharon Dunn, Betsy Friedland, Darcey Harding, Ylva Hernlund, Tracy Hager, Catherine Hinrichsen, Joan Horn, Patricia and Patrick Keenan, Jennifer Kuhn, Sarah Larson (and friends), Susan MacKenzie, Bob Martin, Nick DiMartino, Valerie Mehring, Jennifer Peterson, Bill Purdy, Jay Regenstreif, Jane Rowley, Arn and Kathy Slettebak, Lucy Sloman, Julian Wheeler, Mary Wills, Mina Wirth, Corinne Cook, and Steve Wirbilowicz. Volunteer opportunities include: Board of Directors, land use, transportation, University Playground Park, U-D open space, membership, grant writing, newsletter and website. Your participation is welcomed. The RNA is an all-volunteer, non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
Information presented in this e-mail newsletter is not necessarily the position, policy or activity of the Roosevelt Neighbors' Alliance. The Editor and the RNA Board may choose to post information of an educational or informative nature that might be of interest to the community in compliance with the purpose of the RNA organization to inform and educate the community on all issues that pertain to the quality of life in our neighborhood. To request to be removed from this list please email nancybocek@att.net . --- Nancy Bocek, Newsletter Editor
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