Good Stuff by Humans

Tonight I went to my first local neighborhood community meeting. I wasn’t sure what to expect, but I was happliy surprised by how cool and thoughtful it was.

Topics that came up: the local high school is building a neighborhood garden that will allow neighbors to sign up and have their own plot of land as well as volunteer to help with the high school’s garden. The project to help students grow organically and hopefully integrate the food into the cafeteria.  They are also offering a class in gardening in March.

Another topic was about another city project that has been successful in providing affordable apartments and was able to fill all the apartments by Dec 31st, 2009. The apartments themselves were barely finished being built end of Summer 2009. The man who is managing the apartments was very concerned about keeping the crime low and making sure he knew what was happening with his tenants.

Other topics were crime/security awareness, spring clean up day, and the newsletter. Overall, it was a very positive group and made me more at peace that there are awesome people in my community that work hard to keep it safe and friendly.

I recommend going to your local neighborhood association if you haven’t yet. I guarantee you’ll learn a lot and they always seem to like new faces!

Filed under: read more on February 6th, 2009