We had a great meeting last night with a wonderful turnout of new and old members. Thank you to Sandi Clothier for hosting and sharing some delightful strawberries, cookies, and guac! And thanks to everyone who came and shared their thoughts on how to improve our community. Here are the notes from last night, typed up by Veda.
Elder Issues
Sophia Hauserman invited elders to a breakfast meeting at the Kirkwood Café on Wednesday, September 14th at 8:30am. She also informed us about an upcoming workshop on Community Development for Enhancing the Lives of Older Hoosiers to be held in Indy on September 6&7.
For more information contact Sophia at sofyhaus@sbcglobal.net.
Yard Sale
The NWSNA yard sale is set for this coming Saturday, August 27 from 8-1. Brennan, the owner of Time Flies Antique Gallery at 729 W. Kirkwood and Chris and Carol from Sublime Design attended the meeting and they want to participate in the yard sale as well. We will add them to the 9 homes that will be in the yard sale. Look for signs and flyers and an ad in the H.T,
Veda will handle the publicity and Steven Janowiecki will help place signs.
Grants Available
Sandi Clothier talked about grants that are available for businesses along the West Kirkwood corridor and the need for our neighborhood to support our local businesses.
Downtown Businesses
Barry Wallock spoke about an opportunity to have Talisha Coppock to attend our next NWSNA meeting to get our ideas about the kinds of businesses our neighborhood would like to see downtown. Veda will invite reps from both the Prospect Hill NA and Maple Heights NA to attend our next meeting and share in the discussion with Talisha.
Welcome New Neighbors
Sophia Hauserman is going to contact Vickie Provine at HAND and order “welcome” magnets for neighbors to give to new people moving into our neighborhood this fall. Sophie will coordinate with neighbors to deliver the magnets.
Neighborhood Planning
Our Councilman, Chris Sturbaum, attended the meeting and updated us on the EcoVillage. He also inspired a great discussion about creating a “neighborhood plan” to define our vision for our neighborhood and identify issues to be handled. This is a lengthy process and we will be meeting in a small group to plan for how to organize the larger process. Barry, Brennan, Veda and Sandi will meet soon to begin the discussion.
Chris also told us that the Growth Policies Plan will be updated soon and this is an important process that neighborhoods can be involved with. We will need to make sure to have NWS neighbors in on these discussions about our vision for the growth of our city.
By Law Updates
Bill Baus will head a committee to look at needed by law revisions. He will convene a committee soon.