Dear Homeowners:
The Rainier Vista Home Owners Association will be changing and this change will directly affect you. A change in the composition of the Board is on the horizon. It is critical that homeowners attend the Association Meeting on Tuesday evening to learn of the change and what tasks need to be completed to ensure a smooth transition. We will devote the entire second half of the Board Meeting to discussing the creation of a ‘Transition Committee’ of homeowners as well as the timeline for the transition. As your Board President, I am encouraging you to attend this meeting.
I look forward to seeing you there.
Thank you.
Willard Brown
Board President
Webmaster’s Note: The Board Meeting is Tuesday, Oct. 28. See the calendar for details.
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The Jefferson Terrace Cyberlearning Project on First Hill is seeking Computer Instructors for low-income adult learners with beginning to intermediate skills. Instructors will conduct classes over several weeks on topics to be determined by community interest. Classes will be held at the Jefferson Terrace Computer Lab on First Hill. Salary DOE. Minimum one year of leading computer classes is required. For more information on this position, please contact Dorene Cornwell, Project Coordinator at JeffersonTLab08@yahoo.com or 206-524-8746. Interviews start the week of Oct. 27.
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Join your neighbors for a Fall Harvest Party!
Saturday, November 1st
4PM to 6PM
Neighborhood House Paul Allen Room
Games, Prizes, Treats, Music, Snacks and Fun!
Please bring snacks to share
Sponsors include: Percussion For Kids, Neighborhood House and Seattle Housing Authority
The City of Seattle is launching updates to the neighborhood plans, and three light rail stations are at the top of the list: Beacon Hill, Mount Baker and Othello. This planning update could have significant impacts on the neighborhoods surrounding the stations and on all of us who live south of I-90. Come to a community-sponsored event to learn about the planning process and to discuss how to create vibrant, successful neighborhoods at these stations.
When: Saturday, October 25th, 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Where: New Holly Gathering Hall
7054 32nd Ave South
Food, beverages and child care will be provided!
Presentations by:
Rene Staton: A community activist from Safe Walks, an organization dedicated to extending sidewalks in Seattle
Dan Rosenfeld: a real estate developer with extensive experience with transit-oriented development
Louise Grassov: An associate with Gehl Architects, a Copenhagen, Denmark–based consulting firm with extensive world-wide experience in city planning.
Sally Clark: the Seattle City Council Member leading the effort to update the city’s neighborhood plans.
Ray Gastil: the Planning Director with the Department of Planning and Development
The Pre-Registration period for the 2009-2010 school year for Seattle Public Schools runs until the end of November. Rumor is that pre-registration for South End schools is very low. For more information, please see Seattle Public School’s website.
The Neighborhood House has a new volunteer position open and is looking to fill it, preferably with someone local. The Youth Tutor and Technology Volunteer will assist youth (primarily ages 12 – 19, but younger children too) with their computer-based homework and learning activities. Working with the Computer Lab Coordinator and Computer Coaches, volunteers will encourage and assist youth to use technology productively to complete school assignments, increase their technology skills, and complete a variety of technology-based projects and experiences.
Neighborhood House is looking for someone who can provide volunteer support a minimum of one afternoon a week (Monday through Thursday; 3:30 pm to 5:30 pm). You should be comfortable working with youth, able to communicate effectively, be familiar with various computer programs and tasks (Word, Powerpoint, Internet research, graphics), and be able to assist youth with homework and basic academic skills. Responsibilities will include assisting youth in the computer lab to complete homework and learning activities, helping prepare and facilitate technology-based activities for youth, monitoring computer lab activities to ensure safe and proper use, helping prepare and maintain the lab equipment and being a positive roll model.
Interested? Contact Kate Farmer, NRV Site Manager for Neighborhood House at (206) 461-4568 ext. 211 or katef@NHWA.ORG
Block 4, at the north end of the community, is now actively under construction. The builder is Habitat for Humanity, a non-profit committed to “ending substandard housing” that relies on volunteers for all the labor. To get involved with Habitat generally, check out their Volunteer Information page. To volunteer on the Block 4 site specifically, contact Martha (ext 112) or Margie (ext 111) at 206-292-5240. The site supervisor said they were scheduling about a month in advance. Individual volunteers are welcome (you don’t have to be part of a group and no one needs to organize a big NRV event - although if someone wanted to I bet that would be welcome as well).
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