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The Rainier Vista Boys and Girls Club is having a Parent Outreach Event! Come learn about this Positive Place for Kids:

  • Child Care Programs
  • After School Programs
  • Summer Camps
  • Scholarships and reduced Memberships for NRV Youth!

This evening event will be on Wednesday, May 23, from 6pm - 7:30pm at the Boys & Girls Club (4520 MLK S). Interpretation will be provided in Somali, Amharic, Tigrinya, and Vietnamese.

Need more info? Contact dlewis@positiveplace.org or rjones@positiveplace.org or call 206-436-1891.

The Seattle Neighborhood Group presents a Landlord Training Workshop. Learn how to:

  • Prevent illegal activity and identify illegal behavior, especially relating to drug activity on your property.
  • Screen applicants fairly and legally
  • Create excellent rental agreements
  • Deal with problems before they escalate
  • Avoid situations that lead to difficult evictions
  • Work with your residents to make your property a great place to live
  • Learn about recent changes to landlord/tenant laws
  • AND MORE!

This event will be Thursday, June 14th, from 8:30am - 4:30pm, at the 2100 Building, 24th Ave S. Cost is $40 per person; includes a Landlord Manual, morning coffee & rolls and afternoon snack. Register online at www.sngi.org or call 206-323-9666.

Here’s what’s happening at the Technology Center at NRV’s Neighborhood House.

  • Basic Computer Skills Classes - Wednesdays, May 16 & 23, 4:00-6pm
    Learn the basics of computers from how to use a mouse, how to type, navigate the internet, or any other skills you would like to learn!
  • Job Search 101 - Fridays from 1:30-3:30pm
    Need help creating a resume, cover letter, or completing an online job application? This class will provide one on one assistance.
  • Youth Tutor Time! - Thursdays from 5:30-6:45pm
    Youth who need computers for their homework assignments are invited to attend and work with staff to complete their work!
  • Financial Literacy Class: - Wednesday May 30th 4:00-6pm
    Learn about banks and credit unions and how to pay your bills online!
  • May Saturday Open Lab Hours
    • Saturday May 19th, 11:00-5:00

You are invited to an interactive Community Conversation with Puget Sound Sage, the authors of the report “A Sustainable Rainier Valley: Moving Racial Justice to the Center of Transit Oriented Development Planning in Seattle” on Monday, May 14. This event will take place at the Filipino Community Center at 5740 MLK Way S from 5:30pm til 8pm.

For more information contact Rebecca Saldana at rebecca@pugetsoundsage.org or 206-568-5000 x 25.

It’s time for the Multicultural Gathering’s Quarterly Potluck! Join your neighbors on May 16, from 6pm til 8pm, at the Neighborhood House. Bring a dish to share!

The next neighborhood cleanup will be Saturday, May 12 at 10am. Come meet your neighbors in the Central Park for doughnuts, coffee and a little trash collection. Grabbers and some gloves provided.

The next meeting of the NRV Trafffic & Safety Committee will be Monday, May 7 from 6:45 to 8pm at the NRV Neighborhood House. Items on the agenda include debriefing March’s Community Safety Meeting, a report on Living Room Conversations, an update on the Youth/Parent Focus Group and a possible sign posting rules for the Central Park.

Come out on Saturday, May 5, from 10am til noon, and give Cheasty Greenspace at Mt. View a little love. Tools and gloves provided. Bring your own water. Pledged hours but haven’t been able to come? Bring homemade treats for the volunteers and get credit for your hours!

Oh, and if you’re interested in similar trails through the other parts of Cheasty Greenspace (including the part nearer to NRV), please

Which Seattle neighborhood has the highest number of people and jobs within a 10 minute walk of a frequent transit station? Join us on May 3 to learn the answer and why it’s important to your neighborhood’s future.

Thursday, May 3, 2012
5:30 – 8:00 p.m.
City Hall – Bertha Knight Landes room
600 4th Avenue, Seattle, Washington

Seattle will add more than 100,000 residents by 2035, along with thousands of new jobs. The City’s Comprehensive Plan is a blueprint for how and where we handle all that growth. We want your ideas on how we can best guide smart and sustainable growth for future generations.

On May 3rd, you are invited to join City planners and the Seattle Planning Commission at an interactive and thought-provoking discussion. Our breakout sessions will focus on climate change actions, walkable communities, and attractive and functional buildings and streets.

This meeting is an important step for developing amendments to the Seattle Comprehensive Plan and the update to the Climate Action Plan. Please spread the word to your friends and neighbors about this opportunity and join us on May 3rd.

Learn more at:
www.seattle.gov/dpd/planning/compplan
www.facebook.com/SEA2030
www.seattle.gov/environment/climate_plan.htm

Join the Seattle City Council for one of three conversations in May about the City budget and community priorities. Participants will engage City Councilmembers and neighbors in conversation centered on five thought-provoking questions about the future of our City.

South Seattle
Monday, May 21, 2012, 6 – 7:30 p.m.
New Holly Gathering Hall, 7054 32nd Ave South

This event will feature the World Café format and is a chance to meet and engage your elected officials and neighbors in conversation, a place to learn about the basics of the City budget and choices faced by City policymakers and an opportunity to participate in the civic life of your home community.

These conversations are not a formal public hearing and do not require extensive knowledge of City politics, policy or history. The Council will hold public hearings on the 2013 City budget and Capital Improvement Program in the fall where members of the community will be invited to advocate for specific programs and services.

Discover other ways to let your voice be heard at City Hall at www.seattle.gov/council/budget.