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The Washington State Liquor Control Board is holding a public hearing in Seattle on March 12, 2012 regarding the City of Seattle’s petition to open rulemaking for extended hours of alcohol service. Under the City of Seattle’s proposal, individual cities would have the ability to seek an exemption from the 2:00 a.m. deadline for alcohol sales at on-premises locations. Cities would be able to set their own hours, including allowing alcohol sales around-the-clock.

Prior to making a determination of whether to pursue rulemaking, the Board is interested in hearing from community members and leaders, communities surrounding Seattle, law enforcement at the local, county and state level, neighborhood and community groups and other interested parties. For more background information on the City of Seattle’s petition, please see the LCB website.

We want to make sure you have a chance to provide your comments to the Liquor Board at this hearing. Whether you support the City of Seattle’s request or oppose it, we want to hear from you.

Please join us:
March 12, 2012 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Seattle City Hall
Bertha Knight Landes Room
600 Fourth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98104

Come join your neighbors for the monthly Neighborhood Clean Up! Meet in the Central Park at 10 (under the awning at the Neighborhood House if it’s really rainy). Bring gloves if you have them; grabbers provided. Coffee! Doughnuts! Conversation!

There are a number of events and on-going classes at the Neighborhood House this month.

• Basic Computer Skills Class, Wednesdays, 4-6pm
• Job Search 101, Fridays, 1:30pm
• Youth Tutoring, Thursdays, 5:30-6:45pm

And some specific events:

• Healthy Living Event, March 26, 5pm
  Learn how to live a healthy life style, listen to guest speakers, and enjoy free food and raffle prizes!
• Financial Literacy Class, March 28, 4pm
  Learn about banks and credit unions and how to pay your bills online!
• Family Night, March 28, 6pm
  Learn how to be more connected with your child’s school work! Come for trainings on the Source, information about educational websites, and free book giveaways!

The Technology Lab will have open hours on Saturday, March 17, from 11am til 5pm.

For more information, please contact Kat McGhee or Laura Horan at (206) 461-4568 x 202, or via email at KathrynM@nhwa.org or LauraH@nhwa.org.

Join your NRV neighbors on Wednesday, Feb. 29, to celebrate our many cultures!

6pm - multicultural potluck dinner - bring something to share!
6:30 - Vietnamese Music and Dance
6:45 - Black History Month Presentation
7:00 - Ethiopian and European Culture Presentations

Interpretation provided in Somali, Ahmaric, Tigrinya and Vietnamese.

Wednesday, Feb. 29
6pm - 7:30pm
NRV Neighborhood House

The NRV Traffic and Safety Committee cordially invites all NRV residents to join your neighbors to

• address community safety issues around the NRV neighborhood
• improve community safety through education; come learn how to engage with neighborhood police officiers
• share ideas for effective public safety programs and community involvement
• meet representatives from the Seattle Police Department, the Neighborhood Security Patrol, and SHA Property Management

Monday, March 5, 2012
6:30pm - 8:30pm
Neighborhood House Community Room

All are welcome. Interpretation provided in Somali, Oromo, Amharic, Tigrinya, Vietnamese, Cambodian and Chinese. Refreshments will be served.

For more info, please contact Evelyn Larsen or Naomi Chang

The Southeast Asian Advisory Council meeting is on third Tuesday of every two months. This month will be on Tuesday February 21, 2012 at 5:00 PM in the Paul Allen room at the Neighborhood House (4410 39th Ave South).

Please attend the meeting and bring up your ideas or issues for the group to discuss. Your participation is very important and beneficial to SE Asian businesses, the SE Asian Community, as well as the citizens of city of Seattle. Your voice is very important to us; please come to share your concerns.

If you have any questions regarding of the meeting or you have any issues you wish to discuss during the meeting, please contact Linh Thach at 206-612-8572, Trong Tang at 206- 467-1785 or Sompasong Keohavong at 206- 679- 7575 so that your concerns would be included in the agenda for discussion.

Come out for the monthly Neighborhood Cleanup on Saturday, February 11, at 10am. Grabbers, bags, and some gloves are provided (if you have your own, please bring them!). Take an hour, spend some time with your neighbors, have a doughnut, and help keep NRV clean and tidy.

You are invited to a town hall in Columbia City on Saturday, February 11, with Mayor Mike McGinn. Ask your questions and let the mayor know what’s on your mind.

Columbia City Town Hall
Saturday, February 11
11 am to 12 pm
Royal Esquire Club
5016 Rainier Ave S.

Come out to the woods this weekend! This month, volunteers are needed to remove blackberry from the southern trailhead off of 27th and Angeline to prep the site for a stairwell and native garden to be installed this summer.

Saturday, Feb. 4 from 10am til noon.
Meet at 2809 S Alaska Place (just across Alaska/Columbian from NRV)
Wear sturdy shoes and bring your own water. Tools and gloves provided.

City Hall belongs to the people of Seattle. That’s why for the third year in a row they’re inviting the community to come downtown to City Hall for an Open House. Enjoy local music and food, learn about resources the City provides, meet local elected officials and connect with opportunities to make our community a better place.

City Hall Open House
Saturday, January 28th, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
601 5th Ave, Seattle, WA 98104

The agenda will include tours of the Mayor’s Office and City Council Offices, a Q&A session with the mayor, workshops on the legislative process and interpreting credit reports, tabling by City departments and the City Attorney’s Office, live music, a farmer’s market, and more.

Parking near City Hall can be difficult. Come via transit.