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Join your neighbors, the architects for the RV Master Plan, SHA, Neighborhood House, Boys & Girls Club and Urban Farm designers for dinner and an interactive evening.

Wednesday, March 3
6pm - 8:30pm
Boys & Girls Club

We want to learn about you and how it is to live here. You can also participate in design of the new Urban Farm to be constructed this spring and summer at the north end of New Rainier Vista. Plans currently include giving gardens, seed saving, and a youth garden. Kids are welcome. There will be an activity table for children.

If you are unable to attend but would like to provide feedback you can request a survey form from Kim Lokan, architect, at kimlokan@gmail.com.

Come out and help make our neighborhood look good. Mingle with your neighbors, too. This is a great way for students to earn their community service hours. And Free Coffee and Donuts!

Saturday 03/6/2010
10:00 A.M.
Central Park

Please bring gloves, other supplies will be provided. Everyone Welcome!

Save the date for a Neighborhood Survey and Garden Design Meeting and Dinner.

March 3, 2010
6pm - 8:30pm
Boys & Girls Club

Bring the family and have a say in the design, use and programs of the new Urban Farm going in at the north end of New Rainier Vista. Plans currently include giving gardens, seed saving, and a youth garden. What else would help you benefit most from our farm?

Plan to join your neighbors for a Cultural Celebration of Black History Month and the Lunar New Year!

Thursday, Feb. 25
5pm - 7:30pm

A soul food and Vietnamese dinner menu is planned. There will be a Black History Month presentation at 6pm and Vietnamese music and dance at 6:30. Games and raffle prizes at 7:30. NRV youth are also planning a bake sale to benefit Haiti earthquake victims.

Interpretation will be provided. Hosted by the NRV Multicultural Committee, Neighborhood House, SHA, International District Housing Alliance and Horn of Africa Service.

Questions? Contact Kate Farmer (katef@nhwa.org) or Naomi Chang (nchang@seattlehousing.org).

Come join us for our next Community Kitchen event! Neighbors get together and cook food and eat a meal together (and take food home!) Share recipes, cooking skills and fun in one evening!

Monday, February 8th
6:30pm – 8:30pm
New Rainier Vista Neighborhood House

The cost for this month is $5. Please call Kate Farmer at 206.461.4568 ext. 211 to register or email Katef@nhwa.org.

The January sky lightens up a bit, and thoughts turn toward spring. With the help of the Department of Neighborhoods, the Seattle Housing Authority, and other community partners, LettuceLink is working to transform half an acre in the New Rainier Vista neighborhood into a giving and teaching garden. This garden will be located at the north end of NRV, between Andover and Yancey and next to the Habitat site.

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Modeled after Marra Farm, the Seattle Community Farm will be a space for low-income residents of Rainier Valley to grow food for themselves and to share with the Rainier Valley Food Bank. While the garden will focus on food production, there will be many chances for gathering, celebrating, and learning. Garden education opportunities will be available throughout the growing season—seed saving, children’s gardening, and food preparation workshops are all being considered.

Jamie Robinson and Leslie Heimer of Solid Ground and Lettuce Link are coordinating outreach activities in and around New Rainier Vista: asking neighbors what they would like to grow, how they would like the garden to look, and how they will be involved. They are particularly interested in hearing ideas for celebrations and community gatherings that can take place in the garden. When neighbors come together to break bread (or chard or broccoli for that matter), strong communities can take shape.

If you are interested in being involved in the Seattle Community Farm, please contact Jamie Robinson at jamier@solid-ground.org, or Leslie Heimer at leslieh@solid-ground.org. There will be many opportunities to share your ideas, or just get your hands dirty.

The next NRV Community Kitchen event will be next Monday, 1/11 at 6:30pm. The menu will include lentil soup, roasted red peppers, and apple cinnamon muffins. The cost is $6 per person.

We will prepare the food and then eat together if time permits. Bring a container and bag to carry food home with you. Please call Kate Farmer to register at 206-461-4568 ext. 211

This is a fun way to come meet your neighbors, eat yummy food and have fun! Spread the word if you can and we hope to see you there!

• The next NRV Community Kitchen event will be next Monday, 12/14 at 6:30pm – 8:30pm. The cost will be $6 per person.  The menu will be:

We will prepare the food and then eat together if time permits.  Bring a container and bag to carry food home with you.

This is a fun way to get out of the house (despite the cold weather) and come meet your neighbors and eat yummy food and have fun!  Spread the word if you can and we hope to see you there!

There are lots of great events going on this month in Columbia City!  Check out a list at <a href=”http://columbiacitizens.net/forum/t-201403/holiday-events-kick-off-this-saturday-12-5</a>ColumbiaCitizens</a>.

Also, the Columbia City Business Assoc. is offering a month of businesses offering reciprocal coupons: eat at Tutta Bella, for example, and get a coupon for various retailers offering specials. Buy something at Andaluz, and get a coupon for restaurants offering specials. Coupons are good from December 5 –30 and there are some great deals available. For more info, visit <a href=”http://columbiacityseattle.com”>http://columbiacityseattle.com</a>.

Kick off Thanksgiving week with a Community Kitchen event on Monday, Nov. 23rd. The menu includes Roasted Winter Squash Soup, braised greens, Million Dollar Chicken, and apple cobbler. The format will be slightly different this time; rather than make a lot of food for take-home portions, participants will make just enough for participants to enjoy that evening in a group dinner. Hopefully, this keeps the cost to $5/person.

Email Kate Farmer at katef@nhwa.org for more information or to participate.