Within District 1, there are many homes waiting for a new owner. Prospective home buyers, especially in the 55106 zip code, should check out these resources...Those of us who live and work here already, know what a great place this is!!
Monday, July 13, 2009
First-Time Home Buyers' Money Available
Within District 1, there are many homes waiting for a new owner. Prospective home buyers, especially in the 55106 zip code, should check out these resources...
Disposing of Ash Wood
Here are the locations of our closest disposal sites for wood from ash trees that may be infested with Emerald Ash Borers...
- Metro Wood Recycling Inc - 555 Barge Channel Road (309-314-3050) - takes wood from commercial and residential locations
- Ramsey County Compost site - Frank and Sims location - from Ramsey County residents only
- Environmental Wood Supply - 2165 Pigs Eye Lake Road (651-772-4490) - takes wood from commercial locations only
Remember, it is illegal to transport ash wood outside the quarantined area (see blog from July 8).
Free Art Classes for Kids
On Tuesday July 14 and 21 at Conway Rec Center, and Tuesday July 28, August 4, 11, and 18 at Battle Creek Rec Center, the East Side Art's Council's Art Mobile is offering FREE ART CLASSES for kids. The projects are designed with ages 6-12 years in mind, but everyone is welcome. Classes run from 1-3p rain or shine. No sign up is needed.
Reminder - Community Meeting
There will be a community meeting on Tuesday July 21 at 6:30p at the Conway Rec Center about Vacant Housing and Crime Prevention. Please join us for this discussion.
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Want to Assess the Neighborhood??
If you are interested in a summer project you can do with the kids, with elders or on your own, here are some resources for you. These links will take you to sites that have checklists for assessing how walkable and bike-able our area is.
Why is this important?? Having a neighborhood that is built with walking and biking in mind helps to insure healthy and safe residents. With more people out and about, there is less crime, there is less pollution, and people just naturally get more exercise - reducing health problems and stress.
If you do any of these assessments, send a copy on to us. We'll use the information to convince city and county officials that we need public improvements... email us at district1council@aol.com or call - 651.501.6345.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
How to Get Neighborhood News
The District 1 Community Council has published the District 1 News since 1978, but like other newspapers, we have had to cut WAY back for financial reasons. Since we only publish 3 times a year now, it is hard to keep people updated. So we are using this blog, our events calendar on our website (www.district1council.org), and our social networking site (a link is on the home page of our website) to try to connect with neighbors.
But we also have a listserv that we use to send out 2 to 3 email newsletters per month. We try to give you a heads up on things that might interest neighbors within the next two weeks or so.
If you are interested in being added to this listserv, just email us at district1council@aol.com with "Email listserv" in the subject line, and we'll get you connected to timely news.
And if you have neighbors who are not connected to the internet, let them know that they can always call our office with questions and concerns -- 651.501.6345.
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