By Kate Thompson
The efforts to restore and update the Gladys McCoy Memorial Garden continue with generous support from the NIKE Athlete volunteers, John Barker and others. The Athletes energetically maintain the garden with trash removal and leaf raking and debris removal on a regular basis. (We congratulate them on the reopening of their store, which was closed by the pandemic and vandalized after the murder of George Floyd.)
Feed the Masses is a non-profit organization that has been preparing thousands of free meals to those in need since 2015. Before Covid, they also offered affordable cooking classes to adults and kids but had to pivot when the pandemic hit.
Continue reading Free Hot Meals Offered at Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church
Each October at our General Assembly Meeting we elect the new Eliot Neighborhood Association Board Directors. This year we have two new members that were not on our board last year. Below are their bios, their interests and why they wanted to join the board. We are always looking for new board members and also volunteers to join one of our committees.
Continue reading New Eliot Neighborhood Association Board Members
Incoming co-Chairs: Jimmy Wilson and Allan Rudwick
Monday, January 25 7:00-8:30pm
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Agenda:
1. Welcome & Introductions (7:00pm)
2. agenda additions?
3. Gladys McCoy Memorial Garden letter – MOTION: send letter of support?
4. discuss/ MOTION to approve signers on our bank account (Sue, Jimmy, Allan)
5. MOTION: sign on to clean air letters from around the city
6. Committee updates
a) stanton Street / Dawson Park livability update
b) Land Use Update
c) Eliot News Spring Edition
d) other updates
7. public comment
8. MOTION: Approve November Meeting Minutes
Adjourn
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See everyone in February
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