Public Safety Committee Southwest Partnership July 22, 2020 MINUTES Introductions Patty Hogan, Scott Kashnow, Dan Rodenburg, Catherine Neely, Regina Merritt, Sgt. Welton Simpson, Laura Dykes, Khandra Sears, Thomas Hams, Bill Joyner (Equity Officer), Howard Hughes, David McGil (USA), Tyrone Roper, Venroy July, Shani Quintana, Bif Browning Approval of June minutes – Dan & …
Project Updates Clean Block Competition: social media clean block competition has been completed, question whether we should continue the conversation in the fall–will do it, will push forward to encourage sign ups and will begin October 12th. Project Zero Waste: City is working to increase recycling. There is a political question about whether the …
Malachi Mills House Courtney Hobson, a local researcher, did some preliminary research for us which demonstrates that Malachi Mills was a white man, and there’s no real evidence connecting him with Black Mills’ who live in the area. Courtney has submitted a proposal for her work–research and interpretation and community engagement. The cost would …
September 2020 Historic Preservation Committee Minutes Read More »
Attendees Kelleigh Eastman JR Lee Scott Kashnow George Kleb Jane Shaab Abigail Breiseth Jane Buccheri Chuck Callahan Sonia Eaddy Edith Gilliard-Canty Gregg Herlong Heather Kangas Bill Marker Nancy McCormick Donnell Nance Richard Parker Dan Rodenburg Lou Packett Khandra Sears Michael Seipp Welcome and Introductions Kelleigh opened the meeting and welcomed everyone. Chris …
Community School Update -Kenah: reopening has been a little chaotic—working on training staff to use the internet and making sure that students have access to the internet and devices while also figuring out how to continue programming virtually and can keep students engaged virtually. Working on supporting students with their homelife. See access to housing …
Community Survey Proposal (Lou) Lou would like to propose that the Committee use some of the funding that is available for a deep dive community survey. A major concern that has been raised over the past years of the SWP is that only a small portion of area residents are reached. Lou is proposing a …
CDBG Grant Funding The Committee discussed requirements for the CDBG Spruce Grant Funding. The Committee decided to prioritize projects that touched multiple neighborhoods, leveraged other investment, were in neighborhoods that didn’t receive much funding, and were planned by a neighborhood association. Elizabeth will write up a rubric and an application and send them via …
Unites Us Jason and Liam presented on Unite Us, a new referral software systems that will be rolled out in the area in October. If organizations are interested in signing up for the service they should sign up by August 31st. It is free for organizations to use. For more information contact Jason Jude jason.jude@uniteus.org …
