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Please join the Waite Park Community Council for the Annual Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, March 3 at 7:00 p.m. at the Waite Park Community Center (1810 34th Avenue NE).  We will be adopting the 2010 budget and electing a president, vice president, and seven board members.  

The meeting will focus on housing.  Holly Holt, a Waite Park resident and a realtor with Keller Williams, will discuss the neighborhood real estate market and the number of homes in foreclosure.  Cheryl Hoban, a loan officer with Residential Mortgage Group, will speak about available credit and mortgage programs.  The council plans to allocate funds for a low-interest revolving loan program, and Denise Eloundou, of Northeast Housing Resource Center, will explain the program.  

Two of our local representatives will also be present at this meeting: Kevin Reich, Ward 1 City Councilman, and Doron Clark, Neighborhood and Community Engagement Commission Representative.

You are invited to a meeting with us to discuss your concerns and questions.  The meeting will be on March 10th at 6:30 p.m. at Waite Park, 1810 34th Ave NE to meet and converse with the Lieutenant and the Crime Prevention Specialist who work in your neighborhood.

Lt. Whisney, who supervises officers who work in your neighborhood, will provide information on:

• How you can help the police,
• Staffing in the precinct, and
• Crime trends.

Carol Oosterhuis, the Crime Prevention Specialist for your neighborhood, will also present information about some programs, including:

• Community Impact Statements and Crime Alerts
• 311
• Youth Crime Prevention in Northeast

We are inviting individuals from the neighborhood boards and individuals who have helped coordinate block events recently and other concerned community members in Audubon, Columbia, and Waite Park Neighborhoods to this meeting.

If you have a specific concern, such as a problem address on your block, please call your Crime Prevention Specialist at (612) 673-2874 to discuss the issue, before the meeting.  We ask you to do this for two reasons.  First, we do not want you to wait for the meeting to report concerns; and secondly, we want to research information, so we can answer your questions and at the meeting.

We thank you for your commitment to building a safer community for yourself, your family and your neighbors.

For questions, contact:

Carol Oosterhuis, Crime Prevention Specialist
Minneapolis Police Department, 2nd Precinct
(612) 673-2874
carol.oosterhuis@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

Join your neighbors to discuss constructive solutions for addressing the impact on our community from the rail yard, distribution center and rail lines in northeast Minneapolis related to the 230-acre Shoreham Yards and its adjacent train tracks.

 

Federal laws govern most of what goes on at sites like Shoreham Yards and on its tracks.

 

• Noise
• Proximity to schools, homes, businesses, parks
• Toxic/hazardous materials storage and cargo
• Hours of operation
• Track maintenance
• Inspections and training
• 2009 vs. 1889: what a 21st-century rail yard neighbor really means to us
• Health, safety and quality of life
• International cargo distribution center issues
• Buffering and property upkeep
• Workable solutions    
• Derailments

 

 

Special Community Meeting with aide to U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar (also invited: offices of U.S. Senator Al Franken and U.S. Rep. Keith Ellison)

Monday, Dec. 14, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. at 1900 Central Ave. NE, Suite 108 at the Holland Neighborhood Improvement Association office.

 

More information can be found at the Shoreham Area Advisory Committee (SAAC).

This year's Waite Park Fall Festival will be held on September 19 from 11:00 am until 2:00 pm at Waite Park.
 
We hope you will join your Waite Park friends and neighbors at this annual gathering put on by the Waite Park Community Council and the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board. Planned events include a bike safety clinic, a tree planting and soap-making demonstrations. Family activities include carnival games and live music from the Northeast Community Band and other local musicians. The Fall Festival will also include our "political soap box," an informal candidate forum that will feature candidates for City Council, Park Board, Board of Estimate and Taxation and Mayor.
 
Waite Park is located at 1800 34th Ave NE in Minneapolis. We hope to see you there!
 

Hands On Twin Cities is looking for volunteers from the Northeast community to paint murals and do light landscaping at Northeast Middle School this fall. This project will take place from 9:00 am until 12:00 pm on September 19, 2009. No experience is necessary to participate in this event.

Sign up for the event online through Hands On Twin Cities.

Hands On Twin Cities is an organization that seeks to meet the needs both of people who want to volunteer and of organizations working with volunteers. Hands On Twin Cities connects individuals and groups with meaningful opportunities to effectively serve and learn, mobilize and manage volunteers, provide leadership development opportunities and facilitate education on social issues. More information on Hands On Twin Cities can be found here.

Northeast Middle School is located at 2955 Hayes St NE.