Learn how to preserve the distinctive elements of historic homes and buildings through all the seasons with tips from a historic building preservation specialist.

To sign-up for a class please email jkenny@ci.olympia.wa.us or call 753-8031

Amy Stull will introduce basic crime prevention techniques to make your homes and neighborhoods safer. She will also discuss programs the City offers to help neighborhoods become a "hard target" for criminals. Learn about Block Watch, Speed Watch Trailers and Neighborhood Crime Statistics.

To sign-up for a class please email jkenny@ci.olympia.wa.us or call 753-8031

This presentation will focus on how land use decisions are made in the city, and how you can get involved. We'll also see these concepts in action as we play the Land Use Game.

To sign-up for a class please email jkenny@ci.olympia.wa.us or call 753-8031

NeighborWoods, the City's volunteer tree planting program has been planting street trees in Olympia for ten years! To celebrate the more than 5000 new street trees planted, the City's Urban Forestry Program is getting ready to launch into their 2nd decade with a new and improved NeighborWoods program, guaranteed to make your neighborhood a healthier and greener place to live.

Come to this meeting to find out how you (and your neighborhood) can get in on this exciting new City program. We can change our world block-by-block and tree-by-tree!

To sign-up for a class please email jkenny@ci.olympia.wa.us or call 753-8031

This is an opportunity to learn about resources available to neighborhoods, including help with storm water management, conservation, water quality and even how to get a rain barrel!

To sign-up for a class please email jkenny@ci.olympia.wa.us or call 753-8031

Learn how to set up and maintain a website, including the costs, design ideas, the pitfalls and the benefits.

To sign-up for a class please email jkenny@ci.olympia.wa.us or call 753-8031

What are the benefits of working through your neighborhood association to create positive change in your community?

How do you form partnerships with other community groups and public agencies to achieve your goals?

How can you bring out the best from your neighborhood, as well as other neighborhoods in our community?

Presenters will lead a facilitated discussion of the benefits of working through neighborhood associations to solve problems and seize opportunities to achieve important community goals. They'll share the lessons they've learned about what works and doesn't work, and provides some specific examples from the work they've done to advocate for changes to Olympia's land use codes and to create a more walkable and activity-friendly community.

To sign-up for a class please email jkenny@ci.olympia.wa.us or call 753-8031

Was your home built in the 1950s or earlier? If so, this is the class for you! You'll learn how to repair and maintain historic wood windows and get tips on weatherizing exterior doors. These features are worth preserving! Once a signature part of architecture; the design of pre-war houses was greatly dependent on sash design and placement. Come and find out how you can save energy, save money and save your older windows! Bring your questions about maintaining older homes and get answers from an expert in the field!

To sign-up for a class please email jkenny@ci.olympia.wa.us or call 753-8031

Monday, March 9th, 6:30pm

We are meeting at Robin Ivy-Black's house.

Sunday, April 19th, 10:30am - 3:30pm, at The Westside Co-op

Bring all sorts of plants, except noxious ones. Share a plant, trade a plant, take a plant.

Also NWONA is looking for yard signs that are in good enough shape so that we can repaint or reuse them for work party/meeting signs. Please bring them to the Plant Exchange.

Dear Members and Neighbors,

NWONA is going to sponsor a meeting on Crime and Graffiti in our neighborhood. The Olympia Police will be there to answer questions, take information, and let us know what they know and have done about recent burglaries, etc.

We will also present information on a new Graffiti Busting Program that is a coordinated effort of Neighborhood Associations, the City, and a grant that will pay Community Youth Services youth to help clean up our streets.

The meeting is June 8th at 7:00pm at the Garfield Elementary School Gym. Come to the back of the school. If the weather is nice and there aren't too many people we can sit outside.

Please take this opportunity to care about our most "local" community. If you know of anyone who has been recently robbed or have been a victim of a crime, please pass this on to them.

Robin Ivey-Black

For the Northwest Neighborhood Association

Friday, July 24th, 12:00 noon, 700 West Bay Drive NW

The Olympia Parks, Arts and Recreation Department invites you to join us on July 24th at noon for a Groundbreaking Celebration for West Bay Park Phase I and Rotary Point. This celebration marks the beginning of Phase I construction.
Parking is very limited at the park site, so please carpool if possible.

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The NWONA Board of directors applied for and obtained a city of Olympia Sustainability Grant. We will use the $1825.00, as our grant proposal states to "Enhance neighborhood livability, spirit of community and sense of place by converting a weed-infested city parcel into a community-building gathering spot and pocket park." The location of the pocket park is on the corner of Thomas and Madison, across from the playfield at Garfield Elementary School and very much in the center of the Westside neighborhood.

The money will be used to purchase materials for a community informational kiosk, build benches to host informal gatherings as well as workshops on community sustainability, and develop a handicap accessible path along Madison to connect up with the existing sidewalk. The grant monies must be spent by the end of November and the association will be planning work parties during the spring, summer, and fall. If you would like to volunteer for this project, you may call Robin at 352-3046.

Special thanks goes out to Thera Black for writing a grant that so well expressed our desires for the area, and for doing it in such a very timely manner!

The Northwest Olympia Neighborhood Association received a small grant from the city to beautify a small city owned plot on the corner of Thomas and Madison--across from the Garfield Elementary School play field.

The city is willing to jump-start our project by doing some restoration work and site preparation to the area. The site is the beginning of the Garfield Creek and so has environmental significance.

NWONA will host a meeting at the site on Thursday September 10th at 6:30pm. Marcus Goodman of the city of Olympia will be there to explain the city's involvement. NWONA will explain their plans. Come with your ideas and questions.

Bring your ideas for a Name for the park! Thank-you for your participation in this closest community.

NW Olympia Neighborhood Association's Annual Meeting

Come for pizza & salad!

Tuesday, October 13th, 6-8:30pm
Garfield School Cafeteria, 325 Plymouth St. NW

Let's talk about:

• What has NWONA accomplished this year?
• What do we focus on in the future?
• What is our identity as a neighborhood?
• Election of board Members for 2010

Please join us and support your neighborhood association with annual membership dues of $8-$15/sliding scale.

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Olympia's Neighborhoods, Past and Present
A Special Lecture and Presentation by Roger Easton

Monday, October 26th
MIXX 96 first Floor Meeting Room, - corner of State and Washington, downtown Olympia.
7:00pm to 9:00pm

Ever wondered about the neighborhoods that are part of Olympia's 150-year history and how they have evolved since the city's founding?

Please join renowned local historian and teacher, Roger Easton for a fascinating look at Olympia's history through the prism of its neighborhoods. Mr. Easton will give us a historical overview of the city's first neighborhoods, how the city grew in its early days and what critical events and trends shaped the neighborhoods we see today in Olympia.

Mr. Easton is Vice Chair of the Thurston County Historical Commission, the President of the Bigelow House Preservation Assn. (Museum) and President of the Ruddell Pioneer Cemetery Association. He is also active with the Lacey Historical Commission, Olympia Heritage Commission and the Historic Records Board. His articles have appeared in The Olympian newspaper and he researched and has appeared on several historical videos for TCTV.

RSVP

Refreshments will be provided after the lecture and presentation. If you plan to attend, please RSVP to the Coalition's Steering Committee at olympianeighborhoods-steering@googlegroups.com.

"FREE THE TREES! Ecological Restoration in the Urban Forest"

Saturday, March 20th, 10am
Smith Building - 837 7th AVE SE, Olympia, WA 98501

Learn how your neighborhood park fits into the big picture of ecological restoration in the urban forest, and how you can get involved!

Workshop topics will include:

• Site analysis
• Setting restoration goals
• Identifying and best practices for removing invasive plants
• Re-establishing native plant communities
• Long term stewardship planning, and
• Recruiting and coordinating volunteers

After this workshop, you'll be ready to lead a work party of your own!

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For more information or to RSVP, please contact:
Guy Maguire
Restoration and Salvage Coordinator
Native Plant Salvage Project
http://www.nativeplantsalvage.org
360-867-2166