Community Announcements:
Sewer Replacement
A sewer replacement project will commence in late January and run through the end of April. Residents can expect intermittent traffic control, open trenching, and heavy equipment during this time. Specific neighborhoods that will see work include Silver Beach at Electric Avenue and Flynn Street.
Small Potatoes Gleaning Project - HUGS Program
Reduce waste and help feed people in our community who are in need.
Small Potatoes is seeking to form partnerships with our many Neighborhood Associations in an attempt to identify, harvest and distribute more fruit and vegetables that are going to waste around the Bellingham Area. The idea is to find and collaborate with those who are interested in helping us in our mission to reduce food waste, build community, increase awareness about hunger and improve access to fresh fruit among low-income individuals. For more information, please contact:
Rio Thomas 360-966-2533
HUGS Coordinator
glean@openaccess.org
Big Rock Garden
Big Rock Garden Park, which is entirely within Silver Beach Neighborhood, is in need of some citizen volunteers, from our neighborhood. to assist in maintaining the park. Please call or email:
Rae Edwards
360-676-6801-ext.24
Parks Department
Neighborhood Traffic Safety
Bellingham Public Works is conducting a traffic survey to identify areas in our neighborhood experiencing issues of speeding, cut-through and excessive traffic volumes on residential streets (not arterials). Residential streets nominated will be studied by the Public Works Department. Our neighborhood can recommend three sites for monitoring and consideration. If the streets are qualified, the result might include traffic calming devices, education or enforcement. To recommend a specific problem area, please contact Bill Bode at wjbode25@hotmail.com or 360-201-1516
For more information, please visit:
Neighborhood Traffic Safety Program
Whatcom County Public Works rolls out new
Bellingham Library News
The new Barkley Village Branch of our library is expected to open in March or April 2008. The 1,400 square foot branch will shelf popular titles and be a pick up and drop off point for other titles requested.
The library is also curently seeking public comments for programing and construction of a new library. You can forward comments to Deb McCunn at debmccunn@gmail.com or 360-393-5458.
For more information, please go to:
Training Opportunity
Watershed Master / Beach Watchers are WSU Extension Trained Volunteers dedicating to preserving water quality and water resources through education, research, and stewardship. WSU Watershed Master / Beach Watchers attend 100 hours of classroom and field training covering a wide range of topics. The program will be offered again on Tuesdays and Fridays in April & May of 2008. For more information or to apply, go to:
http://www.beachwatchers.wsu.edu/whatcom/
SBNA Archives:
Final 2007 Neighborhood Plan
2007 Process Report
October 11, 2007 Voting Results
Draft Neighborhood Plan
(October 1, 2007)
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silverbeachneighbors@gmail.com