April 13, 2015, Hosted by: Rachel Perschetz
(Last minute notice, apologies! Eliz.)
Rachel Perschetz
Elizabeth Luther
Jane Slaughter
Amy Amador
Anthony Benavides
Danny Kroha
1) Shelbourne Development Meeting (set for 4/20, 7pm, Clark Park)
- To do before meeting: try to notify neighbors immediately adjacent to the development to attend the meeting.
- Is Shelborne looking at other properties in the Hubbard Farms neighborhood?
- What is the “Unity Square’ development?
2) Formalizing HFNA
- Amy Amador registered the Hubbard Farms N’hood Association with the city
- Would like to elect temporary officers. Will aim for an election on 6/1/2015. To do before then:
- Get the word out next Monday (4/20) at Shelborne convo
- Send an email to listserv — generally meetings are first Mondays, Clark Park, 7pm next meeting Monday 5/4 (Clark Park, 7pm)
- Set up 6/1 meeting
- Reassess where we left off when we last tried to elect temporary officers
- Maybe put together a refrigerator magnet with regular meeting dates and other good info, e.g. bulk pick-up schedule, contact info, etc.
- Temporary Elections — June 1, 7pm, Clark Park
- Potential Neighborhood Event — July 6, 7pm
3) LISC Sustainable Communities Planning
- Rachel Perschetz and Elizabeth Luther – attending LISC Sustainable Communities event as HFNA contacts Tuesday 4/14
- Will report back on 5/4
4) SW Solutions
- Would like to formalize HFNA to better communicate with orgs like SWSolns/etc.
- Rachel P. chatted with Olga Stella (head of SWSolns board) about SWSolns posture with HFNA
- Need updates on outstanding Qs with from HFNA to SwSolns
5) Clean-Ups & General Neighborhood News
- Contact at DLBA for graffiti removal – John Traynor
- Summer in the City open to paying for graffiti removal as well
- New reporting ap for clean-ups (encourage use of that; use alibi if you don’t want your name attached to reports)
- 0% interest home loans available in our area, not income restricted
(sent via email month ago in prep for march meeting)
feel free to add!
per this PDF, Unity Square is on E. Jefferson: http://www.michigan.gov/documents/mshda/mshda_li_sr_2014_october1_lihtc_apps_470609_7.pdf