Agenda:
- Southwest Solutions Follow Up
- Bob OBrien: Property Development
- Christina + Peter meet with SWSOL about set of criteria that we’ve been asking them to meet.
- 22: Petition that is accessible online – Change.org
- encourage Janet to write a letter to John VanCamp
- how to hold up the voice of the renters?
- how do we get to these folks?
- former residents
- get petition to residents: sign off as Whitdel resident, etc.
- their outlook is 30 years for most of their buildings
- we need to have media action
- follow up with Metro Times person in neighborhood
- another response from our letter #2 by February 1st
- put together a petition to send out (work on this in January + Feb)
- start online petition by March
- outdoor petition in the Spring
- Foreclusre Taskforce
- How to be sensitive?
- Monte, Meg, Peter will walk and check in with people
- What about renters?
- direct them to the Detroit Eviction Defense
- What if they aren’t home?
- leave a flyer
- meet at Meg’s porch at 7 pm
- talk to Deni
- Winter Activity/Storytelling
- Aaron Handlesman – moth story-hour in the neighborhood
- Christina Guzman
- Mary Minnick
- Deb Sumner’s
- Emily
- Monte’s neighbors
- Kim Hunter
- have it at the Whitdel
- have a theme? home, business
- change venues: ice skating at Clark Park
- last week of January
- Year-end Communication
- Rachel will mock it up
- magnet with resources
- John at Amicci’s
- Goals for 2015
- more neighborhood participation
- more people at steering committee meetings
- think about goals
- define a model that stabilizes housing stock
- more integrated arts
- Our Next Meeting is Monday, Feb. 2nd: 7 pm. Location: TBD