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  Please make sure to attend our next board meeting

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS THE FIRST MONDAY IN JUNE - NORMALLY OUR BOARD MEETINGS ARE THE LAST MONDAY OF THE MONTH BUT WITH MEMORIAL DAY, WE HAD A CHANGE.

7pm Monday
June 2nd, 2008
 

Meeting Place: 1512 N. 12th Street

Our next meeting after this will be June 30th, 2008.

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GREEN WEEK

Friday, May 16th • Capitol City Christian Church
5:30pm Networking, 6:00pm Presentation
615 N 9th Street, Downtown Boise
more information please contact us at 208-424-5111
info@preservationidaho.org
 
 
Join the north end neighborhood association of Boise and Preservation idaho in a discussion that blends historic preservation with sustainability. Our featured speaker, Mike Jackson, Faia, is the Chief Architect of the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. His professional experience stems from practice in New Orleans, New York and communities across Illinois, from the re-emergence of the beloved bungalow to the application of green roof solutions. Historic preservation emphasizes building re-use from a cultural perspective rather than an environmental and is rarely emphasized in contemporary green building standards. Sustaining Design: Preservation Lessons Forward will examine contrasts, green building protocols, historic preservation approaches and link them to sustainable development. Special emphasis will be placed on tools to quantify the embodied energy of historic buildings as method of determining a properties eco-value.

 

Idaho Smart Growth and ULI Idaho present:

 
Infill Forum
 
Thursday May 29, 7:00 p.m.
Boise High School Auditorium
 
 
Reporting on the conclusions of a research project conducted by Idaho Smart Growth and ULI Idaho
¨        “The Consequences of Residential Infill Development in the Treasure Valley”
Ø                  Receive a free copy of the 40 page report by attending
 
Including two panels:
¨        What is infill and why do we need to consider it?
Ø                  Featuring planners and policymakers
¨        What opportunities does infill present and how can we overcome the challenges?
Ø                  Featuring neighborhood leaders and developers/builders
 
 
Elaine Clegg, Special Projects
IDAHO Smart Growth
910 Main Street, Suite 314
Boise, ID 83702
208-333-8066

Participating in NENA is a way of building a better community. Please take a moment to sign up on our e-mail list to receive announcements for events. NENA has several Sub-Committees that are the heart of our association. Volunteering for these Committees is a great way of getting involved in improving our community.

 

 
     
 From Our President

    Hello Northend Neighbors !! 

  

Hello North Enders! My name is Kevin McGowan and I live in the Hyde Park Place Condos. A few weeks ago, the NENA Board elected me to replace the wonderful Burnie Clark who left us for Portland, Oregon.   I wanted to take the time to thank Burnie for his service to the neighborhood. Burnie was a great asset to the North End.  I was honored when he nominated me to succeed him and when the board voted for me as their new President. We have a great NENA board that contains has a variety of opinions and expertise. I encourage all of you to come to our meetings which usually occur on the last Monday of every month. The meetings always include important discussion and debates on neighborhood issues as well as informative speakers.
 
We are doing our best to keep the website up to date, so please make sure to check us out at www.northendboise.org.   We are also working on a submission of the North End into the “Great Places in America” http://www.planning.org/greatplaces/index.htm survey being done by the American Planning Association. 
 
As always, NENA and Jim Teeter are working on putting together the Hyde Park Street Fair which will be September 12-14, 2008. 
 
Renae Walter, a fellow board member and I recently attend the Boise Metro Chamber Leadership Conference as a representative of the North End. We learned about mobilizing Business Advocacy for Infrastructure, Energy, Education and Workforce and took home a number of good ideas for the North End.
 
At our last board meeting, we approved FINE (Funds to Improve the North End) Grants to Longfellow Elementary and North Junior High. 
 
We are doing our best to keep in touch with Hillside to Hollow (www.hillsidetothehollow.org) which is a group committed to preserving the Foothills.  H2H did a hike on April 26th in the Foothills to teach our neighbors about preservation.
 
We have approved a FINE grant for the May Day celebration on May 3rd from 4pm to 8pm in Camelsback Park.  
 

NENA is involved in a number of issues and I have done my best to organize us into committees. If you would like to help us out in any way, the committees can always use additional volunteers. 

In the two meetings since I have been President, we have had the following people speak to our neighborhood at our monthly meeting.
 
Boise City Police – Tony Davidson – Neighborhood Officer
            Hulls Gulch Relocation – James Wylie – Boise City
            Idaho Smart Growth - Deanna Smith
Kelli Fairless - Valley Regional Transit
 
If you would like to get involved with NENA in any way, please let us know. Please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions.
 
Regards,
 
Kevin McGowan
1207 West Fort Street #213
208 867 3041
mcgowak@yahoo.com