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[edit] Guide to Neighborhood Associations

[edit] Intro (Draft)

Guide to Neighborhood Associations

and how to access the Bellingham resources available.

[edit] Handbook (DRAFT)

Starting a Neighborhood Association.

  • Board
    • Officiers / positions / responsibilities
    • Representatives to groups: ABN, MNAC, Land Use, etc...
    • City/County committees: http://co.whatcom.wa.us/boards/boards.jsp
      • Open Space, Waterfront, Landuse, Historic, etc...
  • Regular meetings.
    • Timing
    • Monthly
    • Quarterly
    • Annually
      • Picnic, Garage Sales, fund raising, tree planting
  • Location
    • Public Schools (note: $20/hr, liablity waiver required)
    • Churches
    • Bank meeting rooms
    • Theater rooms
    • Library meeting rooms
    • Neighborhood community areas (Parks, beaches, etc)
  • Notification
    • Email list
    • Signs - sandwich boards (see Guides/Meeting Signs for neighborhood examples)
    • Pre-printed plastic info 'yard signs'
    • "Welcome to Neighborhood" 'info-boards'
    • Flyers/newsletters
    • Newspapers:
      • Bellingham Herald (two weeks notice)
      • Whatcom Independent (two weeks notice)
      • Cascadia Weekly (two weeks notice)
  • Agenda items
    • List of interested neighbors
      • email list
    • Financial budget
    • Membership vs. dues paying
    • Future activities
      • Fund raising
      • Picnic
      • Neighborhood cleanup
    • Community Awareness / contact information

[edit] Newsletters

[edit] Notes and questions

(Ask yourself/board before doing a newsletter!)

  • Delivery Methods
    • Email version (to known neighbors)
    • Website version (only for those who check it, could have email reminder pointing to website)
    • Hardcopy/printout
      • Copies with Neighborhood signs?
      • Hand delivery/volunteers: board, neighbors, boy scouts, local business assistance
      • Post office (costs at least 37 cents per)
      • Bring extra copies to meeting.
  • Frequency
    • Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly/Yearly
    • Just before next general neighborhood meeting
  • Who's in your neighborhood. List of neighbors.
    • Mailing information via Planning office. (Excel document)
    • Maps from Planning office
  • Advertisements (defray costs of newsletter)
    • Local businesses
    • Printing services (COPYSOURCE is good place to start)
  • Sections (Content)
    • Meeting agendas
    • Notices from City/COB/Planning/County
    • Local events and activities
    • Guest speaker bio
    • Overview of what's available on website
    • membership form
    • Inserts? (small flyers from city wide events or information)
  • Costs to create/deliver
    • printing/folding
    • Deliver method
  • Roles needed (Who's doing what?)
    • Coordinator / watch timelines - delivered ontime.
    • Material collecting / editing
    • Printing / contractor for assembly
    • Advertising / collection of funds / followup


[edit] Grants and alternative funding

Small and simple grants (due Feb/March?): ?

[edit] Programs and neighborhood participation

[edit] Historical register/designations

(also view applications for historical pictures of some neighborhoods) (Full details available on 'ABN Historic' page.)

[edit] Park development

[edit] Potluck / picnic

[edit] Neighborhood Association 'Neighborhood Plan' (NP)

(Also see work from NPUP committee, seperate Neighborhood_Plan page.)


[edit] Contacts for Neighbors and Neighborhoods

(for repeating incidents, keep specific notes)

Animal control, loud animals
    • Human Society
    • Animal shelter
    • Alternative Human Society
    • Petsmart
Block watch program
    • Call 911
    • Contact specific Block watch captain in your area.
    • Officier Tara Fleetwood, ( TFleetwood AT cob DOT org )
      • Available to answer questions about block watch members and areas.
Bus, WTA http://ridewta.com
    • Scheduling & Routes
Business (local in your area info)
    • Contact, Stuart Rice, City Tax Representative, (360) 676-6900 , SRice AT cob DOT org
City Activities, Monthly events
    • Bellingham Herald
    • Whatcom Independent
    • Cascadia Weekly / Bellingham Weekly / Every-other Weekly
Domestic Violence Services
Dumping
    • Illegal dumping
Food bank
Garbage
    • Sanitary Service Co.
Gas
Meth lab, or heavy Meth usage 
IF you see signs or have reports that residents may be operating a meth lab, and
it's likely happening now -- Call 9-1-1.

For non-urgent drug reports, call 676-6955
(please provide name and number for followup, or anonymous )
Noise complaints
Occupancy Limits
    • Reporting illegal occupancies, or non-offical RDU's
Odors / smells / obnixious nasal irratants
    • The Northwest Clean Air Agency (NCAA) [24/7] - 1 800 622 4627.
http://www.nwcleanair.org/ , info AT nwcleanair DOT org
1600 South Second Street
Mount Vernon, WA 98273-5202
ph 360.428.1617 (Skagit) 800.622.4627 (Island & Whatcom) fax 360.428.1620


Parking
    • Permits, long term parking
Parks/Playgrounds
  • Planning and Development
Police
    • Block Watch
    • suspicious persons/criminal activity
    • fraud
    • identify theft
    • Drug incidents
Post office
    • Mailbox, delivery services
Power outage
    • Electrical Emergancy
    • Sewer/Water emergancy
Puget Sound Energy
    • Gas or electric issues
Road Maintenence
    • Yellow no-parking zones and requests
Schools
Sexual predator information
Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center

[edit] Other resources available

Ways of looking at your neighborhood:

Owner information

Job Market in Bellingham / Whatcom county

[edit] National Resources

House Market estimated valuation

[edit] Other sources of information

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