Three neighborhood organizations to hold annual meetings this month
This month, residents, business owners, and other stakeholders in the Cedar-Riverside, Downtown East, and Seward neighborhoods will have a chance to find out what’s happening with their respective neighborhood associations. Stakeholders can vote for available seats on the organizations’ boards of directors or even run for a board seat themselves.
Here are the details for each organization’s meeting:
Cedar-Riverside —
West Bank Community
Coalition (WBCC)
Wednesday, Nov. 28, 6 p.m.
Brian Coyle Community Center
420 15th Ave. S.
Board of directors seats up for election include one business or commercial property owner seat, two homeowner resident seats and four renter resident seats.
All seats serve two-year terms. Self-nomination forms are due by Nov. 21. For more information about the meeting, including who may run for a seat or vote, visit www.westbankcc.org or call 612-338-5282, ext. 224. Food will be served.
Downtown East — Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association (DMNA)
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m.
Crown Roller Mill
105 Fifth Ave. S.
second floor atrium
Mayor R.T. Rybak, First Precinct Inspector Janee Harteau, Crime Prevention Specialist Luther Krueger and others are expected to speak.
Four of eight board seats are up for election; those interested in adding their name to the ballot should email Board Chair Carletta Sweet at carletta.sweet@worldnet.att.net. Refreshments will be served.
Seward Neighborhood Group (SNG)
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 6–9 p.m.
Matthews Park Building, South 24th Street and 28th Avenue South
Registration and a silent auction will begin at 6 p.m., followed by a keynote speech by Third Precinct Commander Lucy Gerold at 6:45. The annual meeting proper begins at 7:30 p.m., with reports from the board committees and elections. Silent auction and election results come at 8:30 p.m.
Drinks and desserts will be provided by local businesses. There is no potluck this year, but attendees may donate finger food or a dessert to go with coffee.
Beginning this year, the SNG board will stagger its elections so the full board is not up for election, as in the past years. “The [former] election method often leads to a large turnover of members, resulting in several months before new members are familiar with issues,” states a release from SNG about the annual meeting. Interested and eligible parties may be nominated to the ballot at the meeting; the number of board seats up for election was not available. For more information, call 612-COMING or visit www.sng.org.
last revised: October 24, 2007