Present: Board Members:Jan Gifford, Brett Yost, Bob Almquist, John Kelly, Mark Weers, Spencer Dahl Guest: Greg Gifford
Market of Choice Discussion: The Board discussed the comments made by immediate neighbors during The Market of Choice and Bend Annex Public Meeting. Bob Almquist will draft a letter supporting the concept of The Market of Choice and Bend Annex Development while recognizing the concerns of immediate neighbors regarding traffic and quality of life impacts
Market of Choice and Bend Annex Developers will submit their applications on August 27 Future meetings concerning this project will be announced on the Oldbend.org website..
Neighborhood Participation: The current board members reside in the neighborhood around Riverside Market. We need to encourage participation from the Old Town and Drake Park neighborhoods.
Membership Drive: Spencer will draft a flyer to be delivered door to door. The flyer will include Old Bend Neighborhood Website contact info, list development projects such as Market of Choice, Bend Annex, Mirror Pond, Millers Landing, Riverside Pedestrian, Bicycle Project, Galveston Street Project and the date and location of a general meeting.
Website: Spencer is going to change the format of the website. We have approximately 80 subscribers to our emails.
Budget: Just received $918 from city communication grant. We also have $396 in copy credits.
New topics suggested for future discussion: Unsightly and smelly sewer triangle on Riverside and Congress, Neighborhood Watch Program, Condition of sidewalks
Board will meet Thursday, September 13 at 6:00 PM. Contact the Board at info@oldbend.org for location.