NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
Published Quarterly by NTNA

Volume 1 No.1

Jan., Feb., March, 2002

NTNA COMING EVENTS

· CANDIDATE FORUM

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30, 2002

The Tempe City primary election will be March 12, 2002. There are eight Council Candidates vying for three seats. Have your questions ready.

· NEIGHBORHOOD PROBLEMS

MONDAY, FEBUARY 11, 2002

Bring your list of problems. If there are deteriorating conditions or illicit activities in your neighborhood, come to this meeting. We will list the problems. Preserve your right to complain. Attend this meeting. (On April 6^th at Supai School, City staff from the Police Dept., Code Compliance, and others will be available to help with solutions.)

· SPRING FIX-UP

MONDAY MARCH 11, 2002

There are resources available for help with painting, landscaping and fix-ups, Household Recycling Center, and others, will be there with really useful information.

Mark those dates on your calaender.

All events will be held at:

· Abiding Savior Lutheran Church at 515 E. Continental.

· 7:00 – 9:00 PM

WHO ARE WE?

NTNA is an umbrella organization which covers all of Tempe north of the Salt River. There are 11 separate areas each of which is allowed 2 voting representatives. Meetings are open to the public. There are eight Home Owners Associations within the NTNA areas.

NTNA meets the 2^nd Monday of the month at 7:00 PM at:

Abiding Savior Lutheran Church

515 E. Continental Dr.

Tempe AZ, 85281

The Current representation is as follows:

Cavalier Hills	Bill & Beth Norwood, Lane Carraway
Canal Park	Evelyn Hallman (President), Barney O’Steen
College	Shannon Dutton, Betty Ackworth
Concord Village	Vivienne Campbell
East Reo	Darlene Tussing (President), Leslie Anderson (Treasurer)
Marlborough Park Estates	Not Represented
Indian Bend	Not Represented
Papago Square (Butler)	Not Represented
River Run	Not Represented
West Reo	Not Represented

If your area is not represented please think about volunteering to serve.

· Want information!

· Have a suggestion!

· Got a complaint?

Evelyn (480) 946-5739

Darlene (480) 968-5931

WHAT DO WE DO?

Our mission is to make North Tempe the best place to live.

Canal Park

This year we have worked to clean up Canal Park and make it a safe beautiful place for N. Tempe residents. We did a clean up in March and have worked with the Tempe Police Dept. and Parks Maintenance to keep it clean and safe.

Master Plan for Canal Park

We applied for and received a grant from the City of Tempe to Master Plan Canal Park. This spring, we will ask for your input about your ideas for Canal Park.

Picnic in the Park/ Gain

We had our “Picnic in the Park/GAIN” in Canal Park on October 13^th 2001. It was a celebration of the park cleanup and a kick off for the next phase of our park project. We don’t have an actual count of attendance. But we served about 600 hot dogs. (we know at least 50 were eaten by Jim) We want to thank all of the North Tempe Citizens who attended and volunteered their time to help. If we do it again next year, we want you and others, and at an earlier date.

Community Meetings

NTNA has sponsored community meeting on topics of interest to the neighborhoods, such as airport noise, park problems, stadium, Citizens on Patrol, ect. If you have ideas for meetings that would be of interest to the community, let us know. Evelyn (480) 946-5739 or Darlene (480) 968-5931

NEIGHBOR OF THE YEAR

Every year NTNA selects a person in North Tempe who has contributed their time and effort to the betterment of the community. Darlene Justus was the unanimous choice for 2001. She will be honored at a Rio Salado Rotary Club Breakfast.

TEMPE CARES

· Need volunteers

· Saturday, March 23, 2002

· Painting Houses

· Call Evelyn at (480) 946-5739 or email evelynhallman5739@msn.com

Tempe Cares is the group who helped us cleanup Canal Park last year. Let’s give back

HEALTH FAIR

· Saturday, February 23, 2002

· 10:00 AM until 2:00 PM

· Laird School, 1500 N. Scovel St., Tempe

· Bike Rodeo 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Health Care Professionals will be on hand to screen children and adults. There will be many free activities for the children. (If you would like a car seat safety check that day, cal (480) 858-7240 before. We need to know about how many to prepare for.)

NTNA ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP

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Please make checks payable to: NTNA

Mail to: Leslie Anderson

925 E. Henry St.

Tempe, AZ. 85281

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(NTNA dues are Voluntary.)