Annual SBNA Meeting March 10, 2015

Please mark your calendar to attend the annual Shepard Boulevard Neighborhood Association Meeting beginning at 7 pm on Tuesday, March 10, 2015 at Unitarian Universalist Church - across from Shepard Blvd. Elementary School.  SBNA President John Prenger will prepare an agenda before the meeting, which we'll post on this blog beforehand. If you have any meeting agenda items you'd like to discuss, please contact John prengerclan@gmail.com before the meeting. Ward 6, which includes our neighborhood, will be voting for a new council representative on April 7 and we are inviting all of the registered candidates to attend our annual meeting. We'd like to give neighbors a chance to meet and visit with the candidates who are running to fill the seat that is being vacated by Barbara Hoppe. Ms. Hoppe will also be attending our meeting to give us a brief update on city issues involving our neighborhood.

We'll also set the date for the neighborhood garage sale and summer picnic at our upcoming meeting.  If you have new neighbors, please let them know about the meeting, as we may not have their email address. 

Hope to see you in March!

January Meetings of Interest to Shepard Blvd. Neighborhood

Several upcoming meetings in January pertaining to Shepard Blvd. Neighborhood:

City Manager Ward 6 Check-In Wed Jan 21, 2015 6pm - 8pm

Hillcrest Community Center, Room D, 1907 Hillcrest Drive,  Waters-Moss Memorial Wildlife Area off Old 63 south of Stadium.  The first hour will be for City manager & Staff presentation and questions. The second hour will be set aside for 6th Ward residents to discuss other issues of interest to them. 6th Ward City Council Person, Barbara Hoppe will attend also.

Jan. 26, 6:30-8 p.m. Shepard to Rollins Trail Connection - Shepard Elementary School

City Staff with consultants will host an interested parties meeting concerning the 4 trail options. This is a Citywide informational drop-in event for Public Questions & written and verbal Comment.

Questions? Contact Barbara Hoppe, 6th Ward City Council, 424-9668

ward6@gocolumbiamo.com

More information on Ward 6 Check-in from City Press Release:
City will host 'Ward 6 Check-In' January 21. 6-8 p.m.

COLUMBIA, MO (January 12, 2015) - Want to know more about upcoming projects, developments and issues in your ward? Come listen to and speak with your councilperson, the city manager, city department heads, city staff and fellow ward residents at your Ward Check-In. This upcoming check-in will include presentations from the Director of Cultural Affairs and Regional Economic Development Inc. In addition, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a simulation of the Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Ballot decision making process. Participants will have a chance to offer their own project ideas, and to sign up for the launch of the City's online, interactive tool designed to collect citizen feedback on potential capital improvement projects.


The Ward Check-In will be held for Ward 6 residents from 6:00-8:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 21, in Room D of the Hillcrest Community Center, 1907 Hillcrest Drive in the Waters-Moss Memorial Wildlife Area. The Ward Check-In will be held biannually for each city ward. Check the city's website at www.GoColumbiaMo.com to see when and where the Ward Check-In meeting will be held in your ward.

Apply Now for 2015 Neighborhood Leadership Program

Message from neighborhood resident Meredith Donaldson:

The city of Columbia’s Community Development Department is accepting applications for the 2015 Neighborhood Leadership Program.  Each of the four sessions will have two parts — introducing participants to basic functions of local government and a workshop to build leadership skills. All sessions will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at the Walton Building, 300 S. Providence Road. Dates are Jan. 27, Feb. 10, Feb. 24 and March 10. 

To apply go to www.tinyurl.com/NLP2015. Applicants must submit a $25 fee, but scholarships are available. Application deadline is Monday. For more information, contact Bill Cantin at 573-874-7248 orbpcantin@gocolumbiamo.com.

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Several of us from the neighborhood have participated in this program.  I thought I knew a lot about our city and how to make things happen or to get something done.  Well, this program was so informative - there was a lot I did not know! I think every citizen should attend this!

- Meredith