February Meeting Update

For the Beloit Neighborhood Preservation Association: February 09′

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Beloit NPA School Board Candidates Forum – Public Invited

Please join us for our
Inaugural School Board Candidates Forum
and bring a friend!

 
• Date: Wednesday March 4th
• Time: 7:00 – 8:30pm
• Location: bushel & pecks (328 State Street)
• Moderator: Jane Threinen

 

This will be a moderated event for the five candidates running for the three open seats in the April 7 election for the school board.

Incumbents:

• Pam Charles – website
• Amy Oselio – website
  

New Candidates:

• Jessica Everson – facebook
• Missy Henderson – website
  
• Tia Johnson – website Facebook

Piss-n-Moan or Do Something – Thanks Beloit PD!

There’s been a bashed and abandoned car on Park Ave in front of the Park Ave. Apartments. I’d noticed it about a week ago but only yesterday got around to taking a pic and this morning phoned it in. Unrelated I then had to run an errand and happened to be driving by. I’ll be damned if there wasn’t a PD officer there already checking it out.

Granted, of the range of things our PD needs to deal with this is not on the urgent end of things. And it’s likely slow on a Sunday morning as well. All the same, it was more than I expected, it helps and it’s appreciated.

A few months ago there was someone who’d decided that within steps of a Park St. intersection was a good place to park their car and leave it with a for sale sign. The owner did not live there and our neighborhood streets are not for cottage industry used car sales. I called and the city took care of it.

I know there are larger and more urgent issues but I’d encourage folks to let the city, or the PD or whomever know whats up. What happens from there is another matter but the first step is caring enough to speak up. If in fact you care enough to help advocate you’re welcome to come on out and join us. Participate.

If you’re not sure who to contact for what, the city’s website has a lot of great information. Additionally we’ve tried to distill some of this down for you on our own NPA links page.

Next meeting agenda: Mon. 2/9

Hope you can make it out this evening. Please join us.

Agenda:

• Old Agenda:
  • Brief intro to website updates & Neighbor’s Directory
  • Not-for-profit organizational set up
    • Beloit NPA draft bylaws/amendments/approval
    • Election of officers
  • Committee Reports
    • Neighborhood Action -spokesmodel
    • Programs Development -spokesmodel
    • Marketing & PR – Rick
  • Updates – Other
    • Landmarks Commission & Horace White Park – Marge F.
    • Downtown Business Association – Becky M.
    • Rock County & Beloit 2020 – Bob F.
    • School District – Emma C.
    • Beloit College – John W.
    • City Council, Police Dept., Plan Commission – Volunteer(s)?
• New Agenda:
  • Any new agenda from meeting attendees
  • Plan Commission vacancies
  • Neighborhood apartment buildings (Park Street, Emerson Hall, Harrison Steet)
  • City’s paint program & Neighborhood Housing Services
  • Block captains & spring time block parties?
• Housekeeping
  • Meeting frequency
  • Neighborhood Directory – sign up & pics

I looked and there it was. Gone!

A win-win. Those of us living within Beloit’s historic district got a new Ace Hardware and more open space for the Riverside Park. Looking forward to more good things.

First looking into Riverside Park then looking out from Rotary Center.
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Beloit NPA Committees Forming, Meeting…

and beginning to work on ‘stuff’.

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Sittn’ & Knittn’ has gone co-ed!

It’s getting pretty full back there. Gonna’ need to start taking reservations soon.

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Greg Gerard & Friends, tonight at Pleasant Street

Just down the street. Walking distance from Beloit’s Historic Districts.

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Downtown Beloit Association – “Historic Preservation and Sustainable Development:”

Have you seen the the Downtown Beloit Association’s “News on the Street” publication? I’d missed it until just days ago. It’s very well done. Very interesting with great content! I was reading the Fall 2008 edition which is still available and what jumped out at me was:

Historic Preservation and Sustainable Development:  What does it mean for Main Street?

by Joe Lawniczak, design specialist for the Wisconsin Main Street Program.

It addresses

• The relative value of new construction -vs- Existing structure rehab in terms of what in fact is “Green”.
• What sustainable development is… and is not
• How historic building are inherently green.
• Preservation as Smart Growth
• Simple ways to make your business, neighborhood (Hey! That’s us!) and community more “green”.

Read more

Historic Preservation on “Beloit Today” TV

Just got word that next week the “Beloit Today” television program(s) on the public access channel 98 will include a segment on Historic Preservation.

The air times:

• Monday, February 9 at 7:00 p.m.
• Tuesday, February 10 at 1:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, February 11 at 7:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, February 12 at 8:30 a.m.
• Friday, February 13 at 1:00 p.m.
• Sunday, February 15 at 10:00 a.m.

Cool!

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