Birchwood Greeters
At a meeting with a member of the Birchwood Neighborhood Association it was suggested that I contact PW, a member that had expressed interest in a “Welcome Wagon” for the Birchwood Neighborhood that would serve as an instrument to welcome people to the neighborhood.I first met PW at a neighborhood BBQ over the summer and so it was an easy meeting to arrange as she was already familiar with who I was in the neighborhood. We then met for coffee in late November in which she expressed her interest in a “Welcome Wagon” for the Birchwood Neighborhood. We began the process of working together, drafting up her ideas and putting them to paper.
Together in December we met with the Birchwood Neighborhood Association Board and got official recognition as a Birchwood Neighborhood Association Committee and the blessing of the Board to continue our efforts on a larger scale.
As of early January we have several neighborhood businesses that want to contribute to a welcome packet, including free pizza and a free oil change. We have 6 people wanting to volunteer to welcome new residents to the neighborhood, the neighborhood elementary school is going to give us new enrollees contact info (if they are new to the neighborhood and sign a release for us to attain their names and addresses), and we have two apartment complexes (more coming on soon) that are willing to pass on information about new residents.
Starting this month and on into March we will be working with a group of students from Western Washington University (Human Services Majors) to expand our networking efforts with neighborhood businesses, to create an Asset Map of the neighborhood (which will then be turned into a neighborhood directory to be given out to new residents), and to create a “How To” guide for how to do this process in the future. The How To Manual will be made available to anyone interested in doing this type of effort in another neighborhood.
More to come on this as things are really starting to progress quickly…
As of early January we have several neighborhood businesses that want to contribute to a welcome packet, including free pizza and a free oil change. We have 6 people wanting to volunteer to welcome new residents to the neighborhood, the neighborhood elementary school is going to give us new enrollees contact info (if they are new to the neighborhood and sign a release for us to attain their names and addresses), and we have two apartment complexes (more coming on soon) that are willing to pass on information about new residents.
Starting this month and on into March we will be working with a group of students from Western Washington University (Human Services Majors) to expand our networking efforts with neighborhood businesses, to create an Asset Map of the neighborhood (which will then be turned into a neighborhood directory to be given out to new residents), and to create a “How To” guide for how to do this process in the future. The How To Manual will be made available to anyone interested in doing this type of effort in another neighborhood.
More to come on this as things are really starting to progress quickly…
Cameron Garcia