Lettered Streets Neighborhood Association

Our annual Lettered Streets Winter Potluck Social will be held on Tuesday January 10th, at 6:30 pm, at the First Congregational Church at 2401 Cornwall.  Join us for a delicious evening!  Bring a dish to share.  We’ll provide drinks and dessert.  There will be drawings for prizes.  See you there!

Please join us for our monthly meeting:

Tuesday, November 8, 7 pm
**2401 Cornwall, First Congregational Church**

**Please note – our meeting location has changed!  Parking is available in the back lot of the church.   Entrance is through the double doors in the back – if locked, someone will let you in.  Go to the right then down the stairs, and to the right, in the room with stained glass windows.**

Tuesday, July 12, 7 pm
**2401 Cornwall, First Congregational Church**

We will be hosting some political candidates at the next association meeting. Come meet and bring your questions for: David Stalheim, who is running for the extremely important job of County Executive, Kelli Linville, who is running for Mayor of Bellingham, and Barry Buchanan, who is running in our ward, Ward 3.

**Please note – our meeting location has changed!  After years and years at Washington Square Apts meeting room, we are moving across the street to the First Congregational Church, Room 11.

Parking is available in the back lot.   Entrance is through the double doors in the back – if locked, someone will let you in.  Go to the right then down the stairs, and to the right, in the room with stained glass windows.**

The LSNA monthly meeting will be held tonight at 7 PM, at Washington Square – 2501 E St. The meeting room is on the south side of the building.

 Our May meeting will take place tonight, Tuesday, May 10, at 7 pm
2501 E Street, Washington Square
On the agenda for this evening:
1.  Discussion with Brooks Anderson about not using plastic bags.
2.  Garden Tour details – scheduled for July 24th
3.  Newsletter distribution – the Letterhead is scheduled to arrive on your doorstep soon!
4.  Ice cream social

Hey Gardeners! Marcy Plattner form the Garden Spot presenting “Curb Appeal and What’s New” at the Lettered Streets Neighborhood Association monthly meeting. All are welcome to attend and participate.

Washington Square Highrise Building
2501 E Street
7:00 PM

Map

The LSNA monthly meeting will be held Tuesday March 8th, at 7 PM, at the Washington Square Highrise Building (2501 E Street).  Entrance to the meeting room is on the south side of the building.  This month’s agenda is the annual budget, with an update from the Street Trees Project committee.

All are welcome to attend and participate!

The LSNA monthly meeting will take place Tuesday February 8th, at 7 pm, at the Washington Square Highrise (2501 E St.).  The meeting room entrance is on the south side of the building.  This month’s agenda:

2011 Elections
1.  Approval of minutes.
2.  2011 Elections
The Lettered Streets invites you to vote for this year’s Board Members.
You are welcome to run for office, represent a district or join a committee.  If we decide to plant trees, make a vegetable exchange or do a garden tour, you can contribute in your own way.
3.  Complete the schedule for 2011 meetings.
4.  Reports.

Hope to see you there!

By Arlene Feld

Derek Long may live among the historic dwellings of the Lettered Streets, but his life is thoroughly wrapped around building a distinctly different future. For the past nine years he has carefully nudged, forward thinking Bellingham towards the next era. We are crawling out of the Industrial Age into the Caring Conservers’ Age (credit to Jack Lessinger, economist, for the name). The future world begins at the core of everything: You and I, then our street, our neighborhood, our town, our food sources, our businesses, social services and schools, etc. The coming era must heal the side effects of the Industrial age, the pollution of the air, the water, the earth and society. Continue reading →

Our annual winter potluck will be held in lieu of our usual monthly meeting, on Tuesday January 11th at 6:30 PM.  Please bring your friends and family along to this social event!  The potluck will be held at the First Congregational Church, 2401 Cornwall.  Parking is available in the lot.  Bring a food item to share – salad, casseroles, dip; we’ll provide the drinks and dessert.  Entertainment will be provided as well as The Honeybees will perform their harmonious tunes!