CSNA meeting minutes (September)

[Nathalie Bonafe]

 

Minutes

September 16,2015 ~ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm

The Mary Wade Home

 

• Welcome & Introductions: Christel M, Nathalie B. Lee C, Lt Siclari, Elisabeth Robinson, Susan Hackett, Marian H, Tim B, George M, Susan OL

 

• CARE: Yale School Public Health Report – Alycia\Kathleen
  • Urban Walking Trail: SIGNS are IN! Beautiful!  Will be installed along the routes soon.  Great job Kathleen et al. 
  • Other CARE activities:: Survey happening now in Fair haven

Interested in working with CARE? Contact: Alycia Santilli (203-785-7651)

• Economic & Community Development Christel\Lee
  • Dining out Night: XICOHTENCATL Restaurant 271 Grand Ave. Thursday September 24 at 6pm
  • Chatham Square Festival Report back: Great Job Hope, Tambira, and Liyana for organizing the successful festival…several hundreds of people came, great success. King of Harmony band were awesome, so was everybody else, musicians, volunteers, etc. 
  • Other Eco. & Community Development activities: At our Community and Economic Dev on Monday September 14, 2015, Karen Dubois Walton from the city was scheduled to come, but had to postpone; she will present her anti-blight strategies at our October meeting.

Interested in this work group? Contact Christel Manning

• Youth, Children & Families– Mary Ann\Sally
  • Homework Club at Q Terrace: MaryAnn: program started again this week.  Volunteers always needed.  Talk to Mary Ann. idea: bringing in Promise students.
  • Report on Community Gardens: MaryAnn\Nathalie
  • Halloween Parade & celebration 1pm 10/31: request for volunteers to distribute candies etc.  Contact Mary Ann or Sally
  • Other Youth, Children & Families activities:

Interested in this work group? Contact Mary Ann Moran

• Announcements\Report back on other activities\events:
  • Strong School building Project (SPACe) Update Lee: MOU letter received!  This is big news. Next will be talking to investors. 
  • City Seed Farmer’s Market Thursday 3-6pm, until the end of October.
  • UI tree trimming and pole placement issues

Interested in any of these activities contact Lee Cruz – (203-668-7074)

 

• Finance Report- Laura\Lee: CARE $ used to finance the production of the Trail signs.
• Web presence report: Lee

 

• Police\Safety & Traffic– Darcia Siclari, FH District Manager (203-668-2218).

Report on prostitution activity and arrests along Ferry street, Q terrace.  Warning: lock your cars and don’t leave ID info in your cars. 

 

Announcements:

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 2015, FAIR HAVEN CLEAN UP organized by FH police team:

Southern CT State University will be dropping off  students in Fair Haven for a clean up.  Anyone interested in participating we will be meeting approx 09:30 at Ferry and Lombard, Ferry and Chapel, Grand and James, Grand and Perkins

 

FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 2015, PHOTOGRAPHY/ART Show by Susan O’Leary @ Quaker meeting house on East Grand Avenue

 

Next meeting: October 21, scheduled facilitator: Sally Esposito