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Coming Saturday, June 5, 2004: Return of The Market, with a new location on the parking lot just East of Tower Grove on Manchester (north side of the street). For more details, go to market web site. Also, the beginning of "Manchester Saturdays" -- special events at our local businesses.
Coming Saturday, June 5, 2004: Home Showcase Tour and Resource Fair, 11am to 3 pm. The tour begins at 4471 Arco (corner of Arco and Taylor) and includes Park East ribbon cutting, resource fair, scavenger hunt, and refreshments. For more information, call 314.533.6704
Coming Tuesday, June 22, 2004: Community Council meeting at the Lighthouse Community Outreach Center, 1218 Tower Grove at 6:30 p.m.

May 25, 2004: Community Council meeting at the Lighthouse Community Outreach Center.
May 13, 2004: "State-of-the-Ward" town hall meeting at the Metrolofts, 4535 Forest Park Ave (near Euclid).
May 11, 2004: Joint meeting of Adams Grove Improvement Association and Adams Grove Neighborhood Association meeting at the Lighthouse Community Outreach Center. The Agenda included discussion of the proposed merger of the Adams Park Community Center and the Forest Park Southeast Development Corporation.
January 27, 2004: Community Council meeting: The Agenda included election of offiers, update on the Development Corporation-Adams Park Community Center relationship, ways for reviving health services in the neighborhood.
November 25, 2003: The Agenda included setting election of offiers for January, 2004, support for YOP credits, and support of the Development Corporation's annual fund raiser. Read the meeting minutes.
November 20, 2003: A meeting to set the foundation of a plan to address the safety and security issues in the neighborhood with commitments from the Police Deptartment, the Neighborhood Justice Program a.k.a Circuit Attorney's Office, the Neighborhood Stabilization Office, Probation and Parole Office, Youth Initiative, as well as caring residents, stakeholders, and youth.
October 28, 2003: Alderman Roddy and Executive Director Blue stated neighborhood goals for the next year. Review a short report of the meeting.
September 23, 2003: The Development Corporation - Adams Center relationship, health care funding, and housing rehabilitation were the main topics at the September meeting. Review the draft minutes.
August 26, 2003: The Council discussed the situation in New Boyle and possible merger of the Council with the NCT. Irving Blue reported on the name change of the Security Task Force to the Public Safety Committee and on the Assessment / Planning form the DC is using in preparation for its October 28 Summit Meeting. Review the minutes.
July 22, 2003: Repors and discussion at the Community Council meeting: Catch a Falling Star plans a children's service facility on Manchester; the Community Justice program needs residents for planning; the Commercial Committee will have a goal setting meeting on Saturday, August, 23; and Meacham Park residents shared their redevelopment experiences. Here are the minutes.
July 10, 2003: A joint meeting of both the Neighborhood Association and Improvement Association for Adams Grove at the Adams Community Center. This will also be the Adams Grove public meeting about the Manchester Historic District proposal.
June 24, 2003: Community Council discussed with Irving Blue Development Corporation planning, including the four point program of housing, commercial, services, and infrastructure. Review the minutes.
June 14, 2003: Juneteenth and Fatherhood: Walk and Rally for Fatherhoood, Vendors, Sports, Music, Dancing, Food, Bid Witz, Dominos, Basketball, Cork Ball, Games, Prizes: more details here.
May 27, 2003: Community Council meeting. The agenda included Annie Casey evaluation and SNDO's funding of a literacy project. Check the approved minutes.
April 26, 2003: Health Fair sponsored by the Ranken Health Committee, at Adams Community Center. Co-sponsored by ARCHS, the FPSE Community Council (celebrating its Fourth Anniversary), and the Staying Alive program of the Effort for Aids.
April 22, 2003: No Community Council meeting in April, in favor of celebrating the Council's 4th Anniversary in conjunction with the David Ranken Community Health Committee's fair on Saturday, April 26.
April 12, 2003: Teddy Bear playground building day.
April 10, 2003: Adams Grove Block Unit meeting.
April 7, 2003: Housing & Economic Development Corporation board meeting: extended the terms of officers until June; authorized finding out cost of audit; heard proposal for making contracts for maintenance and auditing; and set meeting to consider historic district on Manchester.
April 1, 2003: Chairs meeting at Adams Park Community Center, NOT!
March 31, 2003: Annie Casey meeting, mainly to discuss Community market issues. The target starting date is Saturday, June 21, 2003. Debbie Chase from the Annie Casey Foundation attended to begin discussion of vision, sustainablility, and capacity building.
March 29, 2003: Brightside's "blitz" day for FPSE.
March 27, 2003: H&EDCorp Housing Committee meeting: co-chair Joe Lautner asked about past minutes and requested regular recording and approval of minutes; plans for a 17-building "low-moderate" rehab project in the 4200 and 4300 blocks North of Manchester; concern for deteriorating building at 4202 Chouteau; discussion of changing ownership of Jack Kraus properties south of Manchester; agreement to a parking variance for 1017-19 S. Boyle; presentation by Bellington agents who say they are moving to holding strategies instead of original flipping strategy; discussion of committee structure as a board member representing a neighborhood is to be chair; and George Jones volunteers to be one of the co-chairs. [This information is NOT the minutes or an official summary of the meeting.]
See Bellington's FPSE offerings as of March 29, 2003.
March 25, 2003: Community Council meeting: the agenda included health care prioriies (lead abatement or mental health); community market; and Internet resources. Review the minutes here.
March 20, 2003: Nancy McCarthy of Probation and Parole introduced the "Community Reparations Board," in which volunteers act as probation officers for first- and second-time offenders from their neighborhood, at the Security Task Force meeting held at McCormack House II.
March 19, 2003: Neighborhood Coordination Team meeting at the Adams Park Community Center, at 6:00 p.m.
March 19, 2003: New Boyle meeting at the Adams Park Community Center, at 7:00 p.m.
March 18, 2003: Gibson Heights Neighborhood Association meeting: information on home safety program and affordable home repair loans; Brightside preparation; no meeting in April.
March 13, 2003: Joint meeting of the executive committees of the boards of the H&EDCorp and Adams Park Community Center regarding cooperation or merger.
March 3, 2003: Housing & Economic Development Corporation board scheduled a joint meeting with the Adams Park Community Center Board and heard a presentation on new planning for Manchester.
February 26, 2003: Saundra Moss has requested a meeting of the chairs of the various FPSE organizations. Adams Center at 6:00 p.m. The agenda includes information sharing, community directory and regular, on-going meetings.
February 25, 2003: The Community Council's agenda included resident participation in selecting the H&EDCorp's new executive director, connections among neighbors through an inreach effort and block directories, and plans for housing affordable to current residents South of Manchester. Minutes, as approved on March 25 here.
February 18, 2003: Gibson Heights Neighborhood Association nominated Lara Thiel of the 45xx Wichita as its new representative to the H&EDCorp board and designated René Morency (also of 45xx Wichita) as its representative to the safety steering committee.
January 28, 2003: Community Council meeting agenda included a report on the funding priorities ballot, SNDO's meeting on priorities held January 16. The Council adopted a motion to encourage continued diversification of the Housing and Economic Development Corporation board. Steve Parish, the new security coordinator discussed his plans. Review the approved imnutes.
January 21, 2003: The beginning of a new Community Council effort to provide information neighborhood-wide: the revival of The Buzz.
January 12, 2003: Report on the ballot to set priorities for the new fund raising efforts of the Sustainable Neighborhoods Development Office (SNDO). Volunteers from the Lighthouse Free Methodist congregation tabulated the ballots and reported the results; here is the ballot with rankinigs and scores.; 2003
January 11, 2003: The Regional Response Coalition's community forum on crime and violence was held at the Adams Center. The purpose of the forum was to build better relationships, coalitions, and understandings about how the criminal justice system works. The discussion centered on community norms and how those norms affect drug use, violence, and crime. See an earlier report on the Regional Response Coalition's efforts.
December 17, 2002: Residents, staff, and representatives of organizations met regarding funding priorities for the Sustainable Neighborhoods Development Office. The Neighborhood Coordination Team and the Community Council jointly sponsored the celebration and general meeting with this agenda.
December 11, 2002: The Housing Corporation celebrated its 25th Anniversary and held its second annual Mainstreet fund raiser at JaBoni's Restaurant, 4301 Manchester Avenue (northwest corner of Tower Grove). JaBoni's is scheduled to open in mid January.
December 10, 2002: A meeting to introduce the "Forest Park Southeast Good Neighbor Network" initiative. According to Rick Bonasch of Metropolis, the purpose of the network is to create a neighborhood-wide network of community leaders at the block level to organize neighborhood events, cleanup projects, block parties, neighborhood directories, and so on. See Rick's report here.
November 26, 2002: FPSE Community Council discussed plans for priority funding requests to the Sustainable Neighborhoods Development Office; Don Bell, SNDO president, attended and explained the need for concrete proposals based on the neighborhood's plan. Esther Williams reported funding cuts for the MERS employment effort. Pastors and representatives of neighborhood churches explained their efforts and plans. See the draft minutes and a photograph of some of the people attending, or the agenda .

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