Ypsilanti Riverside Neighborhood Association

Nominations are open for Steering Committee positions ... Chair, Vice Chair, Secretary and Treasurer.

Currently, Kim Reynolds is Chair, Trey Allen is Vice Chair, Sara Bratcher is Treasurer, and Ed Penet is Secretary.

The current Steering Committeeee has served for three years and is willing to have the members consider fresh blood.

You can nominate yourself or make suggestions of other people to run for an office (though you might want to ask them first).

Changes to the organization were proposed and discussed in order to focus more attention to meaningful activities in the neighborhood versus simply meeting four times a year to catch up on goings on.

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SO MUCH IS HAPPENING!

Even though we haven't had meetings this winter, life for the RNA continued without them. Who needs meetings!?

Actually, we DO need to have our regular quarterly meetings. Yet, so much went on without them!

Thanks to Linda French and our CoPAC emails, we didn't miss a beat. And we got Megan Turf's and Denise Cutlip's "what happening in the city" emails, too. So, we knew everything that was happening and could plug-in.

Other RNA activities continued on their merry ways, as well.

(Close your eyes, and click your heels threeee times, while repating: It's NOT snowing! It's NOT snowing! It's NOT snowing!)

SEE!? IT'S REALLY SPRING!

The RNA Steering Committee met last week after a long winter hiatus and decided it's time to socialize and just have some fun!

Mark your calendars for the following events:

- SATURDAY, April 25 - EARTH DAY for a Neighborhood Cleanup. 10AM-NOON. To be followed by a bowl of tasty soup or your favorite sandwich at Beezy's on Washington Street, our new neighborhood eating spot.

The RNA is sponsoring a showing of the DVD "North Adams" in the Corner Brewery lounge on November 5, 2008. Arrive at 7:00PM ... stoke your growler ... settle in for the showing at 7:30. It's a must-see! Discussion follows. (Running time: 56 minutes)

It's time for a General Membership Meeting ... a good time actually to see each other after a busy summer. And now that we're all back from vacations, back to work and/or school ... time for us to catch up on what's happening locally.

ANNOUNCING: Guided Walking Tours of Michigan Avenue (Huron River to Hamilton & back) and North Huron Street (Michigan Avenue to Forest & back).

Tours will begin after the Heritage Festival parade on Saturday, August 16th ... beginning at 1PM and running every hour on the hour. Last tours will depart from the tent at 7PM.

Tours include historic, architectural and anecdotal highlights along these Riverside Neighborhood thoroughfares in the heart of Ypsilanti's Historic District.

Progress on the Guided Walking Tours ...

As you know, the RNA is developing Guided Walking Tours for our neighborhood.

The purposes are to promote our neighborhood's: 1) history and preservation effots, 2) our walkable proximity to a revitalizing Downtown and Cross Street/Depot Town districts, 3) our liveability with safe streets, two wonderful parks and the river, plus wonderful neighbors, including EMU.

True to form, the organizaers set up ... paused for a shower ...no, two showers ... put some merchandise out around 1PM ... then kibbitzed the rest of the day, drank ice cold soft drinks, ate fabulous homemade Palestinian food prepared by one of Sarah Bratcher's classmates ... sold a few things to pedestrian and vehicular passersby ... and closed shop just before 7PM.

We missed you!

Showers in the morning, when the garage sale addicts are out and about did us in. Would've been the same on Sunday. Rain in the AM ... clear, breezy but warm all afternoon.