Who: Board and neighbors

When: Wednesday Oct 26, 2011 @ 7:00pm

Where: Valley Covenant Church (18th & Bailey Hill)

What: The only standing agenda item is the Neighborhood Matching Grants review and (extremely likely) endorsement process, but feel free to email the co-chair to add agenda items.

WREN Wanders are casual walks through various West Eugene Wetlands sites each 2nd Tuesday of every month. Luk-wah, a Kalapuyan word meaning “grass,” is an aptly named 83 acre recreation site known for its tufted hairgrass (Deschampsia cespitosa) community. A recent prescribed burn of 48 acres in Luk-wah Prairie offers a historic example of burning techniques used to improve the health of the bunchgrass communities and the wetland ecosystem.

Participants are asked to meet at the western-most turnout, east of the intersection of Willow Creek Road and W 18th Ave in Eugene. WREN will provide binoculars. For more information call 541.338.7047 or email info@wewetlands.org FREE!

WREN staff and volunteers invite you to join them for a sunset exploration of the West Eugene Wetlands. A Beaver’s Tale is an opportunity for folks to gather for a 30 minute presentation followed by a one hour exploration of the West Eugene Wetlands in search of beaver scat, tracks and clues that help answer some common questions: What do beavers eat? Why do beavers build dams? How do beavers mark their territories?

Participants are asked to meet at the educational yurt, adjacent to the WREN office at 751 South Danebo Avenue in Eugene. Folks attending should bring water and binoculars and wear sturdy shoes and warm clothing.

For more information call 541.338.7047 or email info@wewetlands.org. Our fees for this program are $5 for members and $7 for non-members.

Hello neighbors,

The CAN General meeting this Wednesday will be focused on a couple of items:

To review and discuss the Churchill Area Neighbors' charter to better understand how the CAN should operate.

To review and discuss the Neighborhood Organization Recognition Policy (NORP) and other documents to clarify the relationship CAN has with the City of Eugene.

This will be a casual meeting with no agenda, so feel free to stop by and enjoy the discussion. Below are some links to the documents.

CAN charter
http://www.churchillareaneighbors.org/files/CHURCHILL_NEIGHBORS_CHARTER_02_12_2007.pdf

Model Charter for Eugene Neighborhood Organizations
http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt?open=18&objID=361198&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=9&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true

Neighborhood Organization Recognition Policy (NORP)
http://www.eugene-or.gov/portal/server.pt?open=18&objID=361199&parentname=CommunityPage&parentid=5&mode=2&in_hi_userid=2&cached=true

CAN Farmers Market / Urban Farm Collective
What do you want? What do you see?
http://hyperlocavore.ning.com/group/EugeneCAN
Parks, Paths and Garden Tour!
When: May 25th 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Where: Valley Covenant Church (3636 W. 18th)
 

Churchill Area Neighbors Executive Board Meeting
What is happening in your Neighborhood?
What do you want to happen in your Neighborhood?
Plan for 2011- and 2012

Where: Valley Covenant Church, 3636 W. 18th. Ave.
When: March 23rd 7:00 - 8:30 pm

Churchill Area Neighbors General Meeting
Where: Valley Covenant Church, 3636 W. 18th. Ave.
When: February 23rd 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Say Hello, Say Good by!
What CAN you do?

Residents and Oregon Toxics Alliance join for a solution to West Eugene pollution | MyEugene
http://www.myeugene.org/2011/01/31/residents-and-oregon-toxics-alliance-join-for-a-solution-to-west-eugene-pollution/
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=109372562426356
http://hyperlocavore.ning.com/group/EugeneCAN
http://twitter.com/Churchill_EUG
#Eugene #CAN (@ Churchill Skate Park) [pic]: http://4sq.com/dNqdcA
 
Stay informed about the Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plan on the project website: www.eugenepedbikeplan.org
 

Where: Valley Covenant Church, 3636 W. 18th. Ave.
When: January 26th 7:00 - 8:30 pm (following the Rexius meeting)

Neighbors,

The CAN welcomes EWEB Commissioner Joann Ernst to our January General Meeting.

Below is EWEB's description of Joann's visit.

The Eugene Water & Electric Board is Oregon's largest public utility, serving nearly
87,000 electric customers. As a public utility, EWEB does not operate to earn a
profit or to meet the investment needs of stockholders. Instead, EWEB has a
five-member Board of Commissioners who are elected by Eugene residents to serve
their interests. Joann Ernst, one of the five elected Board members, represents an
area roughly equivalent to the Churchill, Far West, Jefferson/Westside and Friendly
neighborhoods (City Council Wards 1 & 8). Her main areas of interest as an EWEB
Commissioner are energy conservation programs, renewable power, protecting the
McKenzie River, and facilitating community involvement and education.

Commissioner Ernst has requested an opportunity to meet with Churchill neighbors to
share information on some upcoming EWEB projects and respond to your questions about
utility issues. More specifically, Joann will discuss the underlying factors
leading to the Board's decisions to raise rates in 2011, introduce EWEB's upcoming
energy resource planning effort, and share some insights on the utility's first new
General Manager in twenty years, Roger Gray. Neighbors who can't attend the meeting
are welcome to contact their EWEB Commissioner directly at joann.ernst@eweb.org.

WREN New Volunteer Orientation
Friday, January 7th
5:30 - 6:30 PM
New Education Guides will receive an overview of our programs and how they can help connect people to nature in the West Eugene Wetlands. The orientation will be held here at our offices in the Red House, 751 S. Danebo Ave, Eugene, OR 97402. Guide training sessions begin on January 14th. People can find our more information about our volunteer opportunities on our website. FREE!

This meeting is a casual after dinner sharing of shacks and neighborly caring for one another. Bring want you have (including Cares and Concerns) but mostly bring your "Hope" and one non-parish-able for someone in need.
Subject and time: open to your input and interpretation.
Location:

What – “Eugene Local and Green – Getting Started, Moving Forward, Working Together:” A community conference for living more planet and people friendly, and a fundraising event for Lane County OSU Extension Service.
When – Saturday, October 30, 8:30 to 4:30
Where – First Methodist Church, 1376 Olive St. ["the toaster church"]
Who – The Neighborhood Leaders Council Committee on Sustainability and many great community groups and organizations.
Contact – Jan Spencer, 686 6761, spencerj@efn.org
Sliding scale – $5 to $20, Light refreshments provided. Feel free to bring your own lunch.
Proceeds go to Lane County OSU Extension Service.
Briefly:
The event will focus on practical actions people can take for living more local and more green. Presenters and panels will touch on food, reinventing the urban landscape, community collaborations and success stories, neighborhoods, challenges and exciting strategies and possibilities for the coming years. There will be plenary sessions, discussions, panels, many community groups tabling and time to mix, mingle and network.

More Info - http://eugenesustainability.org/eugene-local-and-green-schedule/
<!--break-->
Everyday we see compelling reasons why there is a great need to go more local and green. On Saturday the 30th, we will focus on what people can do in their own lives, homes, neighborhoods and community. Its really exciting to see the wonderful projects and initiatives we have in Eugene for going local and green and we want to draw on that deep and diverse experience.

Tonight is a general CAN meeting being held at the Valley Covenant Church. The church is located in west Eugene at the intersection of West 18th Avenue and Bailey Hill Road.
More information about our location: http://www.valleycovenant.org/index.htm

Tonight's guest will be Isobel Charle, who is representing the Save Trapper campaign, a group of Eugene citizens working to protect a native/old growth timber sale just 40 miles outside of Eugene in the Willamette National Forest.

Hope to see you there.

For those of you that can see this page or get e-mails from the
"CAN Community List" <community@lists._______>
"CAN Board" <board@lists._________>
"CAN News" <news@lists._________>
You are invited to sit at your nearest computer and think about your Neighborhood.
You can join us at any time in the next 24 hours but If you can set aside some time during the regularly scheduled meeting time please drop me a note to let me know you are checking into the meeting.
First visit our main page. From there Visit any of the forums on the Churchill Area website and post, if you have a thought about what is on there or not on there. Use the link below if you need help finding them. 
The main meeting: http://www.churchillareaneighbors.org/forum/36
The rest of the forums: http://www.churchillareaneighbors.org/forum
After that visit other links or parts of our Churchill Area website. Forward information to your friends and Neighbors while you are there.
Then visit us on Facebook:
Churchill Area Neighbors
Become a member so me can get our personal URL. Post Pictures and links. Coment if you like. See you on-line tonight.
Find us on Twitter too. Let us know if you want to hear us Teet! http://twitter.com/Churchill_EUG

Community Garden experience, Future Community Garden Market Place, Garden Share and Mobile Cannery Project in CAN in partnership with City of Eugene and FOOD For Lane County

Wednesday, Aug 25, 2010 at 7pm

Valley Covenant
3636 West 18th Avenue
Eugene, OR 97402