Annual block party - Friday, 8/14

The annual BPNA summer block party is scheduled for Friday, August 14, 6-9 pm. Everybody in the neighborhood is invited, whether they are BPNA members or not. Come meet new neighbors and celebrate with old friends.

Craig Brenner and Friends will once again inspire dancing in the street—specifically the 1000 block of South Dunn St. Please bring a potluck dish to share with your neighbors. BPNA will provide lemonade, grilled meat and veggie burgers and hot dogs generously provided by our sponsor, Nick’s English Hut. As an added treat, we will provide Edy's slow-churned ice cream for the first 100 guests, courtesy of Edy's.

We are also grateful to the City of Bloomington, which awarded us a Small & Simple grant to help with the non-food costs of this large party. The party drew about 300 people last year, and we expect an even bigger turnout this year. Volunteers are needed to help organize and run the grill; contact Jon Lawrence at jolawren@indiana.edu or 334-2075 if you can help.

This is a great time to pay your membership dues. Dues are just $5 a year, and we will have a table set up to take dues at the picnic. BPNA T-shirts are back by popular demand. We hope to have a custom design ready for the occasion. Come by the BPNA table to see the design and place your order.

Last but not least, remember the hungry while you enjoy the party food. Dee Hupp-Sanders of the Hoosier Hills Food Bank asks that you bring a food item to donate to the food bank.

FW: [CONA] Bloomington Hospital Survey, B-line trail phase II

Hi everybody -

Council of Neighborhood Associations is hosting a survey about the

possibility that Bloomington Hospital may move from its current

location. The purpose of the survey is to raise awareness of the

impact that this move will have on Bloomington neighborhoods by

collecting opinions from residents of those neighborhoods. Please

take a moment to fill out the survey at http://www.conaonline.org/survey.html. We hope to present the results by our September 16th meeting.

Please forward this survey to others in your neighborhood!

Also, there is an open house for the B-line trail phase II on

Thursday July 30 from 11am to 1pm and 5pm to 6:30pm in the council

chambers at the Showers complex at 401 N Morton Street. The City

of Bloomington Parks and Recreation Department is designing phase II

of the B-Line Trail. Final plans and specifications must be submitted

to the State of Indiana by the end of August. Construction is

anticipated to begin in spring 2010, and will involve the city-owned

former CSX rail corridor from the east side of Adams Street to the

west side of Rogers Street (bordering Near Westside, Maple Heights and

11th Street Neighborhoods), and from Second Street south to the north

side of Country Club Drive (bordering McDoel and Grandview

Neighborhoods). For more information about the open house, contact

Dave Williams (812) 349-3700.

From: Greg Alexander [gregcona@galexander.org]

Agenda for Tuesday 7/28 meeting

Our regular meeting will be Tuesday, July 28, from 7-8 p.m., at the Free Methodist Church (corner of Grimes and Lincoln). Please let me know (mpm_miller@yahoo.com) if you want to add anything to the agenda. A presentation by Ellen Jacquart, founder of Monroe County Identify and Reduce Invasive Species (MC-IRIS) will be rescheduled. She will talk about a re-naturalization project in Bryan Park at an upcoming meeting.

Old Business

1. Weeds: Weeds and standing water in Davis ditch. City decision about maintenance.

2. Poop Tubes: If you have any plastic bags to spare, bring them to the meeting! Liz thanks neighbors for filling the tubes and can always use more bags--the tubes at the park empty daily.

3. Fall Picnic: Update on plans (t-shirts, volunteers, food drive, membership dues, ice cream).

New Business

1. Incident Report: As a new regular meeting feature, our Neighborhood Watch contacts Dick and Mary Lou Mitchell will briefly describe incidents reported this month.

2. New Email List: Questions?

3. City Business: Henderson sidewalk update, city news from Isabel Piedmont-Smith.

4. Templeton Benefit at Nick’s: Natalie Cabanaw has offered to sponsor a benefit at Nick’s for the Templeton Playground renovation.

5. Call for Volunteers: Volunteer for BPNA projects.

Adjournment

Found bike

From Albert Reiser:

We found a bike that we suspect was stolen last weekend. It was left in our front yard. It’s a gray Fuji mountain bike.

Our address is 1200 S. Grant. Our phone number is (812) 334-3417.

-A

[B-TOP] Help us assess Bloomington's walkability, bike education, and climate change action

Here are several items of interest from Bloomington Transportation Options for People:

Walkability Survey

Please help us gather data about Bloomington neighborhoods! B-TOP is working with the Active Living Coalition to administer a survey developed by Health by Design in Indianapolis in order to rate the walkability of different neighborhoods in Bloomington. Go to http://www.b-top.org/survey.html to fill out the survey online, or print a paper version you can mail in. We suggest you walk around your neighborhood and check things out for the best information. If you’d like, take a camera with you—you can upload up to four image files with your survey. Please share this with your friends and neighbors too!

Bicycle Education Opportunities

Traffic Skills 101 – August 15, 2009

This course is structured to be a fun yet intensive educational experience with the aim of increasing a cyclist’s confidence and safe riding skills. It will be held on Saturday August 15th from 9am to 6pm at Bloomington City Hall (room #135). Registration must be received by August 10, 2009.

LCI Training Seminar – August 28-30, 2009

The League of American Bicyclists is holding a seminar to train and certify League Cycling Instructors (LCIs) in Bloomington from August 28-30. This is a unique opportunity that is rarely offered in Indiana – so don’t miss out. If you are an experienced cyclist and would like to teach others, please consider taking the next step towards certification. Traffic Skills 101 is a prerequisite for the certification seminar. Registration is handled by the League of American Bicyclists on their website:

http://www.bikeleague.org/cogs/programs/education/seminar_schedule

More information on both offerings is available at http://bloomington.in.gov/bike. Feel free to contact me if I can provide further information.

Raymond Hess

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Climate Change Action: Bloomington 350

See http://www.350.org/ for background on an international day of climate action planned for October 24, 2009. In Bloomington, a group called Bloomington 350 is getting together to plan local events. This may involve events spread out through the 350 hours (about two weeks) before October 24 as well. If you’re interested in getting involved, come to the next meeting (see below), or email michaelabide@yahoo.com.

Thursday, August 6

5:30-7:00 pm

Monroe County Public Library meeting room 1C

B-TOP contact:

Elizabeth Venstra

Vice-President, Bloomington Transportation Options for People

Elizabeth@b-top.org

June 2009 Minutes

BRYAN PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION

June 23, 2009

There were 41 in attendance.

Jan and Jon announced the block party will be Friday, August 14, from 6 to 9 PM in the usual place.

Volunteers are needed for a variety of jobs.

There was discussion on selling T-shirts at the block party.

Mother Hubbard’s Cupboard asked to borrow our shade tent and the vote passed.

Ann Schertz gave a talk on how to get rid of poison ivy.

Mary Miller and Joe Davis both gave a synopsis of their wanting to be the neighborhood president.

The ballots were passed and Isabel Piedmont-Smith, our neighborhood council person, and Dick Mitchell, our neighborhood “sheriff” tallied the votes.

The outcome:

President Mary Miller

Vice president Jan Sorby

Secretary Jenny Bauer

Treasurer Mary Lou Mitchell

The voting was contested so on Sunday June 28^th Isabelle and Dick recounted the votes for the 4^th time and wrote up a break down. This can be found on the Neighborhood blog.

Submitted by Dick Mitchell

Neighborhood Play Day 2009

I'm contacting you to let you know that Bloomington Parks and Recreation will be holding a Neighborhood Play Day Wednesday, August 5 from 1-3pm. It's for all ages and we will be playing games and celebrating and facilitating play. We want you to let your neighborhood know so that they can come out and join us for the play day. The following are the specific parks we are going to be at: Broadview Park, Olcott Park, Bryan Park, Rev. Ernest D. Butler Park, and Sherwood Oaks Park. We hope to see everyone there and make it a successful play day event!

--Lynsie Burton

Program Specialist

City of Bloomington

Parks and Recreation

2009 Officers

President	Mary Miller
Vice President	Jan Sorby
Treasurer	Mary Lou Mitchell
Secretary	Jenny Bauer