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R e c o g n i z e d b y T h e C i t y o f V a n c o u v e r o n J u n e 6 , 2 0 0 5 a s t h e o f f i c i a l N e i g h b o r h o o d A s s ’ n f o r t h e a r e a h i s t o r i c a l l y k n o w n a s R o s e m e r eRose Village NeighborhoodGarage SaleRVNA Board Meeting—First Tuesday of each month, 7-8pm atSellberg’s Tavern in the Community Room behind the tavern (AllAges Welcome), 2110 St John’s Blvd.RVNA General Meeting—Fourth Tuesday of each month, 7-8pmat Washington Elementary. Meet early to chat: 6:30-7pm.Gardening Class “Container and Vertical Gardening.” —May20, 6:30 – 8:00. Memorial Lutheran ChurchGraffiti Clean Up Day—May 25th, 9:30am—11:30am. Meet atthe Village Plaza next to the IGA.K Street Clean Up— June 1st, 9am.K Street and 33rd.Burgerville Hosting Fundraiser for RVNA—Friday, June 7th, 5pm-8pm. 10% of sales donated to RVNANeighborhood Garage Sale—June 8th All Day.Fall Chipper/Cleanup Day—Sept. 21st.For more information about what’s happening around town, visit the City of Vancouver’sCalendar of Events: www.cityofvancouver.us/calendar.aspThere will be a neighborhood garage saleon Saturday, June 8th. We will be advertisingas the day approaches. Theneighborhood Burgerville will be promotingthis on their reader board leading upto the event as well.If you don’t have a garage or anywhereelse to set up your items for sale therewill be a large shared space available atMemorial Lutheran for those residentsthat do not have an area. The spaces willbe 10x10. You will need to provide yourown tables and cover if needed. It is$10.00 per space plus a $10.00 depositreturned after there space has beencleared of all items and any trash. Themoney from the space goes towards theWashington Elementary PSP fundraisingefforts to help the school. To secure andrent a space they can call Eleanorat (360) 610-3228 or email herat washingtonelementarypsp@gmail.comWe hope you decide to join us and haveyour garage sale on the same day!International Festival—Saturday, July 27th, 10am-4pm. FourthPlain and NorrisNeighborhood Association MeetingWe will have our monthly NeighborhoodAssociation meeting at 7pm on Tuesday,May 28th in the Library/Media Center atWashington Elementary. Stop by earlyto chat with your neighbors, 6:30-7pm.This month we will be hearing from expertson tips to help keep kids safe inthe summer months.We will be going over some changes tothe RVNA in the form of new committeesmade up of Rose Village neighbors whowill be taking charge of accomplishingsome important jobs.We will discuss the neighborhoods ActionPlan.Please join us to discuss these andmany other exciting, important topics.Edition 61May 2013Upcoming Events & ContactRVNA Leadership Team• Scott Carroll, Pres.—rvnapresident@gmail.com• Frank Choate, Vice President—af30plus@gmail.com• Molly Blalock-Koral, Secretary/Treasurermollyk97@gmail.comBoard Members• A—Lisa Watson, haberwats@gmail.com• B—Patti Maggiora, pattimaggiora@gmail.com• C—Heather Malm, heatheranne1986@yahoo.com• D—Todd Brewer, todd.brewer@comcast.net

Did youknow?NeighborhoodSnapshot: RoseVillage has 2,447housing and5,910 people(2011 data).It is one of thelargest activeneighborhoodassociations inthe city.Please read the . . .Neighborhood Action Plan.http://bit.ly/10GVrZbRVNA Bylawshttp://bit.ly/10GVvbuMinutes from April’sGeneral Meetinghttp://bit.ly/10GVRifThe above documents canall be found online atNextDoor.com Just look inthe “Documents” sectionon the left-hand side ofthe page.Have concerns aboutthat junk car abandoneddown the street?Did you know that youcould report it to the cityso it could get takencare of?Go to:http://bit.ly/Zk6SFACity Code ComplianceNeighbors have found a easyway to communicateRecently some of your neighbors have beensharing information on a wide array of topics.For example, recently there was some suspiciousgang activity involving groups of peoplewalking through the neighborhood with spraypaint. Another neighbor was having problemswith raccoons and several people were able tooffer suggestions. On another occasion, someonepointed out that some graffiti vandalismhad occurred in several places throughout theneighborhood, which another neighbor respondedand was able to get all of it cleanedup in one day!These are just a few of the things happeningon our neighborhoods very own networkingsite, NextDoor.com. Please join us and shareyour concerns and information and ask questionsin real-time. There are lots of yourneighbors on nextdoor.com already.You can create a free account and join us atNextDoor.comCrime Continues to Drop inRose Village NeighborhoodThe 2012 Clark County neighborhoodcrime statistics published in the May 1edition of The Columbian shows thatcrime rates in Rose Village are continuingto decline. Crimes per thousand residentsdropped slightly from 186.6 in 2011 to184.10 in 2012. This is lower than severalpopular nearby neighborhoods includingShumway, Arnada and EstherShort. As our neighborhood associationtakes steps to help increase public safetyand security as outlined in the 2012neighborhood action plan, we hope tocontinue this trend.Neighbors ImproveCommunity GardensGateway Garden at 39 th and P Street got amuch needed tilling recently thanks toGerald Taylor of Thrivent(gerald.taylor@thrivent.com). He broughthis Kaboda tractor tiller and donated 4.5hours of time to prepare the soil for thisseason. Andrew Bergeron will be the newGarden Ambassador there. Spaces arestill available for this season for a smallfee. If you wish to lease a spot, contactCarol Lows cjlows@yahoo.com or Andrewandrew.bergeron@yahoo.com formore information. Andrew could use somehelp re-plumbing the water barrels so thatwater can be available for gardeners.Shout out to Michelle Huse (Rose Villageresident) who provides the water for thisgarden and to Frank Choate (VP of theRose Village Neighborhood board) and theCity of Vancouver for letting this land beused for gardening.Fourth Annual InternationalFestivalRose Village Neighbo rhoodFree Summer Event, Saturday July 27,2013 from 10am – 4pm at Warriors Field,corner of 4 th Plain and Norris. Seeking vendorswho want to have a booth to sell foodor other goods, agencies providing usefulcommunity information, internationaldance performances, and volunteers. Funactivities for kids. Co-sponsored by AmericansBuilding Community and Partners inCareers. To find out how you can help, contactMark Maggiora mark@abcinc.us.

Green NeighborsProgram -The Clark CountyGreen Neighborsprogram is a new andexciting way for you tolearn about greenevents in your areaand discover how youcan live a moresustainable life.BECOME A MEMBER -Customize your profile,and display your GreenNeighbor points!SHARE GREEN IDEAS -Share ideas on yourown profile wall, or joina conversation in theforum!EARN BADGES -Accumulate points,earn badges, and thendisplay them on yourprofile!We want to welcomeyou to our greenneighborhood. So signup today to become aGreen Neighbor, sharegreen ideas, learnabout upcomingevents, or simply enjoyall the informationClarkGreenNeighbors.org has to offer.Keep an eye out forthe new signs in theneighborhoodindicating when ournext NeighborhoodAssociation Meetingwill be taking place.There will be one by allthe major entrances tothe neighborhood.4th Plain Green-Up NeighborhoodGardening ClassesGarden Education classes happen monthly atMemorial Lutheran Church on the third Monday.The next topic is “Container and VerticalGardening.” May 20, 6:30 – 8:00 pm at thechurch:2701 E. 29th, Vancouver, WA 98661(corner of 29th Street and Grand Blvd.– parking lot is behind the building,entrance off the covered breezeway).Fun Activities and Healthy Snacks provided.Children welcome.Classes will be held monthly through September.Future classes will cover:• Effective Watering, drought tolerant cropsand mulching. (June 17th)• Winter Gardening: Planting for fresh Vegetablesin fall and winter. (July 15th)• Food to Table: Making great soups andmeals with what you grow. (Aug 19th)• Food Preservation: Basic Canning (Sept16th)Would you be willing to helpmake sure your neighbors getthe newsletter every month?We’re looking for a few more volunteers to helpdistribute the newsletter every month. We’vetried to split the job up as much as possible sono one person has to do too much of theneighborhood.This is a great way to get more familiar withyour neighbors and the neighborhood.If you would be willing to take responsibility forone or two streets around your home pleasecontact Todd at todd.brewer@comcast.net orcall (360) 358-5424 and leave a message statingthat you’re willing to help with the newsletters.Tool Library Set to Open SoonThe West Vancouver Tool Library willbe a resource to those who don’t happento have that special tool neededto fix that leaky sink or finish yourhandmade garden bed. This sustainablepractice of sharing tools througha tool lending library will make itshome in Rose Village.Thanks to 4 thPlain Church at2400 E. FourthPlain, the ToolLibrary will bein back of thehouse they ownat 2315 E. 25 thSt. The West Vancouver Tool Library isstill looking for volunteers to help preparethe space, set up shelving, movetools in, inventory tools and assist withplans to move forward. Call MarkMaggiora, 360-992-9969 ormark@abcinc.us.Reducing Speed on 29thAn ad hoc committee composed of some ofour concerned neighbors has gone beforeNTSA (Neighborhood Traffic & Safety Alliance)with a pre proposal to acquire asafer walking route for children and familiessouth of 29th St to the school and cityplay ground. During the summer monthsmembers of the RVNA will be contactingresidents of homes south of 29th to sign apetition that will go with our formal proposalto be presented before NTSA at theend of Aug 2013.Any questions contactSue at suzyodat@yahoo.comRose Village Neighbo rhood