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Most of life is just showing up. We hope that significant numbers of
Summit residents will show up at either (or both) important meetings
about the future of our city and neighborhood coming up this week.
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The meeting tomorrow on neighborhood plans is something Summit
Neighborhood Association has been working and waiting for since at least
2002. The meeting on Thursday about public education is of obvious
importance to families, but also affects the overall quality of life for
everyone in Summit.<br><br>
The future is too important to leave to someone else. Get involved.
Attend one of these meetings. You'll meet new people and learn
something.<br><br>
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<b>1. Mayor Cicilline to discuss neighborhood planning process</b> -
<b>TOMORROW, TUES, MAY 30 - 6:30<br><br>
</b>A coalition of neighborhood organizations has asked Mayor Cicilline
to discuss his intended process for conducting individual planning for
all of Providence's neighborhoods. Neighborhood plans are called for in
the City's Comprehensive Plan and were among the Mayor's earliest
initiatives, although events have delayed them for several years. These
plans should ask and answer important questions about the future of each
neighborhood and invite the people living in those places today to be
important participants in their creation.<br><br>
The Mayor has responded by inviting neighborhood organizations to a
meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, May 30, at the Public Safety Complex
auditorium (the new police station overlooking Rt. 95) at 6:30. Summit
Neighborhood Association would like all interested neighbors to join us
at this meeting to learn how the city intends to conduct this important
process.<br><br>
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<b>2. East Side Public Education Coalition PUBLIC MEETING JUNE
1st<br><br>
</b>The ESPEC steering committee invites you to a public meeting on
Thursday, June 1st, from 6:30-8:00pm in the basement of the Rochambeau
branch of the Providence Public Library. The goals of the meeting
are:<br><br>
a)To review the continuing loss of East Side public education, and
present information about ESPEC's steering committee's efforts to
date.<br><br>
b)To hear from you about what you want for the future of Nathan Bishop
and East Side public education.<br><br>
c)To share ideas about what we as a community can do to restore East Side
public education, and involve more people in activities.<br><br>
<b>for more information, visit:
</b><a href="http://www.eastsideed.org/" eudora="autourl">http://www.eastsideed.org/<br>
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Jonathan W. Howard<br>
Cause & Effect, Inc.<br>
178 Ninth Street<br>
Providence, RI 02906 USA<br>
(401) 331 2272<br>
fax: (401)621-9572<br>
jon@ceffect.com<br>
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