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Fern Street Sidewalk update
03/15/2019 07:06
Hi folks - Please find available this notice about the new sidewalk going in at 9th and Fern. I met with Randy Wesselman from the City on Friday afternoon to walk the 9th and Fern pocket park and discuss the sidewalk improvements. Most of the sidewalk will be on the west side of...
President’s Update – January 21, 2019
01/24/2019 21:17
President’s Update – January 21, 2019
Hi folks. After the last SWONA meeting on January 10 I got quite a few requests for meeting minutes (both from people who were there and people who were not) so minutes from the January 2019 and September 2018 meetings should be posted...
Wellington Heights
09/29/2018 17:33
At the most recent SWONA meeting on September 20, the consensus of those present was to put on the SWONA website ways in which folks could articulate their opposition to the proposed Wellington Heights development. I will be combing past e-mails for the last year from Dan Leahy and others to...
Community Rights discussion
06/19/2015 14:38
The US Constitution would not have been approved by all the original states without the inclusion of the ten articles known as the “Bill of Rights.” The body of laws and codes on the Olympia City register are mostly procedural, and tell us how our local government should be administered, but do not...
The Community In Which It Sits
10/04/2013 21:46
“The Community In Which It...
Campaign Statement
09/08/2013 22:39
Campaign Statement from Cheryl Selby.
Dear SWONA Officers, Members and concerned friends of West Olympia,
It was a pleasure to doorbell your neighborhood for my campaign this last June. Being on the ground, block by block, I came to understand why the issue of opening Decatur St. SW...
Campaign Statement
07/30/2013 09:46
Campaign statement Julie Hankins 7/30/13:
Dear SWONA Officers and Members, Decatur Raiders, Wellington West Neighborhood, NWONA, and Uptown Locally-Owned Businesses,
I really appreciate you taking the time to give me a tour of your neighborhood and explaining your...
Campaign Statement
07/25/2013 12:28
Campaign Statement Mike Volz 7/25/13:
As a Northwest Olympia Neighborhood resident who lives on busy Division Street, I understand the traffic pressure that the Southwest Olympia Neighborhood faces. While there is great need to alleviate the traffic on the West Side, opening up thru-streets...
Campaign Statement
07/25/2013 12:23
Campaign statement Darren Mills 7/25/13:
On Tuesday July 9th residents of SWONA gave me a walking tour of their neighborhood and expressed their concerns about the opening of Decatur and 16th Streets to traffic. After seeing firsthand what the result of those actions would be I am...