INC NEWS - proposal for Neighborhood Advocate highlighted in local blog...

[Alice Bumgarner]

I've always really loved the structure of Portland, Oregon's Office of  
Neighborhood Involvement, which does have a director and perhaps other  
staff. Check it out here: http://www.portlandonline.com/oni/index.cfm?c=25967

Not only does this office (and website) provide a structure for  
advocacy and new initiatives, but it makes getting involved at the  
neighborhood level so much easier. It's an amazing hub of information.

Some of these pieces exist in Durham already (for example, graffiti  
abatement, Neighborhood College, etc.), but to have such a complete  
"toolbox" all in one spot would go a long way toward community building.

Alice
Trinity Park

On Mar 12, 2008, at 12:23 PM, TheOcean1 at aol.com wrote:

> I was also impressed with that suggestion, that the city hire  
> someone dedicated to dealing with neighborhood issues.
>
> Have also been scratching my head about it since Monday night.
>
> The question I still have no answer for is about the city hiring  
> this employee. If this idea were ever to come to fruition, and the  
> employee is a city employee..... would the employee be beholden to  
> the neighborhoods, or to their employer, the City of Durham?
>
> I suspect the goal would be more achievable if this individual were  
> hired by the neighborhoods, perhaps with money made available by the  
> city. How could such an arrangement be configured?
>
> Again, I don't have the answer, but this listserv is an appropriate  
> forum for discussion.
>
> Bill Anderson
>
>
>
> In a message dated 3/12/2008 12:03:37 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, bwatu at yahoo.com 
>  writes:
> http://dependableerection.blogspot.com/2008/03/coffee-with- 
> council.html
>
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