- Bulletin boards are coming to our parks!
- President’s Corner
- Come help out at Rock Hill Park!
- Local biz with global reach—Alphabet Studios
- Help the York Community Farm with their survey and community forum
- Happenings at Nelson’s Market
- WTDW…the York Yard Crawl?
- 45th Annual Dumpster Day—June 24!
- Longtime neighbor Anne Mackie leaves York
- Digging through the archives / The couches of shame
- Calendar of events
- Join the YNA Board of Directors; General Meeting February 22
- President’s Corner
- New play library pops up near York
- Word hunt
- Return of the winter party
- Know this mystery house?
- Nelson’s Market changes hands
- Harriet Spanel Park work party
- Remembering Jon Ostby
- Calendar of events
- Annual Holiday Party December 10
- President’s Corner
- Way Station homeless support
- Local business spotlight: Chris Shreve Art
- Stores of historic York
- Parks Director says Rock Hill Park’s next
- Annual picnic a blast
- What’s Tenants Revolt, anyhow?
- Calendar of events
- York Neighborhood Annual Picnic
- Become a Student Representative!
- President’s Corner
- Local business spotlight: Bellingham Music
- Sidewalk vegetation control
- Safety Committee updates
with a pair of “Two Weeks Ready” brochures produced by the state’s Emergency Management Division
- Dumpster Day thanks
- Harriet Spanel Park history
- Rock Hill Park plans in the works
- Calendar of events
- York Neighborhood General Membership Meeting—May 25
- Seen our Little Libraries?
- President’s Corner
- Spring Rock Hunt
- Local business spotlight: Slice of Heaven
- Updates on Samish Commons Urban Village
- Rock Hill Park pollinator garden thank-yous
- Harriet Spanel work party—June 11
- Garden Club gathering—May 19
- Moving out the right way
- York “Buy Nothing” group
- Join the History and Preservation Committee
- Dumpster Day!
- Calendar of events
- York Neighborhood Annual General Membership Meeting
- York Board elections
- Use the City’s SeeClickFix app
- Local business spotlight: Plantas Nativa
- Rock Hill Park improvements
Amy Brown moving on
Parks Work Party report
- Scarecrow contest results
- Garden Street church departs
- Calendar of events
- York Neighborhood Annual General Membership Meeting
- Join the Wine and Roses Garden Club
- News from the ’hood
- Parking and 911 tips
- New signs brighten up York
- New projects move forward for Samish Way Urban Village
- Student activities and off-campus resources
- Delivery volunteers needed!
- 15th Annual Holiday Caroling Party Thank-Yous
- We’re recruiting members—all a-Board!
- Calendar of events
- York Annual Picnic, August 17
- Voluntary watering schedule
- News from the ’hood
- Bus service changes
- Rock Hill Park cleanup report
- Trees of Harriet Spanel Park
- Keeping junk off our streets
- Let us know what to tell local candidates
- Protecting Whatcom Creek through York’s neighborhood plan
- York Annual Meeting and Community Soup Supper, February 13
- News from the ’hood
- Delivery volunteers needed
- The bus-barn struggle
- Samish Way Urban Village updates
- York’s heritage trees
- Parks report
- WWU’s Community Ambassador Network
- Meet our new Board members
- York General Meeting and Community Soup Supper, October 10
- News from the ’hood
- Come join the York Board!
- Mayor’s Neighborhood Advisory Commission
- York’s 40th Annual Dumpster Day a huge success
- Livability and laws in York—know about your rights and responsibilities
- Parks work parties
- Two York artists join annual studio tour
- “Stewards of Children” trainings available at the Brigid Collins Family Support Center
- A HAWK to land in York
- York General Meeting and Community Pizza Potluck, May 9
- Get ready for the 40th Annual Dumpster Day! (June 23)
- New members of York’s Board
- Giving York a voice
- Rock Hill Park cleanup
- Faces of York: Erin Crosby
- Life in historic York
- Kids: free ice-cream cone!
- Campus Community Coalition “Do Good in Your Neighborhood” work party at Harriet Spanel Park—September 30
- Welcome to new York students
- Land-use zoning in York
- Zoning matters
- 1995: neo-Nazis in York
- Annual Picnic report
- WWU student reps move on
- Annual Picnic announcement
- Campus Community Coalition “Do Good in Your Neighborhood” events
- report from June meeting
- report on 39th Annual Dumpster Day
- General Meeting announcement (topics: survey report on York’s hot issues, speaker YNA President Kim Owen, and report on Samish–Maple–Ellis Street Corridor Study,speaker Chris Comeau)
- Dumpster Day announcement
- Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs)
- tenants’ union petition
- Move Out Madness
- Eleanor Apartments update
- YNA residents’ survey
- RIP Fred Charlton
- Samish-Maple-Ellis study
- Park work party report
- General Meeting announcement (speakers Steve Swan, Ben Larson, Officer Eric Osterkamp)
- spring park work party announcement
- 2017 YNA Board officers elected
- Community safety program
- Apple device theft wave
- new tenants’ union
- rental inspection results
- City code enforcement
- quality-of-life survey
- parks reports
- big bus route changes
- Annual Meeting announcement (topics: “The State of the City and the County: Key Issues for 2017,” with elected officials, and “Water Metering in York Begins in February,” speaker Anitra Accetturo)
- Annual Holiday Party report
- announcement of upcoming YNA Board elections
- 2017 Board nominees
- General Meeting announcement (topic: “Homelessness in Bellingham,” panelists Mayor Kelli Linville, Mike Parker, Kate Robertson, Officer Eric Osterkamp, Steve Nordeen)
- Franklin Park updates
- fundraising campaign results
- how to be a good neighbor
- student resources
- tips for avoiding device theft
- new York District neighbors
- Annual Picnic report
- rental inspections news
- Annual Picnic announcement
- announcement of community forum on Housing Concerns
- General Meeting announcement (topic: “The Three Ws of Urban Living: Water, Waste, and Wrats”)
- rental inspections
- Lobby Day report
- parks reports
- Dumpster Day announcement
- neighborhood business profile (The Foundry and the Bellingham Repair Café)
- Tenant Waste Task Force
- recycling resources
- Kids’ Scavenger Hunt
- General Meeting announcement (topic: “Town and Gown: How Neighborhoods and Students Can Work Together”)
- York’s Little Library
- crime in York
- update on Ellis Street crosswalk safety
- update on Tenant Waste Taskforce
- Board election outcomes and updates
- RIP Harriet Spanel
- Franklin and Rock Hill park updates
- Kids’ Corner (spring topics and activities)
- new senior housing project coming to York
- General Meeting announcement (topic: “Public Safety in York”)
- meet new York Board member Audrey Roberts
- preparing for the “Big One” and announcement of CERT basic training sessions
- report on local house fires
- Franklin Park update
- Tenant Waste Taskforce being formed
- Kids’ Corner (creatures in our neighborhood)
- Volunteer Mobilization Center event announcement
- Annual Picnic announcement
- General Meeting announcement (topic: “Are You Ready for the BIG ONE?”)
- protect York’s unique character
- announcement of City’s open house on Planning Issues
- the gardens of York (An Urban Oasis, A Farm in the City, and Growing Food with Fish)
- Kids’ Corner (York’s older houses)
- create your own time capsule
- welcome back students
- announcement of Franklin Park work party
- General Meeting announcement (topics: “Stormwater Pollution and Prevention,” speaker Caanan Cowles, and “Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design: An Analysis of York’s Franklin and Rock Hill Parks,” speaker Officer Eric Osterkamp)
- Dumpster Day announcement
- update on the closure of the Aloha Motel
- new rental inspection program in Bellingham
- parks updates
- spring gardening tips
- York’s Wine and Roses Club update
- Kids’ Corner (butterfly gardens and trees)
- heritage-trees scavenger hunt
- announcement of upcoming Board meeting on Comprehensive Plan updates
- General Meeting announcement (topic: “Getting to Know the Air Inside Your Home,” speaker Dave Blake)
- 2015 Board and officers elected
- meet new Ward 3 City Councilman Dan Hammill
- York’s Annual Golden Trowel Award
- ADUs—to be or not to be?
- welcome Community Police Officer Eric Osterkamp
- York Historic District street signs
- Rock Hill Park report
- neighborhood business profile (Flip Kids & Maternity)
- overfill or infill—what’s the future for York?
- announcement of City’s open house on growth and the Comprehensive Plan
- Annual Meeting announcement (speakers Mayor Kelli Linville, new Ward 3 Councilman Dan Hammill, and new Planning Director Rick Sepler) and 2015 Board elections
- 2014—the year in review
- Annual Holiday Party announcement
- Annual Meeting announcement
- staying safe in the neighborhood
- YNA news and Aloha Hotel updates
- announcement of Board elections
- Rock Hill Park update
- Annual Picnic report
- Annual Picnic announcement
- meet new Board member Robb Correll
- Yorkers celebrate National Night Out Against Crime in the neighborhood
- new rain gardens along York streets
- help keep the neighborhood rat-free and clean
- Dumpster Day report
- raise your voice on rental ordinance
- Samish Way updates
- announcement of Franklin Park “Make a Difference Day” work party
- the story behind the Historic District street signs
- congratulations to Marlins’ Café breakfast cook Joey Robles
- General Meeting announcement (topics: “Bellingham Rental Housing: Issues & Solutions,” speaker Jack Weiss, and “Stump the Junk Chump,” speaker Rodd Pemble)
- Dumpster Day announcement
- fundraising report
- Treasurer’s report
- another great Earth Day celebrated at Franklin Park
- welcome new Rock Hill Park stewards
- Samish Way work-group update
- rentals need inspections—just like restaurants
- WWU student campaign “Everyone has a right to a safe ’Bellinghome,’” fireworks ban in city limits
- Night Out against Crime announcement
- say “yes” to York’s downtown houses
- General Meeting announcement (meet new City Councilmember-at-Large Roxanne Murphy, plus education program “Tips to Kick-Start Your Spring Garden,” speaker Julia Raider)
- Samish Way task force organizes to fight crime
- Board bylaws update
- announcement of Earth Day celebration at Franklin Park
- congratulations to award-winning organizer Lisa McShane for “Whatcom Wins” campaign
- meet Board members Katie Dunne, Brian Kennedy, and Cory Anderson
- rental safety and students
- business profile (York resident Jerry Hruska’s SweetArt candy shop, downtown)
- announcement of Dumpster Day
- new Downtown Bellingham Plan includes visions for western York
- General Meeting announcement (topic: “Homelessness and Hunger in our Community,” speaker Mike Cohen)
- Nelson’s Market receives Community Building award
- bid for new Board members
- Holiday Progressive Dinner report
- horse-drawn-wagon rides and caroling party report
- Yorkers share Christmas BBQ with City Gate neighbors
- York Farm partnering with Northwest Agriculture Business Center
- WWU Geology students service learning at York Farm
- RIP Ethel Nelson of Nelson’s Market
- Byron Bagwell receives the Golden Trowel Award
- “We Scare Hunger” scares York on Halloween
- York sign gets facelift
- Neighborhood Dessert Social and General Meeting announcement (topics: “Wild (animal) life in the York,” speaker Rae Edwards of North Cascades Audubon Society, and “October Riot and Community Spirit,” speakers from Bellingham Police Department and WWU student leaders)
- announcement of 10th Anniversary Holiday Progressive Dinner
- announcement of Annual Holiday Party and wagon rides and caroling
- announcement of community Thanksgiving dinner
- Fall Picnic announcement
- York joins Sehome for Night Out against Crime
- City sprays Roundup weed killer in York
- call 911 about loud parties or cars on lawns/blocking drives
- York Farm updates
- announcement of second annual Harvest Fest and Apple Pressing
- announcement of York Farm work party
- report on first Solstice Celebration and Fundraiser
- business profiles (York Massage and Wellness
- and The Workspace)
- Dumpster Day report
- beekeeping in the neighborhood
- York youngsters Zoey and Jack Robinson launch paper-transforming business
- Announcement of Dumpster Day
- announcement of Solstice Celebration and Fundraiser
- announcement of Move-Out Madness
- taking Teddy to tea at the Annual Historic Neighborhood Party
- postal carrier Sally Higgins returns to work after accident
- RIP Paul de Armond
- York Community House to be a Community-Supported Agriculture drop spot
- business profile (Byron Bagwell’s Summit Painting and B-Squared Bamboo)
- General Meeting and Spud Fest announcement (topics: “Bellingham Food Bank’s Garden Project—an innovative program for low-income families,” “Rain Barrel Construction and Water Conservation,” speaker Anitra Accentturo, “Safety in the York: Bellingham Police Department crime report,” and “York Farm - What’s up and What’s Ahead,” speaker Mary Loquvam)
- York Farm breaks ground
- Wings over Water Birding Festival honors York artist Vivian Mazzola Hruska as Featured Artist
- children welcome at the York Farm
- York bikes! and announcement of Bellingham Bicycle Master Plan open house
- rental health and safety
- business profile (Urania Shaklee’s ModSock)
- birding in the York
- Annual Meeting and Chili Dinner announcement (topic: “Rental Housing Registration and Inspections for Safety and Health Standards,” speaker City Councilman Jack Weiss)
- YNA goals for 2013
- fundraising drive results
- announcement of upcoming Board elections
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- General Meeting announcement (topic: “Rental Registration, Safety, and Health,” speaker City Councilman Jack Weiss)
- Annual Holiday Party announcement
- Make a Difference Day report
- Ethel Nelson celebrates 100 years
- well wishes to injured friends
- York Harvest Festival report
- business profile (Mary Ann Newman’s Face It Salon)
- how to make use of the local Washington State Archives to research your house and neighborhood
- Annual Picnic announcement (including kids’ art postcard swap)
- General Meeting announcement
- report on the City’s Pedestrian Master Plan
- about York’s historic churches
- Western students call on City Council for safe rental housing
- report on National Night Out Against Crime event with Sehome Neighborhood
- roster of YNA committees and work groups
- announcement of Franklin Park work parties
- welcome to WWU students
- Dumpster Day report
- Swedish pancakes at Norway Hall
- pitch for Volunteer Chore Program volunteers to provide transportation for low-income isolated veterans
- neighborhood orchard and garden project going strong
- business profile (Greg Heath’s Donkelope Bikes)
- Dumpster Day announcement
- General Meeting announcement (topic: “Bringing Butterflies to Your Garden,” speaker David Droppers)
- local history of eating frogs
- beekeeping tips
- birdwatching along Whatcom Creek
- the Orchard and Garden Committee’s activities
- Franklin Park Earth Day work party report
- Wine & Roses Garden Club activities
- Rock Hill Park report (the Ivy Wars)
- business profile (John McColloch’s Johnny Mac Studios)
- pitch for summer host families for Compass USA exchange students
- National Night Out Against Crime announcement
- remembering Arne Hanna
- report on first Heritage Day party
- Annual Picnic and Harvest Festival announcement
- Heritage Day party announcement
- General Meeting announcement (topic: “Preserving Neighborhood Character through Historic Preservation,” speakers Michael Houser and Katie Franks)
- Board members and officers election results
- pitch for volunteers
- business profile: Colleen Milton’s Black Market Boutique and Amanda Cobb’s adjacent Under Current Tailoring and Clothing Design)
- about being a designated Historic District
- architectural history of York and its bungalow houses
- Golden Trowel awarded to the Jeff and Sarah Bates family
- RIP Deloss “Eddie” Chrisman
- York’s baby boom strikes again
- local Kindermusic classes’ tuition in March being donated to Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
- parks report
- $1,456 raised for new Historic District street signs
- Annual Meeting and Board elections announcement (topic: “Meet the Mayor and New Councilmember,” speakers Mayor Kelli Linville and City Councilmember Cathy Lehman)
- RIP George Liepart
- York 2011 in review
- Annual Holiday Caroling Party and Wagon Rides report
- Annual Holiday Caroling Party and Wagon Rides announcement
- Annual Meeting save-the-date
- report on results of Whatcom Volunteer Center’s “Make a Difference Day,” pitch for joining Board
- Neighborhood Faces (Gladys Howard of “The Glad Bag” and Gary Gerard of City Gate Apartments)
- fundraising progress for Historic District signs
- progress of expanding Historic District area
- local kindergarteners’ first impressions
- RIP Ruben Anaya
- request to turn on porch lights for safer mail delivery
- local gardeners Andrew and Holly Fletcher-Love win Whatcom Blooms award
- Warmth for Washington collecting winter wear for the Interfaith Commission’s emergency shelter
- Annual Picnic announcement
- General Meeting announcement (topic: “Campus and Community Relations,” speaker Steve Swan, WWU’s Vice President for University Relations)
- about The Market at Lakeway’s receipts-based local fundraising program
- Dumpster Days report
- pitch for old/unused computers for City Gate Apartments’ new Job Club
- Franklin Park work party announcement
- raising chickens in York
- freeway noise pollution
- Garden Street United Methodist Church’s new “Garden Street Cooks” cookbook
- Neighborhood Faces (graduating York-a-Dorks Sierra Scott, Sarah Dillard, Kyle Scott, Alan Sherman, Thomas Swan, and Will McShane)
- update on Historic District signs’ design approval
- Indian Street Pottery receives Mayor’s Arts Award
- House 2 Home Virtual Furniture Bank looking for furniture donations and volunteers
- Seal, Trap, Clean–Get rid of rodent infestation in York
- Dumpster Day announcement
- online survey for City’s Pedestrian Master Plan
- General Meeting announcement (topic: “Be Emergency Prepared,” speakers Dan McShane and an American Red Cross representative)
- tips for decreasing crime
- report on Earth Day event at Franklin Park
- report on Associated Students of WWU’s Franklin Park “Day of Service,” the Community Energy Challenge
- Kids’ Corner (book review by Klara Schwarz)
- announcement of Rock Hill Park Game Day planning meeting
- update on Historic District signs
- York Farm Report (growing scarlet runner beans
- solving pest problems without harming pollinators
- local gardening activities)
- Neighborhood Exchange feature
- work on I-5 onramp at Lakeway
- piebald robin in residence
- outstanding volunteer Gary Gerard of City Gate Apartments
- graffiti and what to do about it
- York house fires expose unsafe conditions
- General Meeting announcement (topic: “Indoor Air Quality Health Issues,” speaker Dave Blake of Northwest Clean Air Agency)
- new rental licensing law inches forward
- outstanding volunteer Anne Mackie
- 1316 Franklin Street celebrates its 100th birthday
- meet the new YNA board members
- persevering in getting potholes filled on an unofficial alley
- City Council approves YNA’s Plan Amendments
- General Meeting Announcement (topic: “Growing Native Plants,” speakers Carrie and Dietmar Schwarz and City Parks & Recreation Department’s Rae Edwards)
- Board recruitment
- 2010 YNA Board accomplishments
- outstanding volunteer George Liepart
- Cindy Kaufman wins Golden Trowel Award
- a look back to the YNA in 1977
- Loving Space students adopt Franklin Park native plants
- walking tour of York’s historic trees
- Tree Keepers meeting announcement
- Kids’ Corner (share your wish for the new year)
- online housing survey collects rental facts
- message from York Historic Preservation Committee Chair Don Hilty-Jones
- about the Recycle and Trash Society (RATS)
- photos from the Annual Holiday Party
- Board recruitment
- General Meeting announcement (topic: “Historic Home Renovation Techniques,” speaker Jim Gunsolus of Craftsman Woodworking)
- light your porch for safer mail delivery
- Annual Horse Wagon Ride and Caroling Party announcement
- wiffleball field proposed for Rock Hill Park
- Wine and Roses Garden Club Holiday Progressive Party announcement
- about the Recycle and Trash Society (RATS)
- York Plan amendments move forward to Council work session
- Franklin Park updates
- York Plan updates near conclusion
- Annual Potluck Picnic announcement
- pros and cons of the Ellis Street rezone (plus questions and answers)
- General Meeting announcement (topic: “Community Energy Challenge: A Whatcom County Green Jobs and Energy Efficiency Program,” speaker Shawn Collins)
- Whatcom Volunteer Center looking for furniture donations for Home 2 Home Virtual Furniture Bank
- historic signs sprout in York
- Make a Difference Day event announcement
- signage of reading stars around neighborhood
- longtime mailman Mike Valenti no longer to serve York
- about the Mayor’s Neighborhood Advisory Council
- outstanding volunteer Ron Barnett
- Kids’ Corner (letterboxing in Rock Hill Park)
- Dumpster Day announcement
- General Meeting and Burrito Fiesta announcement (topic: “Creating a Backyard Wildlife Habitat”)
- York Plan amendments still moving forward
- highway improvements move forward without plans for safety/noise wall
- York Plan amendments Q&A
- Earth Day volunteers clean up Franklin Park
- Historic Preservation Committee hopes for signs celebrating York’s history
- Wine and Roses Garden Club welcomes newcomers
- alley-beautification contest
- Annual Picnic announcement
- putting an end to graffiti
- dog-waste stations available from the City
- Rock Hill Park spring weeding event report
- why historic preservation matters
- Neighborhood urges state to build I-5 safety wall
- Lowell School rummage sale announcement
- General Meeting announcement
- meet the 2010 Board members
- York Plan amendments advance to public hearing
- Franklin Park grand reopening
- City should require rental licensing with mandatory inspection for tenant safety
- Helen Jackson selected as one of the Bellingham Herald’s 10 Who Cared 2009 award recipients
- about the Recycle and Trash Society (RATS)
- police encourage residents to report graffiti
- York Historic District approved
- Holiday Caroling and Horse Wagon Ride announcement
- Wine and Roses Garden Club holiday dinner party announcement
- 2009 projects recap
- General Meeting announcement
- ways to get involved
- York submits Plan amendments to City
- 4th Annual Holiday Caroling and Wagon Ride announcement
- 2009 YNA Board elections
- York Disaster Preparedness presentation announcement (speaker: Don Davis of the Bellingham Fire Department)
- Yorkers participate in 25th Annual National Night Out against Crime
- York Quality Committee recruitment
- York closer to Historic District designation
- report on Make a Difference Day volunteer event at Franklin Street Island
- Yorkers respond to recent crimes with York Pride Night
- General Meeting announcement (topic: the “No More Than Three Unrelated” Rule in single-family-zoned housing, speaker Dick Conoboy)
- Neighborhood Plan updates move forward
- crosswalks on Lakeway and Samish in 2009
- parks work parties announcement
- Disaster Preparedness Committee spearheading the Map Your Neighborhood campaign
- Rock Hill Park update
- Dumpster Day report
- about the York Quality Committee
- report on Franklin Trail signs
- Neighborhood survey results
- General Meeting announcement
- list of upcoming York planning meetings
- about Neighborhood Design
- Brooks Manufacturing changing its wood-treatment process to eliminate odor
- YNA receives Small and Simple Grant from City to cover half of costs of planting 37 trees
- Historic Preservation Committee participating in a survey and inventory project thanks to Preserve America grant
- cyclists and walkers needed for assessment for Neighborhood Plan update
- grant funds would expand York’s green infrastructure
- RIP Sophia Gilbertson
- Sergeants Johnston and Lanham assigned to York as part of Community Oriented Policing effort
- YNA committee reports
- about native-plant gardening
- Neighborhood Plan update heats up
- General Meeting announcement
- Carriage Ride announcement
- Disaster Preparedness Committee meeting announcement
- the new Franklin Park needs your help
- YNA Board elections announcement
- Kids’ Corner (York’s sequoias)
- Samish Urban Village concept takes shape
- recruiting for new reality show on learning how to reduce water and energy consumption
- late-night shuttle-bus scuttlebutt
- reduce your carbon footprint thanks to York being very walkable
- Annual Picnic announcement (Lincoln and Franklin Schools Reunion Picnic)
- how to get involved with the Neighborhood Plan update process
- General Meeting announcement (topic: Neighborhood Plan updates)
- neighbors push back and win against oversized redevelopment
- recruiting a new Yorker editor
- YNA committee status updates
- ReUse appliance pickup service
- Kids’ Corner (monkey puzzle trees hunt)
- Dumpster Day report
- Dumpster Day announcement
- Franklin Park survey and petition results
- Yorkers seek traffic safety improvements
- Neighborhood Planning Committee report
- Annual Picnic and neighborhood school reunions save-the-date
- YNA committee reports
- York takes 8th place in the Green Energy Neighborhood Challenge
- City awards tree-planting grant
- General Meeting announcement (topic: developing the Franklin Park Master Plan and investing the $150,000 Neighborhood Initiative Program Grant received in 2006
- speakers Jonathan Schilk of the City Parks Department and Katie Franks of the City Planning and Community Development Department)
- 2006 York recap
- Whatcom Creek Trail comes to York
- YNA Board elections announcement
- Historic Preservation Committee report
- Final City Council hearing on York Neighborhood rezone announcement
- Green Power Community Challenge
- keep porch lights on for safer mail delivery
- Historic Preservation Committee report
- YNA receives $2,500 grant to update York Neighborhood Plan
- Wine and Roses Garden Club’s Holiday Progressive Dinner announcement
- Caroling Party and Wagon Rides announcement
- York Rezone update
- Annual Potluck Picnic announcement
- neighbors petition to show support for protecting historic York
- Historic Preservation Committee report
- Franklin Park renovation project
- Campus Community Coalition promotes neighboring in York
- Rock Hill Park updates
- Community Car Share now available in Bellingham
- General Meeting announcement (topics: York Rezone
- PSE’s Green Energy Challenge
- vote on proposed changes to YNA bylaws)
- General Meeting announcement (topic: plans for building a new playground at Franklin Park, speaker playground architect Jonathan Schilk of the City Parks Department; upcoming school bond, speakers Dr. Dale Kinsley and Kelly Bashaw; YNA Board elections)
- Franklin Park work party announcement
- 2005 York recap
- 2006 Board elections
- York South security projects
- how to research the history of your home
- Historic Preservation Committee report
- about the Wine and Roses Garden Club
- zoning in the York Neighborhood
- Try knocking on your neighbor’s door (dispute resolution efforts between Campus Community Coalition, Whatcom Dispute Resolution Center, and neighborhoods)
- Annual Picnic announcement (and I-5 sound-wall christening)
- General Meeting announcement (topic: “Candidates’ Night”)
- Wine and Roses Garden Club news
- butterfly habitat emerges at Rock Hill Park
- Franklin Park restoration project needs your help
- a short history of Franklin Park
- mediation program promotes neighborhood cooperation
- party patrols help calm neighborhood
- keep premises litter-free
- recycling hotline
- parking headaches plague Yorkers
- parking on lawns is illegal
- meet the 2005 YNA board members
- volunteers needed for neighborhood projects
- YNA treasury grows
- Litter codes need enforcement
- General Meeting announcement (topic: “Completion of the I-5 Sound Wall Project: landscaping, fencing, and final details,” speaker Jeff Peterson)
- alcohol-related offenses create new job opportunities in York
- input wanted on a project for beautifying the neighborhood
- YNA wins Small and Simple grant from City for a butterfly garden at Rock Hill Park
- Annual Dumpster Day announcement
- Franklin Park planning task force forms
- Spring Neighborhood Potluck and Historic Preservation Meeting announcement
- Rock Hill Park work party announcement
- Call for public response: realtor proposes bulldozer solution to his parking problem (1254 Grant Street)
- General Meeting announcement (topics: “York Neighborhood Plan—Guidelines for Protecting Quality of Life,” “Fall Family Day Fun,” “Planning Historical Preservation Projects”)
- Planning Commission public-hearing announcement
- 2004 Board members list
- report of the first Historic Preservation Committee meeting
- informal survey results indicate kicking out crime and cleaning up the neighborhood are priorities
- new postal box installed at Nelson’s Market
- joint meeting of neighborhoods (York, Sehome, Sunnyland, and Central Business District) announcement
- York T-shirts available again
- advance notice of Family Day plans
- York Rezone update
- General Meeting announcement (topics: plans for a Summer Neighborhood Fun Day
- Spring Clean-Up Dumpster Day)
- Annual Neighborhood Spring Clean-Up/Dumpster Day announcement
- Wine and Roses Garden Club update
- preserving the historic York Neighborhood
- Construction of I-5 sound wall to begin in May
- General Meeting announcement
- City Council looks at new ordinance to hold landlords accountable for problem party houses
- “spot” rezone proposed for Grant and Humboldt Streets to allow 35-unit apartment complex (1200 block of Grant and Humboldt Streets)
- farewell from YNA President Mary Fraser
- Treasurer’s Report
- Wine & Roses Garden Club news
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