You may recall a post earlier this year about the Olympia Kiwanis Club and the Thurston County Food Bank working with volunteers to plant and harvest produce at the east Capitol Campus. That work is now yielding a lot of fresh food for the food bank – 46,000 pounds of so far. In the pictureContinue reading “Help Harvest Produce for the Food Bank at the Capitol Campus”
Category Archives: Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Adopt-a-Drain needs your input!
Cameron Coronado, senior stormwater outreach & engagement specialist for the City of Olympia, said the city will be launching an Adopt-A-Drain program soon to encourage members of the community to help reduce flooding and stormwater pollution by clearing leaves, litter, and sediment from storm drains in their neighborhoods. But, before they launch the program, CameronContinue reading “Adopt-a-Drain needs your input!”
How Olympia’s current draft of Middle Housing Code Amendments affects our neighborhood
Submitted by Lorie Hewitt, SCNA At-Large Member For some time now, the South Capitol Neighborhood Association (SCNA) Board has been following the City of Olympia’s drafting of housing code amendments to address Middle Housing. In accordance with new state legislation passed in 2023 and 2024, the city is required to make changes to codes andContinue reading “How Olympia’s current draft of Middle Housing Code Amendments affects our neighborhood”
Supporting the Renaming of Stevens Field
Submitted by Morgan Montes, SCNA Treasurer The South Capitol Neighborhood Association Board recently sent a letter to the Olympia City Council and cc’d the Olympia School District Superintendent, expressing our strong support for the proposed renaming of Stevens Field. This issue was elevated by the powerful advocacy of a group of Lincoln Elementary fifth gradersContinue reading “Supporting the Renaming of Stevens Field”
SCNA Comment on Olympia Comprehensive Plan and Environmental Impact Statement
Submitted by Gordon White: The City’s been pretty busy in its update to the Comprehensive Plan (Comp Plan). The Comp Plan update will direct many changes to the land use and zoning densities of our neighborhoods. Increasing the supply of housing is an important goal of this update. In order to fully evaluate and assessContinue reading “SCNA Comment on Olympia Comprehensive Plan and Environmental Impact Statement”
Update on a Proposal to Allow Businesses In Neighborhoods
Gordon White (a member of the South Capitol Neighborhood Association board) attended the May 22 meeting of the City of Olympia Land Use and Environment Committee on our behalf. He wanted to hear how the committee proposes to move forward with allowing small-scale retail businesses to be established in residential neighborhoods. Following is his reportContinue reading “Update on a Proposal to Allow Businesses In Neighborhoods”
SCNA on Proposal to Allow Businesses in Residential Neighborhoods
The following is submitted by Gordon White, board member of the South Capitol Neighborhood Association (SCNA). Attached to this post is a letter drafted by a group of South Capitol neighbors commenting on a city proposal to allow small-scale retail businesses anywhere in residential neighborhoods. The proposal would also eliminate all residential zoning districts inContinue reading “SCNA on Proposal to Allow Businesses in Residential Neighborhoods”
What’s Growing” in the Olympia Kiwanis Food Bank Garden, East Capitol Campus
Submitted by Derek Valley of the Kiwanis Club of Olympia. ============================================== For thirty-five years the Kiwanis Club of Olympia has been raising organic vegetables to share with neighbors in need. Our Kiwanis community service project, since 2007, has used the large, raised beds on the east Capitol Campus in partnership with the State of WashingtonContinue reading “What’s Growing” in the Olympia Kiwanis Food Bank Garden, East Capitol Campus”
We want YOU to join Us!
Spring is nearly here (hurray!), which means yardwork and spring cleaning and watching things begin to bloom, but it also means a change in our neighborhood association board membership! Board members serve two-year terms, and this year, seven of our 16 members have terms ending in June. Some of those seven have decided to runContinue reading “We want YOU to join Us!”
How to Help Preserve Trees in Our Neighborhood
The Tree Ambassador Project, a program of Restoring Earth Connection and Inspire Olympia, wants your help. The Tree Ambassador program has trained volunteers who travel their neighborhoods in pairs, meeting with neighbors and sharing with them the benefits of keeping their big trees on their properties. See this handout for more on these benefits. We alsoContinue reading “How to Help Preserve Trees in Our Neighborhood”
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