May Day Soiree

Thursday, May 3, 2012 5:30-8:30pm
Blaidsell Manor 2322 Blaisdell Ave S
Tickets are $25 in advance and $35 at the door.
Don’t miss the fun and excitement of the 12th Annual Whittier Neighborhood Benefit.
The evening will feature heavy appetizers & a bar, entertainment, a silent auction and 3 raffle items.

• Heavy appetizers will be provided by Eat Street & Whittier restaurants The Black Forest Inn, Christo’s Greek Restaurant, Galactic Pizza, Heidi’s Restaurant, Rainbow Chinese Restaurant, Marhaba Mediterranean, Krungthep Thai and Three Sons Signature Cuisine.
• Craft beers and Wines from the Wine Spectator Top 100 provided by Lake Wine and Spirits
• A Whittier signature cocktail especially created for the event by Eat Street Social Mixologists.
• Local singer, guitarist and song writer Robert Everest will provide entertainment.
• The silent auction is packed with great items such as restaurant gift certificates, a week at a Pike Lakecabin, theater and sporting tickets, artisan breads, gas cards, movie passes, music camp and more
• The raffle items are: A new iPad, A Kindle Fire, and 2 Madonna concert tickets for Nov. 4

Parking is available across the street in the City of Lakes Waldorf School parking lot.

Everyone is welcome to attend. Invite your friends, colleagues and neighbors from within and outside the neighborhood. The May Day Soiree is supported by the many businesses of the Whittier neighborhood. The Mission of the Whittier Alliance is to build a flourishing and distinctive neighborhood.

Whittier Artists in Storefronts - Walking & Biking Tours

Storefront Exhibits, Street Art, Murals, Performance s& More NOW SHOWING!

Whittier Artists in Storefronts has placed original art installations into storefront windows located on and around the Eat Street. These alternative exhibition spaces have created an urban exhibit that promotes our local artists and neighborhood corridors.

Friday April 27 is the Opening Reception at 2601 2nd Ave S featuring refreshments, art, and DJ beats! The exhibit concludes during the Northern Spark Festival in June. Visit http://www.artistsinstorefronts.com and click on Current Projects for the full walking tour from April to June.

Strategic Plan

The Whittier Alliance 2012-2017 Strategic Plan is now available! These six broad goals will serve the neighborhood as a guide, helping Whittier become a world-class neighborhood. There are many opportunities for community involvement in several interest areas, and your commitment is needed. If you would like to help shape the future of your neighborhood, please contact Marian via email at marian@whittieralliance.org or phone at (612)871-7756. Check back for more information about work groups in each of the strategic plan goal areas.

Neighborhood Network

• • Connect with your neighbors
• • Connect your neighbors to each other
• • Connect your neighbors to the Whittier Alliance
• • Build a stronger and more vibrant Whittier, one block at a time

Our Strategic Plan focuses on many different components of building a stronger and more vibrant Whittier. It’s ambitious and exciting, but we’ll need the help of every resident, business owner, and property owner in the neighborhood to accomplish our goals. By becoming a Neighborhood Network Node, you’ll be helping to do just that. For more information and to sign up, contact Jen.

Whittier Walkers

Bring a positive community presence to our blocks, get to know your neighbors and neighborhood better, get some exercise, and clean up the neighborhood by joining the Whittier Walkers. With spring having officially arrived, crime in the neighborhood is on the rise. This is an opportunity for YOU—our community members to try to nip the crime trends in the bud and help bring about a safe Whittier for the summer. Volunteers are asked to give a minimum of just 2 hours a month to this program. Contact Jen to sign up today! Walkers will be walking by the end of March, but sign up at any time!

Support the Whittier Alliance

We appreciate your ongoing support as we strive to make the goals and dreams of the Whittier Neighborhood a reality. Whittier has changed a lot over the years, yet has retained its character and continues to embrace its range of lifestyles, cultures and opinions. Those who are new to the neighborhood recognize that this really is a great place.

To support the work of the Whittier Alliance, simply click here.

*Home and Rental Property Improvement Loans*

Low interest loans, funded by the Center for Energy and Environment (CEE), are available to Whittier home and rental property owners for property improvements. The terms are attractive (3.5-4% for 10-15 years, no income restrictions, etc.)and the application is simple. CEE can also pair the Whittier loan funds with energy improvement incentives. For more information on both the single family and the Rental Rehab improvement loans, click on Whittier Resources on the toolbar to the left or visit CEE. Be sure to ask CEE for the Whittier NRP loan programs.

Whittier Alliance Annual Meeting April 2012 - Thank you!

Thank you to friends and neighbors who attended the Whittier Annual Meeting on Tuesday, April 3. We elected 5 board members, reviewed the newly adopted Strategic Plan and got many volunteers to help initiate the different components and we recognized our good neighbors and businesses.

Join us in congratulating this year’s Good Neighbor Award recipients: Rita & Steve Stodolka, Mary Cable and Ted Irgens and Good Business Award recipients: Lake Wine & Cheese, Lost & Found Thrift and Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

Special recognition was also given to long time Whittier residents and volunteers Ralf & Vi Runquist for their generous gift of time and talent to the Whittier neighborhood; HCMC-Whittier Clinic for their Silver LEED designation and their cooperative collaboration with the Whittier neighborhood; and Gary Kirt of Bell Mortgage who stepped in to assist with the preservation of 2008 Pillsbury Ave S.

We would like to welcome the board members who were elected by the community to serve on the Whittier Alliance Board: David Bagley, Matt Brillhart, Mike O’Dell, Laura Jean and Erin Sjoquist.

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