El Cortez Heights Neighborhood Association

At the last Drachman Institute Workshop on “Healthy Homes”, a list was compiled of the information we wanted to learn more about. The next workshop is slated for Monday, October 6, 2008.

“Building Healthy Neighborhoods”

Download the flyer » (PDF, 140KB)

You are invited Monday, October 6, 2008!

Working with Northwest and El Cortez Heights neighborhoods to…

• Learn about the sun & how it impacts your utility bills
• Learn about strategies & technologies
• Learn how to evaluate these for effectiveness and cost
• Go through an example with hands-on group activities

Solar Energy at Home Workshop Monday, October 6, 2008 6:30 PM Northwest Neighborhood Center 2160 North Sixth Avenue.

Refreshments provided.

We hope you all can come and listen to the presentation.

Join us downtown for the Get Fit Festival, Sept. 24 and Sept. 27 at the Jácome Plaza. Reconnect with nature and fitness in fun and healthy ways!

On Wednesday, September 24th the Take a Breath Break program will be presented by the Wellness Council of Arizona in the library’s lower level meeting room from 11:30 a.m. to Noon and from 1:00 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. This workshop is designed to offer a tool for stress reduction and rejuvenation. Breath work is over 3000 years old and is based on the “Practice of Mindfulness”. Biometric studies show that 5-minutes of breath work offers the same levels of recovery as a 20-minute nap.

Also on Wednesday, September 24th, The City of Tucson and the Tucson Presidio Trust will present a talk and a tour of El Presidio San Agustin del Tucson in the library’s lower level meeting room from noon to 12:30 p.m. This lecture will be a brief history of the Tucson Presidio and the people that were the first European settlers of Southern Arizona. We’ll explore why Tucson was founded and how the settlers succeeded in creating the community we live in. The presentation will be followed by an optional walking tour of El Presidio San Agustin del Tucson which will include an introduction to the reconstructed Presidio wall, a prehistoric Hohokam Pithouse, and to a renovated Territorial Rowhouse. The tour will also involve a short discussion about the Santa Cruz River.

More information at www.library.pima.gov/getfit.

Meeting Notice

When: Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Place: Northwest Neighborhood Center
2160 North 6th Avenue

Meeting Agenda

1. Updates: police, park, Ward III
2. Neighborhood Reinvestment Grant Update
3. Drachman 4th Ave. Bicycle/Pedestrian Path
4. St. Vincent DePaul Family Dining
5. Red Cross
6. Annual Octoberfest Sun. 10/26 after sunset
7. Neighborhood Clean up Sat. 11/8 8:00-Noon

ECHNA meeting
I want to remind all of you of our upcoming Neighborhood Association meeting this Tuesday, July 8th. We are meeting at the Northwest Neighborhood Center beginning at 6:30 PM.

Building Healthy Neighborhoods
We have another wonderful planning meeting set for Thursday, July 17th. Below are the details. It would be nice to have as many participants as we can. This is part of the Drachman Institute Grant our neighborhood received.

You are invited Thursday, July 17, 2008! “Building Healthy Neighborhoods”:

Working with Northwest and El Cortez Heights neighborhoods to…

• Learn about energy efficiency and water conservation strategies
• Ask about ways to improve and maintain your home
• Understand your zoning
• Define appropriate new homes for your neighborhood
• Develop strategies for vacant homes in your neighborhood
• Find assistance for elderly neighbors
• Tell us your ideas and concerns! Healthy homes!

Help create safe, energy-saving, healthy houses in your neighborhood!

Planning Group Meeting on Thursday, July 17, 2008 6:30 PM Northwest Neighborhood Center, 2160 North Sixth Ave.

Refreshments provided.

Presented by the Community Outreach Partnership Planning & Design Center Drachman Institute, College of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, The University of Arizona in partnership with the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, & Center for Applied Sociology.

Funded in part by the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development, Office of University Partnerships. For more information, call 626-5293. The University of Arizona College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Drachman Institute

National Night Out
Finally, National Night Out is scheduled for Tuesday, August 5th, from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. We will be serving free popcorn, sno-cones, and ice cream while supplies last. Come enjoy the activities planned. View more information.

That time of the year is coming soon. National Night Out is slated for Tuesday, August 5th. The committee has reserved space at the Northwest Neighborhood Center to hold our community event.

This year we start off with the Tucson Fire Department sending one of their hose trucks to spray volunteers with water between 6:00 pm and 6:30 pm. Around 6:30 pm there will be a free movie in the teen room.

Between 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm the Arizona Nutrition Network van will have various activities set up for all to enjoy.

After sunset, the Tucson Amateur Astronomy Association will set up telescopes to view the night sky.

Throughout the evening there will be free popcorn, sno-cones, and ice cream. Anyone wishing to volunteer, please see Tori that night.

Come out and enjoy the fun!

Download the flyer: National Night Out 2008 [PDF 888KB].

Northwest Center Newsletter for June 2008 is available for download.

• June 2008 (PDF, 228KB)

The neighborhood will have a dumpster for spring clean this Saturday, May 3rd, 2008, from 8:00 am to NOON.

If anyone is interested in assisting with the clean up, we are meeting at 8:00 am at Tori & Lori’s, 549 E Seneca St. There are a couple of easements that need work.

Our quarterly meeting is scheduled for this Thursday, 4/10/08 at the Northwest Neighborhood Center. The meeting will begin at 6:30 pm. The Drachman Institute will be presenting the Master Plan for the
park.