epersonae + ena   115

Sunday Parkways
in Portland, this one is more about opening the streets, but I definitely like the idea.
bicycling  local  ena  olympia 
april 2011 by epersonae
Kidical Mass | Kids Are Traffic Too
another idea for ENA picnic/bike event.
bicycling  ena  local  olympia 
april 2011 by epersonae
Bicycle Rodeos
planning for event at ENA picnic!
ena  bicycling  local  olympia 
april 2011 by epersonae
Timeline | drupal.org
beautiful JS timeline widget, integrated into a module. neat! (want to use for a history project.)
drupal  module  history  checkback  ena 
march 2011 by epersonae
Creating A One Minute Message For Your Nonprofit Organization | Aaron Pava | CivicActions
"[Name of Organization] believes [Deeply Held Value]. Every day, we [Verb] [Object] for [Constituents], because [Problem Statement]." mad lib mission statement! I find it fascinating.
nonprofit  ena 
february 2011 by epersonae
Garden to hatch at Yauger Park - Environment - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
"The next community garden in a city park is planned at Madison Scenic Park, a 2-acre green space on 10th Avenue Southwest. Webb said design on it probably will begin this year." YES! Also, city will be handling management, registrations, etc., which is definitely a good thing.
local  olympia  ena  eco  garden 
february 2011 by epersonae
City making most of lessons learned from Legion Way trees - Editorials - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
"the tree replacement program ensures that the street will maintain its historic character for future generations"
local  ena  eco 
november 2010 by epersonae
Trees to fall after 70 years - South Sound - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
"23 of the old trees need to be cut down in the next three years because of decay" big replanting event on Nov 11!
local  eco  ena  olympia 
november 2010 by epersonae
The future of urban agriculture is not about the 10-mile diet | Feeding the City | Grist
"Benfield doesn't hesitate to ask difficult questions about the experiments in agricultural urbanism that reverse this order." (ie, humans at the center of metro areas, natural systems left alone at the edges.)
eco  garden  ena  urbanstudies 
october 2010 by epersonae
OpenVBX: the Web-based, Open Source Phone System for Business
fascinating. (alternative to Skype?) also, a one-click install on Dreamhost, which is how I found out about it.
ena  misctech  webdev 
june 2010 by epersonae
What your donors (and would-be donors) wish you knew | In the Library with the Lead Pipe
a nice recap of basics of fundraising. (damn, it's been a LONG time since I was involved with that stuff.)
library  nonprofit  ena 
may 2010 by epersonae
PARC Foundation Projects - Olympia, WA
"Lion's Park Shelter: This includes the utility connections and construction of the restroom building near the playground area. Estimated Cost: $100,000"
local  olympia  ena 
may 2010 by epersonae
Congregar: Organize events easier
this one is good for just picking a day if you already know what time. (ie, board meeting is always at 7pm; picnic is always at 11am.)
productivity  reference  ena 
may 2010 by epersonae
NeedtoMeet - Find a Time to Meet
"Use Needtomeet's free and simple calendar to find a time that works for everyone." this one is nice if you need to pick both a day AND a time.
reference  ena  productivity 
may 2010 by epersonae
Togetherness, beauty, cooperation and veggies – find them all at Tacoma’s many community gardens | Kits Merryman - The News Tribune
“I would like Tacoma to be known nationally as the city with the most community gardens per capita in the United States.”
local  tacoma  garden  eco  ena 
march 2010 by epersonae
Google Reader Can Now Track Changes to Any Website - Even if it Can't Find a Feed
ok, hold on...does this mean I can create my own feeds for the (lousy) city of olympia site?
google  blogosphere  local  olympia  ena  webdev 
january 2010 by epersonae
South Sound Tour of Lights - Google Maps
Luke one-ups the Olympian by putting their list of light displays into an actual map. (I'm boggled that his house isn't on it, frankly.)
gis  google  local  holiday  news  ena  olympia 
december 2009 by epersonae
National Center for Safe Routes to School: International Walk to School Day Celebrates Local Efforts to Increase Safe Routes For Students to Walk and Bicycle to School
"Madison, Roosevelt and Pioneer Elementary Schools (Olympia, Wash.) will develop an anti-idling and anti-speeding campaign for parents." neat!
local  eco  ena  olympia 
december 2009 by epersonae
Is a neighborhood association a quasi-governmental agency subject to the Public Records Act?
"The court applied a four-part test to determine if two entities (a state association of counties and county officials) were the "functional equivalent" of public agencies." IOW, generally not.
ena  local  politics  olympia 
november 2009 by epersonae
Self-Empowering Communities « Water on Rock
"By creating personas around specific roles for volunteers you can begin to think about what motivates her, what she’s interested in doing for the project, what she expects from her involvement, etc. Once you start answering these questions, you can create a handbook for your community leaders so that they can easily identify contributors in those roles and quickly know exactly what to do to engage them."
nonprofit  ena 
july 2009 by epersonae
PBIC Image Library
"searchable collection of free, real-world images relating to walking and bicycling" non-commercial use only.
photography  bicycling  reference  ena 
july 2009 by epersonae
WordPress › Analytics360 « WordPress Plugins
comes with mailchimp analytics, which I don't care about, but looks like a good way to incorporate google analytics right into the dashboard!
wordpress  ena  xmas-tree-lane  library 
july 2009 by epersonae
Timberleaf Soil Testing
for garden walk wrap-up post. recommended by Tim.
local  olympia  ena  garden 
june 2009 by epersonae
Utility Billing
C found this. don't care too much abt the payment part, but the water usage & trash days parts might be cool.
local  home  ena  olympia 
june 2009 by epersonae
This nonprofit should be great, but its board is a dud. What can I do to fix it? - By Patty Stonesifer and Sandy Stonesifer - Slate Magazine
some interesting links for reading. (I'm now Secretary for two boards of directors, neither is really a total dud, but I'd love to contribute better. Also, should dig thru C's nonprofit mgmt schoolwork.)
nonprofit  library  ena  to-read 
may 2009 by epersonae
Widgetizing Themes « WordPress Codex
need to do this with both CTLA site & ENA site.
wordpress  reference  xmas-tree-lane  ena 
may 2009 by epersonae
Problem vacant lot stirs Olympia City Council - South Sound - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
In the eastside. Hard to tell from the article what the actual code violations were. Might have to wander over & see it for myself, too.
ena  local  olympia 
march 2009 by epersonae
Public input for the public libraries | OlyBlog
"So, the library initiative didn't pass. That means 2.5 million dollars have to be cut from the budget." Planning on going to the one on Monday. Might post to the ENA site too.
library  local  olympia  ena 
march 2009 by epersonae
WordPress › Event Calendar 3 « WordPress Plugins
Want to try this for ENA, Friends of the Library, Xmas Tree Lane.
xmas-tree-lane  ena  library  wordpress 
march 2009 by epersonae
Omeka | Home
would this be something to use if we ever got around to an ENA history/archive project?
php  ena  local  olympia  history  webdev 
january 2009 by epersonae
OpenX plugin for WordPress | OpenX
I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier.
wordpress  ena 
december 2008 by epersonae
Search CrimeReports.com
for Olympia. Just a handful of crimes reported in the last few months, which is nice to know.
local  olympia  ena 
november 2008 by epersonae
scribus.net | Scribus Open Source Desktop Publishing
oh hey, now avail for Windows & Mac. (last time I looked, it was Linux only.) yay!
opensource  design  mac  linux  gaming  ena 
november 2008 by epersonae
FOODSCAPES
"We offer a variety of services and plans to help you create and make the most of your Home Food System." clever. altho: MS Live Small Business? for reals? ::sigh::
local  olympia  garden  eco  ena 
november 2008 by epersonae
An Urban Farmer Hits Pay Dirt - The Grinder - CHOW
"Milwaukee-based urban farmer won a MacArthur “genius grant,” which brings with it a half million dollars and zero obligations"
eco  garden  ena  urbanstudies 
october 2008 by epersonae
Edible City - EBPI's urban farms blog
"I asked MetaFilter for advice [on a movie title], which yielded some exciting possibilities." which is how I found out about this documentary being made about urban farming.
eco  garden  ena  urbanstudies 
august 2008 by epersonae
The Guardian and Conservator of a Gated Urban Park - NYTimes.com
this is the kind of neighborhood association that I do NOT want to be part of. ugh. also: bleh.
ena  society 
june 2008 by epersonae
Phinney Neighborhood Association - Home
that is a freaking neighborhood association. (oh, if we'd been something big enough to have taken over the old Madison School....)
ena  local  seattle 
june 2008 by epersonae
The EveryBlock FAQ
"In June 2009, when our grant period is over, we’ll be releasing our site’s source code free to the public, under an open-source license. More on this in a subsequent FAQ answer." hmmmm.
local  gis  ena  olympia  checkback 
june 2008 by epersonae
BTA: Bicycle Boulevards Campaign
One thing I find interesting about this piece is that it includes pricing for all the infrastructure changes.
portland  bicycling  local  olympia  ena  urbanstudies 
june 2008 by epersonae
Casualtee Screen Printing | Olympia Washington
local alternative to cafepress for ENA tshirts?
olympia  local  to-do  ena 
april 2008 by epersonae
Plotting Urban Gardening - The Grinder - CHOW
there are a few very blightly lots in the neighborhood, including the one with GINORMOUS ron paul sign. (really, people. enough already.) maybe some alternate ideas?
garden  ena 
april 2008 by epersonae
Seattlest: Bellevue Investing in Rubber Sidewalks
there are parts of our neighborhood that could benefit from this sort of thing.
eco  local  ena  urbanstudies 
april 2008 by epersonae
Lovd By Less -- Who loves you, baby?
an open source social network builder. quirky idea. I'm vaguely tempted to try it with the neighborhood assoc....like I have time for that sort of thing!
ruby  ena  blogosphere  webdev 
march 2008 by epersonae
Wait till I come! » Blog Archive » JavaScript countdown solution
this could actually be kinda cool to run on the macbook during the open mic portion of the ena general meeting....
ena  javascripty 
february 2008 by epersonae
Gmail: Empty Your Inbox with Gmail and the Trusted Trio
whoa. I actually got to an empty gmail box. of course, I also figured out that I have a metric ton of stuff to do for the ENA, but that's to be expected.
ena  productivity  personal 
january 2008 by epersonae
Put the Passion and Creative Energy of Port Protesters to work for the City of Olympia | OlyBlog
I hope Chia actually sent this to the city council, and didn't just post it to OlyBlog, because that's a damn good point. There's got to be ways to engage all that energy into something that builds rather than blocks.
war  society  local  olympia  politics  ena 
november 2007 by epersonae
Safe Routes to School
The neighborhood association does this! I had no idea there was a national center for it.
ena  eco  local  olympia  bicycling 
november 2007 by epersonae
ZIPskinny - Get the Skinny on that ZIP (demographics by ZIP Code)
census data. fascinating, but a little hard to read, and an outline of the Zip code area would be helpful.
gis  local  ena  urbanstudies 
october 2007 by epersonae
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