City on the Go: Goshen, Indiana • Event: First Fridays
april 2011 by epersonae
love the bike decorating contest!
bicycling
ena
april 2011 by epersonae
Sunday Parkways
april 2011 by epersonae
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
april 2011 by epersonae
another idea for ENA picnic/bike event.
bicycling
ena
local
olympia
april 2011 by epersonae
Bicycle Rodeos
april 2011 by epersonae
planning for event at ENA picnic!
ena
bicycling
local
olympia
april 2011 by epersonae
Timeline | drupal.org
march 2011 by epersonae
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
february 2011 by epersonae
"[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
february 2011 by epersonae
"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
november 2010 by epersonae
"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
november 2010 by epersonae
"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
october 2010 by epersonae
"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
A Blueprint For Socially Augmented Events: The Seven Stages Recap | Helping improve your annual meetings, conferences & education
september 2010 by epersonae
crummy formatting, but potentially useful.
ena
library
blogosphere
facebook
reference
september 2010 by epersonae
Mashable Meetup: Olympia, WA | Sep 30 - Meetup
september 2010 by epersonae
going to try to be there.
local
nonprofit
ena
library
webdev
september 2010 by epersonae
Congregar: Organize events easier
may 2010 by epersonae
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
may 2010 by epersonae
"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
march 2010 by epersonae
“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
january 2010 by epersonae
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
december 2009 by epersonae
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
december 2009 by epersonae
"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?
november 2009 by epersonae
"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
A Conceptual Roadmap for Ubercart CiviCRM Integration | Gregory Heller | CivicActions
november 2009 by epersonae
whoa. I think my head just exploded.
drupal
modules
nonprofit
ena
november 2009 by epersonae
10 Most Downloaded Wordpress Plugins of All Time | Best Design Options
august 2009 by epersonae
might look into some of these for library, xmas tree lane, ena.
wordpress
plugin
ena
xmas-tree-lane
library
to-do
august 2009 by epersonae
Self-Empowering Communities « Water on Rock
july 2009 by epersonae
"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
july 2009 by epersonae
"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
july 2009 by epersonae
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
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
may 2009 by epersonae
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
may 2009 by epersonae
need to do this with both CTLA site & ENA site.
wordpress
reference
xmas-tree-lane
ena
may 2009 by epersonae
Eastside Neighborhood walk in Olympia, Washington
april 2009 by epersonae
thinking abt adding this to ENA site.
ena
local
olympia
april 2009 by epersonae
Problem vacant lot stirs Olympia City Council - South Sound - The Olympian - Olympia, Washington
march 2009 by epersonae
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
march 2009 by epersonae
"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
march 2009 by epersonae
Want to try this for ENA, Friends of the Library, Xmas Tree Lane.
xmas-tree-lane
ena
library
wordpress
march 2009 by epersonae
Washington Military Department Emergency Management Division - Disaster Preparedness - Map Your Neighborhood - Why Map Your Neighborhood?
february 2009 by epersonae
as mentioned at last night's ENA meeting?
ena
olympia
local
gis
february 2009 by epersonae
Omeka | Home
january 2009 by epersonae
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
december 2008 by epersonae
I don't know why I didn't think of this earlier.
wordpress
ena
december 2008 by epersonae
Search CrimeReports.com
november 2008 by epersonae
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
november 2008 by epersonae
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
november 2008 by epersonae
"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
october 2008 by epersonae
"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
august 2008 by epersonae
"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
june 2008 by epersonae
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
BTA: Bicycle Boulevards Campaign
june 2008 by epersonae
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
april 2008 by epersonae
local alternative to cafepress for ENA tshirts?
olympia
local
to-do
ena
april 2008 by epersonae
Plotting Urban Gardening - The Grinder - CHOW
april 2008 by epersonae
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
april 2008 by epersonae
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?
march 2008 by epersonae
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
february 2008 by epersonae
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
Using Weather Data to Change Your Website’s Appearance through PHP and CSS - CSS-Tricks
february 2008 by epersonae
mmm, fun. would be cool to do for the ena site, I think.
local
php
wordpress
css
ena
february 2008 by epersonae
Official Google Docs Blog: Stop sharing spreadsheets, start collecting information
february 2008 by epersonae
create an entry form that feeds a spreadsheet. very clever.
google
productivity
ena
webdev
february 2008 by epersonae
Mashups: Show GCal Events on Google Maps
february 2008 by epersonae
might do that for the ENA site?
google
gis
to-do
ena
february 2008 by epersonae
Gmail: Empty Your Inbox with Gmail and the Trusted Trio
january 2008 by epersonae
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
november 2007 by epersonae
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
november 2007 by epersonae
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)
october 2007 by epersonae
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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