Beginning in June, the Community Leadership Institute is offering free training sessions for grassroots people to get a better understanding of consensus building, communication and organizing within the community. This is an incredible opportunity, and we hope some folks in the neighborhood will apply.
CLI is an annual, tuition-free program for men and women who live, work or volunteer in low-income neighborhoods in the San Antonio area. The experiential, curriculum-based program promotes a transformational, servant-leader model that builds on individuals’ gifts and passion for improving conditions in their communities. From June through November, CLI participants meet one Saturday a month for classroom instruction. The diverse faculty of community leaders and professionals bring a wealth of resources and connections to the classroom that alumni are able to access after they graduate.
CLI participants practice shared leadership and teamwork by collectively planning and carrying out a project before graduation. They develop budgets and written requests for up to $1,000 in seed money. A significant amount of learning and personal growth occurs through this essential component of CLI. A certificate of completion is awarded at graduation only to those who attend a minimum of five (5) training sessions and participate in the class project.
If you would like the application, drop me a line and I'll email it directly to you.
More information is at www.communityleadershipinstitute.org
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Public Meeting regarding improvements, to include a playground, to the Roosevelt Park
What: The City of San Antonio Capital Improvement Management Services Department (CIMS), in cooperation with the Parks & Recreation Department, and the Consultant CFZ Group will receive public input for improvements, to include a playground, to Roosevelt Park.
When: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 6:00 P.M.
Where: Roosevelt Park Community Center, 331 Roosevelt
Contact: J. Mark Wittlinger, City of San Antonio – CIMS/Vertical, 207-2874, P.O. Box 839966, San Antonio, Texas 78283-3966,
or Leticia Zavala, CFZ Group, 366-1911, 4242 Medical, San Antonio, Tx 78229
This meeting site is accessible to persons with disabilities. Parking is available. Auxiliary Aids and Services are available upon request (Interpreters for the Deaf must be requested forty-eight[48] hours prior to the meeting). For Assistance, Call (210) 207-7245 Voice/TTY.
When: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 6:00 P.M.
Where: Roosevelt Park Community Center, 331 Roosevelt
Contact: J. Mark Wittlinger, City of San Antonio – CIMS/Vertical, 207-2874, P.O. Box 839966, San Antonio, Texas 78283-3966,
or Leticia Zavala, CFZ Group, 366-1911, 4242 Medical, San Antonio, Tx 78229
This meeting site is accessible to persons with disabilities. Parking is available. Auxiliary Aids and Services are available upon request (Interpreters for the Deaf must be requested forty-eight[48] hours prior to the meeting). For Assistance, Call (210) 207-7245 Voice/TTY.
Tuesday, March 3, 2009
Meetings to Discuss Transportation in San Antonio
from the San Antonio Express-News:
"San Antonio residents have two more chances to speak up about recent research that shows they'll end up paying more if the metropolitan area keeps crystallizing growth around driving habits rather than walking and transit.
Building sprawling subdivisions that force people into cars for most of their trips could strain public funds for highways and transit to the tune of $4.6 billion through 2035, according to Alliance Transportation Group, a nationwide planning and engineering firm.
But if much of the development was concentrated in higher densities along key corridors, making it easier for people to walk to transit stations and a variety of destinations, the cost might be trimmed to $4.1 billion, said the firm, which is doing work for the Metropolitan Planning Organization.
The agency has since been holding public meetings to hear what commuters think. The task is to figure out how best to cram an estimated 600,000 additional people into Bexar County, swelling the population to 2.2 million, including 1.6 million motorists driving 60 million miles a day."
The last two meetings, with open houses starting at 6 p.m. and workshops from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., will be:
Tuesday at the St Philip's College Heritage Room at 1801 Martin Luther King Drive.
•Wednesday at the VIA Metropolitan Transit Metro Center at 1021 San Pedro Ave.
Read more here.
"San Antonio residents have two more chances to speak up about recent research that shows they'll end up paying more if the metropolitan area keeps crystallizing growth around driving habits rather than walking and transit.
Building sprawling subdivisions that force people into cars for most of their trips could strain public funds for highways and transit to the tune of $4.6 billion through 2035, according to Alliance Transportation Group, a nationwide planning and engineering firm.
But if much of the development was concentrated in higher densities along key corridors, making it easier for people to walk to transit stations and a variety of destinations, the cost might be trimmed to $4.1 billion, said the firm, which is doing work for the Metropolitan Planning Organization.
The agency has since been holding public meetings to hear what commuters think. The task is to figure out how best to cram an estimated 600,000 additional people into Bexar County, swelling the population to 2.2 million, including 1.6 million motorists driving 60 million miles a day."
The last two meetings, with open houses starting at 6 p.m. and workshops from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., will be:
Tuesday at the St Philip's College Heritage Room at 1801 Martin Luther King Drive.
•Wednesday at the VIA Metropolitan Transit Metro Center at 1021 San Pedro Ave.
Read more here.
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