Silver Lake Neighborhood Council

Silver Lake Neighborhood Council

WHAT IS A NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL?

Neighborhood Councils are self-governed, self-directed and independent entities that will provide input to City officials on neighborhood and Citywide issues. In accordance with the new City Charter, the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE) is supporting community efforts to form neighborhood councils.

Our local neighborhood council will be designed by the community members who participate in the process, some of whom are already involved in neighborhood campaigns and many of whom are new to local activism.

To get on the Mailing List for the SLNC and receive e-mail or snail mail bullitans, you can sign up to "Become a Member" on this website. Please include your mailing address and any comments you might like to pass along to our formation committee.

This web site was launched in January 2001 by the Lasiewicz Foundation in Silver Lake and adopted later to be used as an interim website for the formation committees for SLNC until such time that a permanent SLNC website is created. For more information, call 323 668-1811. The webmaster is volunteer Leon Older who can be reached at: leon_older@yahoo.com

THIS WEB SITE IS FOR THE COMMUNITY

You may post information directly to the Community Calendar on this web site by selecting "Add an Event". Please help us by submitting any corrections and additions to the Community Pages and Schools information or any contribution you might like to make to the Community Links or Newsletter areas.

Links

Silver Lake Neighborhood Council Web Site

About our association

MISSION STATEMENT (y en Espanol)

The Silver Lake Neighborhood Council will work to honor diversity, build community, forge bonds with neighboring communities, and promote public participation in city governance and decision-making processes to improve the quality of life for all Silver Lake stakeholders.

El Consejo Vecinal de Silver Lake honrara con su trabajo la diversidad de sus habitantes, forjando vinculos con las comunidades vecinas, promoviendo la participacion publica en el govierno de la Ciudad y en sus decisiones con el fin de mejorar la calidad de vida de todas las partes integrantes de la comunidad de Silver Lake.

OPEN TO ALL STAKEHOLDERS

Silver Lake Neighborhood Council was certified by the City in February 2003. We elected our first local Council Governing Board members on September 20, 2003. The 2004 elections will be held September 18, and candidate forums are now underway.

To get involved, we encourage you to attend and participate our meetings of the Board and all committees. Board meetings are the first Wednesday of every month. Much help is needed in all areas. To call attention to a community problem or suggest something for our agenda use the "E-mail your leaders" link in the left margin.

JOIN THE MAILING LIST

You can add your name on this web site by going to the "Become a Member" page and submit your mailing, fax, email or telephone information. Feel free to discuss local issues on the "Talk About It" section and please take out some time to attend our meetings, listed on the Calendar section of this website.

Email us
leon_older@yahoo.com

Links

Dept of Neighborhood Empowerment (DONE)
Neighborhood Participation Project (USC)
Citywide Alliance of Neighborhood Councils
Neighborhoods USA
National Neighborhood Coalition (NNC)