LEARN ABOUT YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION AT A FREE TRAINING ON MARCH 12
News Release from City of Beaverton
Posted on FlashAlert: March 4th, 2014 1:59 PM
The City of Beaverton Neighborhood Program invites community members interested in volunteer opportunities in their neighborhood to attend an annual Neighborhood Association Committee (NAC) Training and Orientation on Wednesday, March 12, from 6 to 8 p.m., at the Beaverton Activities Center, Large Community Room, 12500 SW Allen Blvd.
The free training covers various topics to help foster leadership, while encouraging community members to work together to achieve NAC goals.
"The NACs are great forums to identify community needs and to develop programs to address them," said Bill Wood, West Beaverton NAC board member and founder of the NAC's Pages as Pillars program. "You have a group of people who know their community, care about the community and are willing to get involved."
Topics include the qualities of a successful neighborhood association, the tools that the Neighborhood Program offers for strengthening and growing your NAC, ways to get involved in and design your own community projects, and how to utilize social media to share your NAC with a larger community.
"Beaverton is an extremely supportive city that is willing to help in any way possible," said Wood. "Please go to your NAC meeting and join with your neighbors to find ways that will better our community. Together, we can build a better Beaverton!"
There will also be opportunities to network with other leaders in the Beaverton community, including both veteran and new NAC board members and City of Beaverton Neighborhood Program staff. Information will be provided about additional free trainings provided by the Neighborhood Program that community members can attend.
Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP to Neighborhood Program Coordinator Jason Wachs at 503-526-2543 or jwachs@BeavertonOregon.gov by Monday, March 10.
ABOUT BEAVERTON
In 2014, Beaverton was again recognized as the safest city in Oregon as well as the safest city in the entire Pacific Northwest. In 2012, the city was awarded the Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was one of just four cities of its size recently recognized as a "Smarter City" energy leader by the Natural Resources Defense Council and one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine. In addition, Beaverton was named one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine, an All-America City finalist, as one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com, one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine, the Recycler of the Year from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists and as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Communities, the Beavert on Community Vision program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter. Beaverton also enjoys one of the most diverse populations in Oregon. For more information, reminders and community news, visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov, like the City of Beaverton on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofBeaverton, or follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CityofBeaverton.
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The free training covers various topics to help foster leadership, while encouraging community members to work together to achieve NAC goals.
"The NACs are great forums to identify community needs and to develop programs to address them," said Bill Wood, West Beaverton NAC board member and founder of the NAC's Pages as Pillars program. "You have a group of people who know their community, care about the community and are willing to get involved."
Topics include the qualities of a successful neighborhood association, the tools that the Neighborhood Program offers for strengthening and growing your NAC, ways to get involved in and design your own community projects, and how to utilize social media to share your NAC with a larger community.
"Beaverton is an extremely supportive city that is willing to help in any way possible," said Wood. "Please go to your NAC meeting and join with your neighbors to find ways that will better our community. Together, we can build a better Beaverton!"
There will also be opportunities to network with other leaders in the Beaverton community, including both veteran and new NAC board members and City of Beaverton Neighborhood Program staff. Information will be provided about additional free trainings provided by the Neighborhood Program that community members can attend.
Dinner will be provided. Please RSVP to Neighborhood Program Coordinator Jason Wachs at 503-526-2543 or jwachs@BeavertonOregon.gov by Monday, March 10.
ABOUT BEAVERTON
In 2014, Beaverton was again recognized as the safest city in Oregon as well as the safest city in the entire Pacific Northwest. In 2012, the city was awarded the Mayors' Climate Protection Award from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. It was one of just four cities of its size recently recognized as a "Smarter City" energy leader by the Natural Resources Defense Council and one of the 100 Best Places to Live in America by Money magazine. In addition, Beaverton was named one of the best places to raise kids by BusinessWeek magazine, an All-America City finalist, as one of the top 25 Suburbs for Retirement by Forbes.com, one of the 100 Best Walking Cities in America by Prevention magazine, the Recycler of the Year from the Association of Oregon Recyclers, a Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation, a Bronze Award Bicycle Friendly Community designation by the League of American Bicyclists and as one of the Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Communities, the Beavert on Community Vision program was named Public Involvement Project of the Year--Best Planning Project by the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Cascade Chapter. Beaverton also enjoys one of the most diverse populations in Oregon. For more information, reminders and community news, visit www.BeavertonOregon.gov, like the City of Beaverton on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CityofBeaverton, or follow on Twitter at www.twitter.com/CityofBeaverton.
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