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Neighbord Enhancement Program (NEP) Workshop March 24th

March 13th, 2010 · No Comments

Dear Neighbors,
Some of you may have seen the news article, email, or teal colored postcard in your mail today or Monday. In case you have not, below is the excerpt many of us received regarding an NEP Workshop to be held here in Newport Hills. This is a great program coordinated by the city of [...]

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Tags: Bellevue · Community Information · Local Government

Status on some topics of interest

March 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Hello Neighbors,
Hopefully all of you enjoyed the Olympics that just occurred only a few hours north of here and the amazing human spirit and unity that was witnessed in 16 days of trials, endurance and celebration. I was able to attend some Olympic events and what a wonderful experience and how lucky we were to [...]

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Tags: Land Use and Community Appearance · Local Government

EXCITING results from Monday’s testimony at City Council

February 2nd, 2010 · 5 Comments

My Dear Neighbors,
I write to you with an extraordinary amount of joy and excitement! I went and testified to the 2 items in the last post at the Bellevue City Council meeting last night. Well, the stars lined up because after my testimony, I received some incredible news:
As soon as I finished speaking Mayor Davidson [...]

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Tags: Community Information · Land Use and Community Appearance · Local Government

Newport Hills Community Club presents to City Council for Park request

January 31st, 2010 · 5 Comments

Hello Neighbors,
I wanted to let you know that I will be testifying at the Bellevue City Council meeting Monday February 1st. Some of you may recall at the December NHCC meeting, we had 2 City Parks and Recreation folks come and speak to the turfing of the Newport Hills Park. One of the [...]

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Tags: Community Information · Land Use and Community Appearance · Local Government

Would YOU like $5,000???

January 26th, 2010 · No Comments

Ok, now that I have your attention…..the city of Bellevue is offering a $5,000 neighborhood match program for neighborhoods to apply for specific projects in their neighborhoods. The projects must be on city property such as curbs, open space, near city owned items, etc. and may not be on private property or areas owned by [...]

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Tags: Community Information · Land Use and Community Appearance · Local Government

November 17th 2009 – Membership Meeting

November 15th, 2009 · No Comments

All Newport Hills Members are Invited to attend the upcoming NHCC Nov 17th Monthly NHCC General Meeting
Location: Newport Hills Community Church
5833 119thAve SE, Bellevue, WA 98006
WHEN: 7 :00PM, Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Agenda

Call to Order
Guest Speakers and Presentations – Cheryl Kuhn, – Outreach Manager – City of Bellevue

Celebration of Identity Project – We planned a celebration [...]

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Tags: Land Use and Community Appearance · Local Government · NHCC Governance

Neighborhood signage completed – come celebrate!

November 9th, 2009 · No Comments

Dear Friends in Newport Hills and Lake Heights,
 
I’m sure you’ve noticed that the neighborhood identity project is nearing a conclusion. The landscaping was installed this week, and we are still working this week and next week to improve some of the sign faces and adjust the lighting in the Lake Heights sign.
 
By Saturday, Nov. [...]

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Tags: Bellevue · Community Information · Land Use and Community Appearance · Local Government

Newport Hills Neighborhood Art Project: Meet the artist next week!

October 30th, 2009 · No Comments

Come meet artist Bruce Meyers on November 4, 7-8:30 PM at the Coal Creek YMCA.
This is your opportunity to tell Bruce what he needs to know to create art that truly reflects Newport Hills and Lake Heights.  Images of his past work will be available during the 90 minute Meet and Greet.
For more information, email mpbyme@belleuvewa.gov [...]

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Tags: Bellevue · Community Information · Local Government

Local candidate forum well received

October 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Between 65 and 70 Newport Hills neighbors attended the election forum October 20th at Newport Hills Community Church.
Government Liaison Ray Osburn moderated the forum consisting of opening statements, individual questions and a lightening round with a twist.  Candidates for Bellevue City Council were seated in the first session, which ran about 80 minutes, followed by [...]

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Reminder: Local Election Forum on Tuesday

October 18th, 2009 · No Comments

Just a reminder that local candidates in races affecting our neighborhood  will  come and speak to the voters of Newport Hills this Tuesday at 7PM at the Newport Hills Community Church.  
Positions with direct impact on Newport Hills in this election are:

Bellevue City Council (affects all of Newport Hills)
Bellevue School Board Position 5 (represents section of  Newport [...]

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Tags: Community Information · Local Government · Schools