City Info Weekly - 2009/05/06 (Archive)

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Mother’s Day Gifts available from the Friends of the Longview Library

The Friends of the Longview Library will be holding their annual Mother’s Day Miniature Rose Sale on May 6, 7 & 8 in the library's solar entry beginning at 10 a.m. daily.  The sale ends at 5 p.m. on May 6, at 6 p.m. on May 7, and at 4 p.m. on May 8 or until the roses are gone.  The miniature roses are specially wrapped and make perfect gifts for mothers, grandmothers, and other special people you want to recognize on Mother's Day, Sunday, May 10.  They also make wonderful gifts to recognize a special teacher for Teacher Appreciation Week, which is May 3 through May 9.  The miniature roses are $5.50 each, or three for $15.50.  Proceeds from the sale fund special library projects that fall outside the library's budget.  Help support the library and honor that special someone at the same time by buying a rose, and know that you are also helping to make additional library programs possible.

More information:  Contact the library at 442-5300.

Longview will be conducting crosswalk enforcement at 15th and Commerce Avenues near LCC over the next several months

Following a 2006 pedestrian fatality near Lower Columbia College, the City of Longview applied for and received a pedestrian safety grant to install an in-ground warning light system and an overhead flashing, beacon-activated system to increase visibility of the crosswalk at 15th and Commerce Avenues.  The grant was funded by the Washington State Department of Transportation.  To test the effectiveness of the new system, Longview Police Department conducted two crosswalk enforcement details on April 30. Eighteen Notices of Infractions were issued for Failure to Yield to Pedestrian in Crosswalk (RCW 46.61.235).  One of the violators nearly struck a pedestrian in the crosswalk.  Crosswalk enforcement is a requirement of the grant to ensure that motorists are stopping for pedestrians at the intersection.  Longview Police Department will continue to do crosswalk enforcement details at this intersection for several months.

More information: Contact the Police Department at 442-5800.

City of Longview Receives WellCity Honor

The City of Longview was recently notified it would be recognized by the Association of Washington Cities (AWC) with the AWC WellCity Award, for its outstanding worksite wellness program for the second year in a row.  The AWC WellCity award will be presented to Longview’s delegates at AWC’s 76th Annual Conference in Spokane this June.  The AWC WellCity Award recognizes cities and towns that demonstrate best practices in employee health promotion.  Sasha Hinners, Longview’s Wellness Coordinator along with her wellness committee (Adam Trimble, Natalie Richie, Ruth Bunch, Mary Chennault, Marilyn Haan, Sandy Belt, Brian Rickman, and Chris Smith) worked throughout the year to maintain a wellness program that met the minimum criteria in each of nine WellCity standards.  The WellCity standards cover policies and procedures, leadership support, wellness committee, internal and external resources, needs assessment, worksite environment, operating plan, mix of program activities and evaluation.  Longview was one of 34 Washington cities and towns recognized by AWC for its workplace health program. 

The Draft 2009-2013 HOME & CDBG Consolidated Plan can be reviewed through May 30.

Longview–Kelso HOME Consortium & the Longview Community Development Block Grant Program invite the public to review and comment on the Draft 2009-2013 Consolidated Plan & 2009 Annual Action Plans.  This document is required in order to plan housing, community facilities, public facilities, economic development projects, and public services and priorities for program years 2009-2013.  The plan identifies the types of activities that may be undertaken, and specifies the activities and the amount of funds which are allocated to benefit targeted populations in 2009. The plan identifies a strategy, goals and objectives for affordable housing needs, and community and economic development needs. It also reviews public housing needs, homeless and at-risk homeless, special population needs, lead-based paint concerns, minority housing needs, and barriers to affordable housing.  Any comments about the plan must be received by May 30, 2009.  Please direct all written comments to Julie Hourcle’, Community Development, Longview City Hall, PO Box 128/1525 Broadway, Longview, Washington, 98632-7080. Comments by email should be sent to julie.hourcle@mylongview.com (type in the subject line: “Comment for the Draft 2009-2013 Consolidated Plan.”  The draft plan is posted on the City’s website at http://www.mylongview.com/communitydev/cdbg.html under “Important Links.” 

More information:  Questions about the 2009-2013 Draft Consolidated Plan can be directed to Julie Hourcle’, Longview Community Development, at 442.5081.

Map My Ride - Cycling Routes in Longview

MapMyRide.com is a community web site for road cyclists and mountain bikers. MapMyRide.com provides easy-to-use, comprehensive web-based cycling tools to measure distance and count calories from cycling. With road cycling and mountain biking forums, cycling iphone applications, training logs and tips from cycling experts, MapMyRide.com is the social network where cyclists are.

Users of this service can map their own rides, start cycling groups, and communicate with other cyclists all over world!

More information: View cycling routes in Longview