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Today's News
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WMAN Annual Meeting
The WMAN annual meeting last Tuesday the 10th was a wonderful affair honoring "Partners for Progress" whose work builds our community: Zakiyyah Abdul-Raheem, Executive Director of East Mt. Airy Neighbors; Heather Pierce, President of Carpenter’s Woods Town Watch; Kathryn McKenzie and Todd Perry, Mt. Airy Day 2008 Co-Chairs; Brian Hester, President, Duval Improvement Association; Susan Beetle, WMAN’s volunteer bookkeeper/financial manager; Herb Rothe Jr. and Herb Rothe III, Rothe Florists, which is celebrating 100 years in Mt. Airy, Greg Moore and the Henry Centennial Committee which organized the C.W. Henry School Centennial.
Click here to read a copy of the Annual Report for 2007/2008.
WMAN members voted on the slate of officers and directors for 2008/2009. Click here to review the slate and to read short bios of new Board members. WMAN's Strategic Planning Committee also previewed the draft plan which will guide WMAN's work for the next 5 years.
WMAN Kicks Off Membership Campaign
West Mt. Airy Neighbors 2008/2009 Membership Campaign is kicking off now! Please join to make an investment in your community. This year, we are offering some very exciting gifts for new and renewing members – click here
If you want to learn more about WMAN, its programs and accomplishments, click here.
Then, please use our secure server and contribute now.
WMAN Board member/Co-chair Schools Committee Kevin Peter opinion in Philadelphia Inquirer
Click here to read the thoughtful commentary by Kevin Peter and his wife Nancy Peter in the April 22nd edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer. Kevin is Financial VP and Treasurer of WMAN and co-chair with Greg Davis of the Mt. Airy Schools Committee. Nancy and Kevin are conveners of the Henry Group, which is dedicated to supporting and promoting the C.W. Henry School. You can also catch Kevin’s blog at http://knowinghenry.blogspot.com/
Transit Update
Germantown Avenue Reconstruction Project Update
Germantown Avenue will close between Cresheim Road and the northernmost entrance to Trolley Car Diner on Monday, January 21st. Traffic will be detoured to Stenton Avenue.
Refer to this map for closure area and detour information.
Visit www.SaveTheAve.org for information about the closure, and sign up for a weekly email newsletter with detailed information on the impact on motorists and pedestrians by writing to admin@wman.net
Mt. Airy Safety Network Website East and West Mt. Airy Neighbors have launched a new, joint Mt. Airy Safety Network Website. This is intended to be a useful resource for all Mt. Airy residents, with sections on how to report a crime, resources for block captains, and a crime map based on reporting from the Mt. Airy Times Express. Check it out at mtairysafetynetwork.org.
WMAN Spring 2008 Newsletter
Click here to read the most recent edition of the WMAN News, with information about our Membership Campaign, Mt. Airy Day and photos from the Eat Your Heart Out! fund raising event.
Transit Map of Mt. Airy
Sustainable Mt. Airy has launched a transit map of Mt. Airy! This includes bus routes and stops, as well as PhillyCarShare pods. Take a look and find your way better at http://sustainablemtairy.org/MtAirySEPTA.pdf
WMAN Looking for "Virtual Block Captains" Do you or one of your neighbors maintain an email list of the residents on your block? If so, please sign up as a "virtual block captain," distributing safety alerts and other information to your neighbors. We are seeking to recruit one person from each block in all of West Mt. Airy. Sign up today by emailing us at wman@wman.net. Tell us your address and we will set you up. Thanks!
Sign Up to Receive Safety Alerts and Enewsletters
Use the button to the left of the screen to sign up for any or all of our email services: our standard WMAN enewsletter, which is sent about once a month and includes a variety of information about what WMAN is up to, our WMANewsflash, a weekly newsletter for those who wish to stay more in the know, and our Mt. Airy Safety Alerts, which are sent periodically to give you information about public safety and crime.
We have divided West Mt. Airy into 14 zones. Safety Alerts are most often sent to just a couple of zones, and concern issues which are concentrated in one part of the community. To find out what zone you live in, click here.
These are great ways to stay in touch with what is going on in the neighborhood.
WMAN Past Newsletters
Click here to read WMAN's previous newsletters and see the progress we've made! Click here to read the 2007-2008 Annual Report.
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Events, News and Notes
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Quality of Life Committee
Next meeting is August 21st at 7:30PM at Lutheran Seminary.
All are welcome to participate. Please email us at wman@wman.net if there is a quality of life issue you would like added to the agenda.
WMAN’s Newsletters Available
Click here to read the latest edition of the WMAN News, featuring our Quality of Life Committee’s accomplishments, Ned Wolf Park revitalization, and WMAN’s Eat Your Heart Out! fund raising event.
Click here for a list of previous meeting notes and here for a pdf of the email zones map.
To review notes written by Street Trees Subcommittee’s Chair Doris Kessler, click here and here.
Louis Clotman has started a Flickr group to display photos of WMAN events and West Mt. Airy happenings. Click here to go check them out!
Other Organizations' Events
Ned Wolf Park
Click here for a list of upcoming events at Ned Wolf Park.
Contact Ronda Throne-Murray for additional information.
Henry School Group
This is a group for people considering sending their children to Henry School.
For more information contact Nancy Peter at planetpeter@verizon.net. To read a parent-generated blog, Click here.
To see the results of the School Choice Survey, click here.
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