The September 2010 Olde Towne East Neighborhood Association General membership meeting will be held Wednesday, September  8, 2010 starting at 7:00 p.m. located at OTENA office/meeting room 734 Oak Street Columbus, Ohio 43205.  (formally the Columbus Music Hall)

Columbus City Schools and Columbus Public Health are teaming up to get the word out to parents regarding the new immunization requirements in Ohio for the upcoming school year and opportunities that they have to fulfill these requirements before students must be excluded from school on Sept. 15. Any assistance you can provide in getting the word out through your organizations would be appreciated.

COLUMBUS PUBLIC HEALTH IMMUNIZATION CLINIC
DON’T LET YOUR CHILD BE EXCLUDED DUE TO NEW STATE IMMUNIZATION REQUIREMENTS FOR SCHOOL ATTENDANCE.
COMPLETE IMMUNIZATIONS FOR YOUR CHILD BEFORE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2010, DURING THE FOLLOWING CLINIC TIMES AND LOCATIONS:

Central Columbus/East/South
Columbus Public Health
240 Parsons Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43215
Monday: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 11 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday: CLOSED
Thursday: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Friday: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
2nd Saturday of every month: 8 a.m. – noon

Worthington United Methodist Church
600 High Street, Worthington 43085
3rd Tuesday of every month 1-4 p.m.

Additional One-time Immunization Clinics
Columbus Public Health
240 Parsons Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43215
Wednesday, Sept. 1: 3-6 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 8: 3-6 p.m.
Wednesday, Sept. 15: 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Questions? Call 645-7945 or visit our website www.publichealth.columbus.gov
Please do not call the clinic sites.

• Detailed vaccine charge information is available on the Columbus Public Health Website and phone line
• If you have Medicaid, Medicaid HMO, Medicare Part B, or UHC insurance, you must present your card at time of service.
• Must bring a current shot record
• If the number of clients is too high, we may stop taking new clients before the expected closing time.

*RETURN COMPLETE IMMUNIZATION RECORD TO YOUR SCHOOL NURSE IMMEDIATELY UPON COMPLETION TO AVOID EXCLUSION

Resources:
http://publichealth.columbus.gov/immunizations.aspx#announcements
http://www.columbus.k12.oh.us/website.nsf/(ccs_pages)/New_Vaccines_for%202010_11_School_Year?opendocument?OpenForm&parented=yes

The Olde Towne East Neighborhood Association General Membership meetings start at 7:00 pm every second Wednesday of the month located at 734 Oak Street, 2nd floor, OTENA meeting room.

This meeting we will have Commissioner Bryan J. Boatright of the Livingston Avenue Area Commission come to speak to the membership about the pending ballot initiative in November to allow City Council to hold “closed” meetings.

After Bryan’s presentation, Leslie Montgomery with ODOT, Randy Kill from Burgess and Nibleand Chris Hermann of MSI Urban Plannerswill be on hand to discuss specifically the options available on the Parsons/Elijah Pierce and Parsons/Town/Bryden intersections. Their presentation will focus on these  intersections ONLY, so be prepared with your appropriate questions and concerns.

Columbus City Council Call The Roll Weekly Podcast Guests/Topics Discussed: National Night Out/Lt. Donald Cade, Councilmember Eileen Y. Paley; East Side Development/Councilmembers Charleta B. Tavares, Hearcel F. Craig, Amy Klaben of Columbus Housing Partnership· ODOT 70/71 Phase 1/Mike Moore, Charity Martin-Via; Recycling Survey Res…ults/Councilmember Craig, Erin Miller; Columbus-Metro Parks Land Swap/Alan McKnight

Click on link below to listen to Podcast. 

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Columbus-OH/Columbus-City-Council/75764527681?ref=ts&__a=15&ajaxpipe=1

Neighbors Still Not Sold On 70-71 Split Plan

Thursday,  July 8, 2010 8:04 AM

Representatives with the Olde Towne East Neighborhood Association said Wednesday that concerns about the plan have been brewing for years. It said ODOT has provided few details about how the redesign will impact the surrounding areas, 10TV’s Kevin Landers reported.

The two-year, $550 million project will add freeway lanes and widen bridges and bike lanes, among other improvements, ODOT said.

The goal, ODOT said, is to improve safety, reduce crashes, consolidate and eliminate ramps and decrease the amount of weaving that occurs at the split. 

Mike Moore with the Olde Towne East Neighborhood Association said the state has failed to discuss specifics, including how to solve noise issues.

“What it boils down to is ODOT is hearing us, but they’re not listening,” Moore said.  “When we ask questions, they cannot give us straight, specific answers.”

ODOT spokeswoman Nancy Burton said the state has been open to resident feedback about the plan.

“Since 2002 we’ve had more than 250 community meetings, and at ODOT’s request, we’ve asked to be part of the neighborhood monthly meetings,” Burton said in a statement.  “We continue to engage with the community and we understand there are many issues that neighborhoods are concerned about and we are very aware of that.”

ODOT said it shared noise analysis with neighborhoods, and plans to have future meetings with all neighborhood groups, Landers reported.

Meanwhile, Moore said he hopes planners will take his neighborhood’s concerns to heart before any plans are finalized.

“All we want to do is make this project the most successful project that we as a community can,” he said.

The city of Columbus said it too has questions about the project, and continues to hammer out details with ODOT on a weekly basis, Landers reported.

 

 Thanks to Nationwide Children’s Hospital for donating flats of flowers to OTE!
 
Now we need YOU–bring your trowel and help us dig! Volunteers are needed to:
 
~ Deliver flowers:  pick up the flats from Children’s Hospital (Parsons Ave) at 8am and take to the Community Garden (Oak and Garfield). Truck/SUV drivers would be helpful!
 
~ Garden: weed, prepare beds, plant flowers, and spread mulch
 
The more helping hands we have, the more areas we can plant! (We are in need of volunteers to plant North of Broad and at Kwanzaa Park, on Bryden.)
 
Meet us at the Community Garden (Oak St and Garfield, 700 block of Oak)
Saturday, May 22, at 9:30 am.
 
Coffee and bagels will be provided, and a pizza lunch afterward!
 
Let us know you’ll be helping by sending an email to info@oldetowneeast.org.