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Securing ultra high speed internet infrastructure in St. Louis will provide strong momentum for the creation of next generation internet services, companies, and jobs. For the resident and business owner, it means competitive pricing on ultra fast broadband and maintaining an array of choices in internet service providers.

The City of St. Louis is responding to the Request For Information (RFI) released by Google. The deadline for submissions is March 26th. We will be competing with many other communities across the country to be chosen for this experiment. Google will not be asking for any municipality to pay for the deployment of the fiber.

One part of the RFI requires us to demonstrate our community support for this project. To this end, we’ve created the following website: http://stlcin.missouri.org/googlefiber/

Please show Google we deserve ultra high speed broadband by doing any or all of the following:

1. Share the site and our effort via Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, or through your own email.
2. Embed a link to the site on your business or organization’s website.
3. Nominate St. Louis as a resident.
4. Get an organization of which you are a member to support our effort.
5. Leave a comment of support on our map.
6. Upload a video discussing what an ultra high speed connection would do for you, your business or organization, and your community.

We’ll measure support through the number of Facebook fans, re-tweets on Twitter, organizations who’ve add their support, and comments on our map.

If you have any questions, please reply to stlwantsfiber@gmail.com and the team will get back to you.

Joe Decepida
Retail Development Specialist
St. Louis Development Corporation
1015 Locust – Suite 1200
St. Louis, MO 63101
314-622-3400 ext. 319
314-231-2341 (fax)
Decepidaj@stlouiscity.com

Hours are flexible, with a maximum of 40 hours per week. Pay is $15.25 to $17.00 per hour, plus mileage. Full details, including a practice test, are found at: www.2010censusjobs.gov. Call the St. Louis Census Bureau at 314-800-0660 to sign up for a test session near your home. Don’t wait; the Census is just around the corner.

What are the challenges facing African-American teenagers today and what would you do to address them?

Essays should be typed and double-spaced using 12-point font.  Be sure to put your name, phone number and school at the top.  Send completed essays to Judy Armstrong, 1520 Market St., Room 3005, St. Louis, MO 63103 or email them to armstrongju@stlouiscity.com.

The deadline for submissions is Friday, Feb. 26 and the winners will be announced in March.

For more information, high school students can ask their teachers or visit Comptroller Green’s Web site at

stlouis.missouri.org/citygov/comptroller/.

The popular “On Stage at Powell” series gives audiences a musician’s eye-view of this fabulous hall, and provides an intimate setting for both informative discussions and incredible music-making.  Bring your curiosity and your questions as you sit on Powell Hall’s stage with the members of the Saint Louis Symphony as they perform with guests from the music community. Bring all your senses to enjoy this unique musical experience. On Stage at Powell is free and begins at 7 PM.

Come and sit on stage with the musicians as they perform “St. Louis Musical Heritage Music of Miles Davis, Scott Joplin and Friends with Jazz St. Louis Reginald Thomas, piano.”
Sponsored by the Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation. No tickets needed! Free to all!

For more free community events from the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra that will take place throughout the 2009-2010 season in addition to those listed here, please visit this page for the most current listing of events in your area or call 314-286-4432 for more information.

Marjorie Dove Kent

Marjorie Dove Kent’s contact information is:

The text of the proclamation states:

Whereas, the Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association (DWNA) officially formed as a Neighborhood Association on December 9, 2008; and

Whereas, the Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association is located in the western part of the Dutchtown neighborhood in the City of St. Louis, Missouri; and

Whereas, the Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association (DWNA) exists to improve the overall quality of life, sense of community, and pride in our urban neighborhood. DWNA achieves its mission by improving the safety of the neighborhood through education and programming, fostering community involvement and participation, encouraging neighborhood improvement and beautification, engaging local businesses, and communicating effectively; and

Whereas, the City of St. Louis is pleased to recognize the Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association on their one year anniversary. We also extend our best wishes for continued success in the future.

Now, therefore, I Francis G. Slay, Mayor of the City of St. Louis, do hereby proclaim December 9, 2009, as:

“Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association Day” in the City of St. Louis

Congratulations Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association (DWNA) and thank you to everyone for your help this past year in making our neighborhood a better place to live, work, and play!

Could you please take a quick moment to complete a short online survey to give us your feedback on how you think the Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association (DWNA) is doing?

Your responses will remain anonymous and will help guide the direction of our meetings, DWNA sponsored events and the future of the neighborhood association.

Click Here to take survey

For More information contact:
Maribeth Boyle
Marketing Director, Carondelet Family YMCA
600 Loughborough Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63111
branch: 314-353-4960
fax: 314-353-3350
www.ymcastlouis.org/carondelet

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Some of the food has an expiration date of 10/30/09, but much of it does not expire till January or February of 2010, and even more have expiration dates of 2011. If you are interested in receiving some of this, please call Kate Sapp at 314.292.6262 x 135 OR email her at ksapp@stlfoodbank.org Please feel free to forward this email to others as the Food Bank is worried that they will not be able to distribute it all. (You must pick up. They don’t have the capability for delivery.)

If you know of anyone that might be interested in donating this equipment or donating funds towards the purchase of this equipment, please contact us!

October 2009 - April 2010 DWNA Leadership: (from left to right) Ryan Dannan, Chris Wintrode, Dave Garcia, Elan McMillin, Erica Fendler, Christy Roberts, and Dianne Carty

The current leaders are all volunteers from the neighborhood and were elected on October 13, 2009. They will serve six months until April 8, 2010. Their contact information can be found here: http://www.dutchtownwest.org/about/leadership

Just search for “DWNA” in groups and add us as a friend to get new neighborhood news and talk/network with other neighbors!

The logo includes the St. Louis Fleur de Lis as well as the West point of a compass. We could add the Dutchtown colors of blue and orange, or even something else. What does everyone think? Leave a comment to this post with your thoughts and we will also discuss at our next meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2009.Also, if you know of anyone that is a graphic designer that would volunteer their services, please let us know!

South Grand St. Louis Street Improvement Plan

I wanted to let you know about the upcoming test that the City Streets Department has agreed to conduct. This will happen beginning September 8, so any help you can give us in getting out the information to your neighborhoods would be appreciated. A press release is in preparation to alert media outlets.

At the public meetings and through the on-line surveys conducted in August, we found that many members of the public and business community favored an option to reconfigure South Grand from Arsenal to Utah from four through lanes to two through lanes and a center turn lane. After meetings and conversations among several parties, including the two aldermen, Streets Department staff, members of the CID, design team staff, and East-West Gateway staff, we decided it would be a good idea to test the viability of proposed changes under real traffic conditions for 30 days before committing to a final preferred alternative for the corridor.

The Streets Department has agreed to a plan: crews will change the timing of traffic signals, reduce the number of traffic lanes from four to three, place concrete barriers to simulate curb extensions at intersections, and close the two alleys on the west side of Grand between Arsenal and Juniata. Placement of electronic message boards and signal timing changes are planned for Tuesday, September 8. Restriping, placement of barriers to simulate curb extensions, and alley closures are planned for Wednesday and Thursday. The restriping work will proceed weather permitting.

If the 30-day test shows that the lane reduction will not handle the traffic volumes adequately, the project will keep the existing four-lane configuration and focus on the other elements of the project: retiming signals; adding curb extensions; improving crosswalks; and enhancing the appearance through lighting, signage, and landscaping.

St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Citizens Academy

To view the FLYER that was sent out, click here. To download an application, click here.

To be eligible to participate, citizens must:
-be 18 years or older
-be city of St. Louis residents OR city of St. Louis business owners
-have no outstanding warrants
-agree to a record check
-have no prior offenses aside from minor traffic infractions

Among the topics that citizens will learn about during the 10 week course:
-History of the department
-Structure of the department
-Community Policing
-How 911 works
-Importance of Crime Analysis
-Problem Properties
-Community Outreach Efforts
-Bike Patrols/Footbeats/Vehicle Patrols
-Canine
-Bomb & Arson
-Juvenile
-Sex Crimes, Child Abuse & DART
-Cybercrimes
-ETU
-Homicide Investigations
-Traffic Safety
-Gangs
-Mobile Reserve
-Internal Affairs
-The Police Academy Experience

This is not just a classroom experience, it’s interactive. Among the activities citizens will participate in:

-Tour of headquarters and the library
-Write a police report based on a fictional scenario
-Tour of Communications
-Canine Demo
-Bomb & Arson Robot Demo
-ETU presentation (to show them that CSI is just a television show)
-FATS
-Driving Simulator
-TASER Demo
-Role playing (various scenarios)
-1 ridealong

Completed applications must be mailed in or dropped off in person only. An electronic/faxed version won’t work as we need an authentic signature since record checks will be performed. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact:

Erica S. Van Ross
Director of Public Information
Metropolitan Police Department, City of St. Louis
1200 Clark Avenue, Room 611
St. Louis, MO 63103
314-444-5603
314-444-5684 (fax)
esvanross@slmpd.org

The CSB has created a handy guide and picture that helps describe what they do and when to contact them. View the image below or click here to view their handout.

When to call the Citizens' Service Bureau (622-4800)

Youth In Need, a local non-profit, sent a letter thanking the Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association for our recent donations to their organization.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE LETTER

Youth In Need Thanks again to all who donated items! If you have any school supplies or other donations, please call Youth In Need at 636-757-9345 or send an email to ksieve@youthinneed.org. ]]> http://www.dutchtownwest.org/archives/1093/feed 0