Weinland Park Community Civic Association Newsletter September 2013

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September 2013 Volume XII Issue 9

Celebrating Summer in Weinland Park

Summer is a great time in Weinland Park. We hope you enjoy these pictures from National Night Out on

August 6 and the Weinland Park Neighborhood Festival on August 17.

National Night Out: Rachel Beebe and Juan Mosquera

perform an original song.

National Night Out: Candlelight vigil

National Night Out: Candlelight vigil.

WP Festival: Children enjoying the bounce

house

WP Festival: Residents enjoy a craft

table staffed by City YearWP Festival: Joleah Mays & her

brother Jokhi work on the WP Story Book

National Night Out: Greeting residents at the community dinner.

COMMUNITY CIVIC ASSOCIATION


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After 30 years as a portrait photographer, Kim

Keffer has begun sharing her paintings at her

studio and gallery at 172 E. Fifth Ave. (the corner

of Hamlet & E. Fifth).

Keffer and her husband, Verne, moved here three

years ago. Shes a country girl from West Virginia,

so at first all the noise was overwhelming. But she

finds reprieve in taking bright, detailed photos of

insects and flowers in the neighborhood. All of her

work shows this appreciation for detailshe even

paints final touches using a magnifying glass. You

have to get up close and really examine the canvas

to find small woodland creatures, detailed flora,

and other symbols in the paintings.

In addition to painting, Keffer works part time and

helps Verne mow lawns at 25 properties around

the neighborhood. She received a supplies grant

from the Greater Columbus Arts Council, as well as

an IDA matching loan from OSU Extension.

Her next goal is to set up a portrait studio where

she can offer family pictures, which are important

to her. They boost your self-esteem, and some-

times you end up seeing your family in a whole

new light, she says.

She recalls from the gallerys grand opening last

month, I was so caught up in talking to people

that I didnt notice it, but Verne pointed out that as

he stood back watching people looking at my

paintings, hed see their faces light up. Thats all I

want. I find my way out of the dark when I paint,

and I want my work to have that effect on others.

Meet Your Neighbor: Kim Keffer

Six Weinland Park neighbors have been hired to

serve as resident engagement specialists with the

Weinland Park Collaborative under a grant from the

Annie E. Casey Foundation.

These familiar faces will be talking to WP

neighbors over the coming weeks and months so

they can accurately represent our interests andconcerns when the Annie E. Casey Foundation

makes funding and program decisions to help young

children, their parents, and other caregivers in WP.

Godman Guild Association and Community

Properties of Ohio cooperated to provide special

training for this work.

When you see them out and about, stop and say

hello!

Six WP Neighbors Serve as "Engagement Specialists"

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From left: Twylia Bradley, Larry Berry, Verlon Reed, and Jessi-

ca Usher brainstorm on a grant application

exercise. Missing for this photo were Susan Belair

and Teresa Tracey Evans.

photo: Kim and painting


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Calendar of Eventsmostly free September 2013

Sun.Sat. noon4 p.m. The Box: nterzone by Dennis McNulty Wexner Center

Mon.Thurs.

3:306:30 p.m.

Homework Help Center, grades K12

Northside Library

Every Fri. 36 p.m.

Mon.Fri. 10 a.m.3 p.m. Job Help Center- Hands on Help, adults Northside Library

Every Tues.

10 a.m.

Toddler and Preschool Storytime, ages 26

Northside Library

Every Tues.

6:30 p.m.

Family Storytime, all ages

Northside Library

Every Wed. 4:30 p.m. Tween Time, ages 711 Northside Library

Every Thurs. 48 p.m. Thursday Night (free admission to galleries) Wexner Center

Every Thurs.5:30 p.m. Civic Association Walking Club Schoenbaum Ctr.

Every Fri.

Sun., Sept. 1 noon4 p.m. First Sunday (free admission to galleries) Wexner Center

Thurs., Sept. 5 4 p.m.Steven Melville Lecture: What Was the

Tableau, and Why Did It Matter?Wexner Center

6:30 p.m.

University Area Review Board

Northside Library

Sat., Sept. 7

10 a.m.noon

Litter Clean-Up and Newsletter Distribution

with coffee, donuts, and fruitWeinland Park shelter house

Mon., Sept. 9

6:30 p.m.

Civic Association Communications Committee

Godman Guild

Tues., Sept. 10

5:30 p.m.

Civic Association Housing Committee

Godman Guild

Wed., Sept. 11

5:30 p.m.

Civic Association Steering Committee

Godman Guild

68 p.m. Neighborhood Network Godman Guild

Sat., Sept. 14

9 a.m.1 p.m.

Homebuyer Education Workshop,

(614) 247-1983 to registerGodman Guild

Sun., Sept. 15

6 p.m.

Civic Association Development Committee

Godman Guild

Tues., Sept. 17

5:307 p.m.

Red Circle family-friendly art activities

Weinland Park shelter house

Wed., Sept. 18 6:30 p.m. University Area CommissionNorthwood and High Bldg.

(2231 N. High St.)

Thurs., Sept. 19

5:30 p.m.

Civic Association Safety & Mobility Committee

Northside Pride Ctr.

Sat., Sept. 21 9 a.m.1 p.m.Homebuyer Education Workshop,

(614) 247-1983 to register

Godman Guild

Tues., Sept. 24

6:30 p.m.

University District Neighborhood Plan Public

Workshop

Northwood and High Bldg.

(2231 N. High St.)

Wed., Sept. 25

6 p.m.

Civic Association Monthly Meeting

Schoenbaum Ctr.

7 p.m. Steven Holl Lecture Wexner Center

Thurs., Sept. 26

48 p.m.

Fall Exhibition: Blues for Smoke Wexner Center

4:30 p.m.

B. Stephen Carpenter II Lecture: Water

Object(ive)s: Artistic Intervention, Curriculum,

and Public Pedagogy

Wexner Center

Thanks

The civic association is very grateful to Jean Pitman and her

multi-talented and dedicated Story Book cadre for distributing

this newsletter to the majority of our neighbors in August.

And thanks, too, to 12 volunteers from Rock City Church who

graciously stepped in to take care of our litter clean-up last

monthand a great team from Directions for Youth & Families

that spent the day helping out at 4th Street Farms on Aug. 9.

Wont you show your pride and lend a hand this month? Our

September litter clean-up will coincide with Mayor Colemans

Pick It Up campaign on Saturday, Sept. 7. Join us! WP Festival: Kenji Harris, who lives with his family in WPand attends WP Elementary School.


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Joyce Hughes, President

email: [email protected] Dixon, Vice President

Lydia Yoder, Secretary

email: [email protected]

Omar Qureshi, Treasurer

email: [email protected]

4th Wednesday of the month

6p.m.

Schoenbaum Family Center

175 E. 7th Ave.

Next to Weinland Park Elementary

Free dinner provided

WP Youth Lead Story Book Work

If you have any story ideas for the

newsletter, please email us!

[email protected]

Ideas for next months edition are due by

the second Monday of the current month.

Contribute to the Future:

Participate in the

University District

Planning Process

The City of Columbus Planning Division isdeveloping a new University District

neighborhood plan to lay out goals for long-

term issues such as urban design, land

use, and parking. WP is part of the

University District, so let your voice be

heard!

Come to one of the public workshops for

the plan. Get updates at the monthly

meetings of the University Area Commis-

sion. Speak with one of the WP neighbors

serving on the plans working committee:Laura Bidwa, [email protected];

Brandyn McElroy,

[email protected]; or

Michael Wilkos,

[email protected].

For dates of the first few meetings and an

outline of the whole process, download an

easy-to-read summary at:

www.development.columbus.gov/

universitydistrict.aspx.

(Look under Documents on the right side

of the page.) Youll find details about each

months activities in this newsletters

calendar. The planning work will continue

through 2014.

Joleah Mays (WP resident) and Josiah Clements, both on the WP Story Book

team, help Jill Gravatt (WP resident) during Red Circle; photo: Jay LaPrete.

Many thanks for a long summers work by two of our young

Weinland Park neighbors, Joleah Mays and Amin Ebady. Joleah and

Amin joined forces with young people from other Columbus neighbor-

hoods to give the Weinland Park Story Book Project a big push

forward. Guided by the Wexner Center for the Arts Jean

Pitman and Godman Guilds Anjanette Robertson and Sherri Sims,

this youth team walked through the neighborhood daily, led by

Joleah and Amin, to collect more than 100 stories from WP

residents, workers, and volunteers. And then they worked equally

hard illustrating many of the collected stories, whether in their studio

at the Wexner Center, at drawing workshops at Godman Guild, or at

Red Circle gatherings in the park.

Their work will be continued by others this fall. The

illustrated stories will be compiled into a book and published next

year to be given back to WP. The hope is for this book to capture the

voices of Weinland Park past and present, including many who have

been previously invisible.