Community Gatherings - Upcoming and Past

We gather the first Saturday of the month at 10 AM and travel around northeast Lincoln.

Upcoming:

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 at 7pm - The documentary Happy - www.TheHappyMovie.com - will play at Nebraska Wesleyan University on Wednesday, February 22, 2012 at 7pm in Olin B Lecture Hall, which is located in the Olin Hall of Science, one block east of 50th and St. Paul Ave. This free and open to the public. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with three NWU faculty around positive psychology - the study of happiness and human flourishing.

Saturday, March 3, 2012 at 10am - Housing Development

Nancy Muehling, Executive Director, Lincoln/Lancaster County Habitat for Humanity - Habitat for Humanity brings people together to build homes, communities and hope. Pat Ohmberger, President, Nebraska Realtors Association - A Realtors perspective. Jerry Boyce, Board Member, Real Estate Owners and Managers Association - A Landlords perspective

Saturday, April 7, 2012 | 10am | Ayers & Ayers | 2436 North 48th St | - Economic Development: Darl Naumann, Economic Development with Ayers & Ayers, Tim Mittan, Director of the Entrepreneurship Center at Southeast Community College, and Jason Ball, Director of Business Development at the Lincoln Chamber of Commerce, and will discuss the nature of entrepreneurship and economic development and the current status and potential of economic development in northeast Lincoln.

10am  Saturday, April 28, 2012 - Kahoa Neighborhood Association Launch

May 2012 - Culture

June 2012 - Statesmanship

July 2012 -  Service Clubs: Kiwanis, Sertoma, Rotary, Lions, Optimists, etc.

10am Saturday, July 28, 2012 - Bethany Neighborhood Association Launch

August 2012 - Infrastructure: utilities, roads, etc.

2014 - 15 year reunion celebrating the Lincoln Positive Psychology Summit of 1999

Past Meetings:

Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 10am - LPlan 2040 - Brandon Garrett Long Range Planner with the City of Lincoln will present on overview of the LPlan2040 with an emphasis on pieces particularly relevant to Havelock. This presentation will serve as an introduction to the following months meetings on Housing Development and Economic Development.

Saturday, January 7, 2012 at 10am - Stronger Together: Envisioning a Northeast Lincoln Partnership. The Northeast Lincoln Partnership unites Bethany, East Campus, Havelock, Kahoa, Meadowlane, Riley, and University Place. Milan Wall, Executive Director of the Heartland Center for Leadership Development - the organization that brought you Great Neighborhoods! - guided us on a journey that helped us form a vision for a Northeast Lincoln Partnership by beginning with economic development.

December 2011 - Positive Health - Dawes Middle School - Dr Bob Rauner - Health as a function of medical care, community, and education. Correlations between socioeconomic status, obesity, fitness, and academic achievement.

November 2011 - Community Learning - Dawes Middle School - Angie Zabawa on Community Schools - relentless engagement in providing reciprocal opportunities for relationships and experiences between the school and the community. Doug Emery on the Northeast Citizen's Meeting, ongoing since the City of Lincoln went from a at large city council to a districted system. Robin Mahoney with the United Way - Readers, Tutors, and Mentors - raising 3,200 readers, tutors and mentor. We need more than dollars, we need people to make a lasting impact on childrens success

October 2011 - Historic Walking Tour - Havelock Avenue - Ed Zimmer - Historical vignettes and an architectural tour of Havelock.