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GREAT PLATES

February 21- March 6, 2010

LDNA, Monday, February 22nd, 7PM at Caffe’ Paradiso.
Agenda:
Sam Meas, candidate for Congress will discuss why he is running for Congress.
Updates from meetings:
Spring cleanup (yes, there will be a Spring)
Green Restaurant Program
Commercial/large building waste and recycling ordinances
City Manager’s Neighborhood Meeting


FOLLOW-UP
Jen Meyers has an article in the SUN about the city manager’s request to hire a staff person to manage the CitiStat program.
The CitiStat program, a municipal version of the CompStat program created in 1996 by then-New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, was pioneered by Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley in 2000. Read more:
http://www.lowellsun.com/todaysheadlines/ci_14476067

Since this subject came up I thought I would pass this along to anyone who might be intersted in attending.

REGIS COLLEGE LEADERSHIP SERIES ON HEALTH LECTURE
The next lecture in the Regis College Leadership Series on Health, “Update on the Massachusetts Health Care Reform Law and National Health Care Reform,” will be held March 24, 2010 at Regis College.
Wednesday, March 24th, 6:30 – 8:30 PM Upper Student Union Lounge Regis College 235 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA
The lecture is free and open to the public, and contact hours will be offered to nurses and social workers. Harvard Pilgrim and Regis college partnered to create this lecture series in 2007 to build awareness of contemporary health issues and wellness, and to enhance the community’s ability to effect positive change.
Registration is encouraged, preferably by the Friday before the lecture. Call 781-768-7120, or email: Presidents.lectureseries@regiscollege.edu

World PEAS CSA!

Support the Community Gardens Greenhouse, United Teen Equality Center (UTEC), and other local farmers and non-profits while getting fresh fruits and vegetables for you and your family!

World PEAS is a non-profit cooperative that combines produce from several small farmers in and around Lowell to provide a diverse box of veggies each week, suitable for a family of four or five (small sizes also available for smaller families). Each week of the season (18 weeks with optional holiday boxes), farmers harvest their vegetables the night before or morning of delivery. They are then packed fresh along with a newsletter with recipes and delivered to convenient pickup locations in the area. By joining the World PEAS CSA, you will get superbly-fresh produce at reasonable prices while supporting your local, small, beginning, and immigrant farmers enrolled with the New Entry Sustainable Farming Project. Get information and local CSA news atwww.worldpeascsa.org

For more information and a list of pickup locations, e-mail Matthew Himmel at mhimmel@comteam.org or call 978-654-6745. If you have a suggestion for a pickup location and there is sufficient interest (around 25 shares), we would be happy to deliver there as well.

iShop Lowell 2010: Buy Now, Win Later!

Win an iPod Touch, a season pass to the Lowell Summer Music Series, or a new Apple iPad!
To enter the City of Lowell’s Downtown Giveaway Sweepstakes print your name, address (including zip code), home and work telephone numbers and email on an entry form (available at participating downtown businesses) and attach an original receipt from a downtown retail or restaurant business valued at over twenty-five dollars. LIMIT ONE ENTRY PER PERSON PER WEEK.
The sweepstakes runs from 2/21/10 through 4/30/10. There will be one random drawing per week from which the winners will be chosen. The City is not responsible for late, lost, misdirected, altered, incomplete or illegible entries. By entering this sweepstakes, entrants accept and agree to be bound by these rules and the decisions of the judges, which shall be final on all matters. Sweepstakes open only to residents of MA and NH except if they are employees, vendors or immediate family members or members of the same household of employees of The City or vendors of The City and its subsidiaries.For full contest rules, visit: www.Lowell.org
iPod, iPad and related images are trademarks of Apple, Inc. All other images, names, and logos are trademarks of their respective owners.

LOWELL RIVERWALK CLOSING
PORTION BEHIND LeLACHEUR PARK OUTFIELD WALL (BETWEEN AIKEN STREET AND UML CAMPUS)
Monday, February 15, 2010

The Lowell Riverwalk will be closed along that portion that runs behind the LeLacheur Park Outfield Wall (between Aiken Street and UML Campus) beginning Monday, February 15th through the period of repairs and replacement of the Outfield Wall.
For more information, please contact:
City of Lowell
Division of Planning & Development at 978-446-7200

Robert Oatley Vineyards Wine Tasting

DATE: Saturday, Feb. 13th, 2010
TIME: Anytime 1pm-4pm
LOCATION: Tutto Bene Tasting Room
This event is complimentary!
Look for our cheese pairings.
MORE: Discover these spectacular wines from Mudgee, Australia

58 Prescott Street (rear)
Lowell, Massachusetts 01852
978-459-WINE (9463)

Parking ban in Lowell starting at noon Wednesday

The Lowell Sun
Updated: 02/09/2010 11:04:21 PM EST

LOWELL — Deputy Police Superintendent Arthur Ryan has declared a snow-emergency parking ban beginning at noon on Wednesday.
There will be no parking allowed on city streets after noon; vehicles that violate the ban could be ticketed or towed.
City residents who do not have off-street parking can park for free in the Ayotte Garage near the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell for the duration of the parking ban.

TONIGHTS MEETING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

CITY COUNCIL MEETING

Since recycling was a main topic at our last meeting…this meeting may be of value.

CSP Community Forum Presents
“How can the 2010 Census help our community and how can our community help the 2010 Census?”

Who?: The Community and Social Psychology (CSP) graduate students at UMass Lowell invite you to engage in discussion about hot topics in Lowell.
What?: Join us for a community discussion about the 2010 Census! We will discuss what the Census is and why it is important to our community.
When?: Wednesday, February 24th 2010 from 7:00-8:30pm
Where?: Pollard Memorial Library, 401 Merrimack St., Lowell, MA. 01852
Why?: This particular forum is to discuss the 2010 Census and how it supports our community and why we should support it back, however, these forums are also meant to be a space to connect community members and facilitate more communication between organizations in Lowell.

* Light snacks and beverages will be provided.
* Join us on the web for pre and post forum discussions at
http://groups.google.com/group/csp-communtiy-forum

http://groups.google.com/group/csp-communtiy-forum