JANUARY 2023

JANUARY

2023

NEW DATES AND NEW TIMES FOR CNA COMMUNITY MEETINGS

The Cordata Neighborhood Association Board has a new schedule for our community meetings in 2023. We will hold our community meetings every other month starting with the January meeting. Additionally, we will start the community meetings at 6:30pm. We will continue to meet you in the meeting room of the Cordata Presbyterrian Church on 400 Meadowbrook Court. Please plan to join us; we will have a few surprises for you.

JANUARY 10 Cordata Community Meeting

(No February Community Meeting. Next meeting is 6:30pm on March 14, 2023)

Meet and talk to Whatcom County agencies that serve our community. Some of these agencies include

Opportunity Council Interfaith Coalition

Lighthouse Mission National Alliance on Mental Health

Animals as Natural Therapy Interfaith Coalition

Whatcom Housing Authority Cordata Presbyterrian Church

Whatcom Volunteer Council

Please join your neighbors as we learn more about how these agencies serve all of us.

We Would Love to See You There!

A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE CNA BOARD

The CNA Board members meet the first Tuesday of every month except for the months of July and December. We meet at 2pm in the Foundations Building on the Whatcom Community College campus. The Board meetings are open to all community members and you are all invited.

We share in the responsibility of keeping informed in local and state policies; residentional, business and commercial development; best practices in healthy and sustainable community growth; and the interests, concerns, and needs of the Cordata community.

We are currently a nine member Board, but our by-laws allow up to 15 members. Board membership is a rewarding way to engage with the public and private sectors, to drive and shape growth in Cordata, and to serve the Cordata neighbors. We welcome you to join us. If you're interested, drop in to a Board meeting or send an email to k8mcdonald1016@gmail.com.

We have started a new feature in our newsletters as well as the community meetings. Let's highlight people and places in Cordata.

For example, I just learned that Richard Marcus, a Cordata neighbor who took up photography during the pandemic, takes pictures of our wildlife on his walks around Cordata. His photos have raised the interest of the City of Bellingham and the Audubon Society. You can see some of his work on the Seeing Bellingham facebook page.

If you have stories to share, please feel free to provide information, via EMAIL,, to include in the monthly newsletters or to announce at the bi-monthly community meetings.

Larabee Lager -- A brewery is coming to Cordata. It will be located in the Burlington shopping center in the smae space where the Asian buffet restaurant was located.

Maple Bar -- 4252 Cordata Parkway is now fully open. We will be sharing coupons at our January community meeting.

Price Cutter Cleaners -- Curreently located in the Burlington shopping center plans to move to a new location on Stuart and Meridian.

The majority of injuries resulting from earthquakes are due to falling objects, not structural failure.

A home hazard hunt is the first step toward identifying and correcting these vulnerabilities. From strapping your water heater and confirming flexible to connections to appliances, to relocating or securing heavy or glass objects on high shelves, to fastening tall pieces of furniture to walls, every corrective action reduces our exposure to injury during an earthquake.

Watch the video below for more info.

Home Hazard Hunt

Another interesting article about the housing shortage and the resulting homelessness. It takes a different spin on the sources of the housingf challenges in cities like Bellingham and other West Coast citites.

THE OBVIOUS ANSWER TO HOMELESSNESS

If you'd like to share your thoughts, I can include them in the next newsletter.

INTERESTING PREDICTION ON BELLINGHAM HOUSING PRICES

The article excerpted below is based on a review of data regarding housing prices. I'm not sure that this is accurate as there are factors that may have not been considered; however, it is still interesting. If you have any thoughts on the issue, feel free to send an email and I'll include them as support or rebuttal in the next newsletter.

This is the LINK to the full article.

U.S. Home Price Insights -- December 2022

The CoreLogic Home Price Insights report features an interactive view of our Home Price Index product with analysis through October 2022 with forecasts through October 2023.

CoreLogic HPI™ is designed to provide an early indication of home price trends. The indexes are fully revised with each release and employ techniques to signal turning points sooner. CoreLogic HPI Forecasts™ (with a 30-year forecast horizon), project CoreLogic HPI levels for two tiers—Single-Family Combined (both Attached and Detached) and Single-Family Combined excluding distressed sales.

The report is published monthly with coverage at the national, state and Core Based Statistical Area (CBSA)/Metro level and includes home price indices (including distressed sales); home price forecast and market condition indicators. The data incorporates more than 40 years of repeat-sales transactions for analyzing home price trends.

GREENWAYS

One of the features of our beautiful area is the abundance of parks, trails, open spaces, and wildlife corridors. If you have ever lived or visited other cities, you will have gained a greater appreciation for how many natural spaces are available to us. That is one of the reasons that voters have approved the four previous Greenways Tax Levies.

Bellingham’s Greenways Program began in 1990 when a group of citizens organized to pass a property tax levy to raise funds for park and open space land acquisition and trail projects. The idea was to link Bellingham’s trails, ridgetops and shoreline corridors with a continuous series of parks, forests and greenbelts. The Greenways IV Levy was approved by voters in 2016 and will expire at the end of 2023.

The Greenways Advisory Committee (GAC) is comprised of Bellingham residents appointed by the Mayor and approved by City Council to advise Parks Department staff and the Council on the expenditure of Greenways funds. Greenways Advisory Committee meetings are open to the public. Click here for meeting schedules and materials. To learn more about the work of the GAC, you can read the GREENWAYS STRATEGIC PLAN which outlines the priorities for current Greenways Tax Levy funds as well as priorites for the proposed 2023 tax levy.

If you would like to be a part of the effort to promote the Greenways V Tax Levy, join us at an informational meeting 7pm on January 3rd at the Explorartions Academy located at 1701 Ellis Street.

A New Year is a time for new resolutions for a better you. Here are a few ideas to keep yourself from taking the process too seriously.

This is my favorite: "I resolve that I will not act my age."

May 2023 be Your Best Year Ever!

CNA Website

LINK HERE

As a reminder, check out our new webpage. We will continue to send monthly newsletters, but the website provides a great deal more information such as the following pages:

Introducing the CNA

All About Cordata

CNA Newsletter

Events and News

Resources

Contact and Support

This is the community website, so we invite you to submit your HOA/COA or neighborhood news and events, photos that you'd like to submit that speak to our shared community, and any questions or comments you may have.

If you have a business that you'd like to promote, please feel free to send us text/images as well.

We hope you enjoy the website and find it useful.

And remember to use the "Send Us a Message" form on the Contact and Support page of our new webpage LINK HERE to send us your suggestions for speakers or topics for future community meetings as well as anything else you'd like to share.

We love to hear from our neighbors.

CHECK IT OUT!!

For an update on Phase 2 of Cordata Park, use the Engage Bellingham LINK.

Looking for alternatives

to calling 911?

Homeless Outreach Team: Weekdays 7am to 9:30pm 360-312-3717

Mobile Crisis Outreach Team: 24/7 –

1-800-584-3578

Report a crime not in progress without a suspect Bellingham Police – Weekdays: 360-778-8804

Report a crime not in progress with a suspect Bellingham Police – Weekdays: 360-676-6911

Dispute Resolution Center – Not a crisis line: Tuesday to Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – 360-676-0122

Looking for a place to donate clothes or other items other than "for profit" places? Here's a list that I found on NextDoor. Some of these may not still be accepting, so check it out before you go.

Whatcom Humane Society

Hope House

Agape House

Lighthouse Mission

Bridge2Services and Homes Now

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Report Non-Emergencies

If you see something that you feel needs to be brought to the attention of the City, e.g., graffiti, broken glass in a bike lane, vandalism, the City wold like you to use their SEE-CLICK-FIX site. You can get more information at SeeClickFix FAQ

We are now able to take CNA Membership fees/donations through Paypal. You may continue to use a check and mail to the address below.

CNA Membership

We \happily accept memberships fees/donations to the Cordata Neighborhood Association. Join either through the Paypal LINK or through regular mail at

CNA

PO Box 30061

Bellingham, WA 98228

All donations are tax deductible: ID# 17053217309029

The CNA is proud to support two other funds. Please consider supporting either or both by sending a check to the addresses below.

Donations to CNA Scholarship Fund

Whatcom Community College Foundation,

237 W Kellogg Road,

Bellingham, WA 98226-9912

Donations to a Children's Room in our Prospective Cordata Branch Library

Whatcom Community Foundation

Attn: Children's Library Fund

1500 Cornwall, #202

Bellingham, WA 98225

THANK YOU!

COMMUNITY RESOURCES

For the most up-to-date information on the virus, go to the Whatcom County Health Department Dashboarrd.

The COB publishes a lovely Playbook each year with outdoor activities for everyone.

Neighbors Helping Neighbors has a Facebook page as well as a Hotline: 360-778-2762.

Bellingham Food Bank website is providing food boxes.

The Nextdoor app or website to stay in touch with your immediate neighbors.

Common Sense Media has resources for parents and caregivers working with children at home.

The Bellingham Library online has resources for children and adults.

Support local businesses with the help of this website.

Aging in Place: A Guide to Growing Older at Home

Questions, Comments, Suggestions for the City or County Representatives?

City Services Contacts

County Services Contacts

See you Tuesday, January 10, 2023 at 6:30pm at the Cordata Presbyterian Church for the

January CNA Community Meeting

Link

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