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Idaho Press Tribune
  15 Sep 1999, pg 4a
North Nampans address shared goals
     Darin Eisenbarth loves his neighborhood and wants to improve it. Now he has a few dozen friends with the same goal.
     The North Nampa Residents Association, which formed in April 1998, sent out 1,000 brochures in hopes of drawing concerned citizens for a discussions on north Nampa's challenges, association president Eisenbarth said. About 40 to 50 residents turned out Tuesday evening at Snake River Elementary to air concerns about issues such as code enforcement, communication and crime.
Lucky Logo
     Daniel Hillius, a 9year-old Snake River Elementary student, designed the logo for the North Nampa Residents Association. Hillius was rewarded with $25 and a certificate -- and his work accompanying the association's official literature.

Next Meeting
     The association's next meeting is tentatively planned for Tuesday, Oct. 12 at 7pm.
      "The problems residents named (in a recent survey) weren't drugs," Eisenbarth said. "It was the feeling like nothing was being done for them."
     Martin Bautista, the city's code enforcement officer, said he will be more visible in north Nampa and will strive to implement a code enforcement education program.
     "There was a time long ago when people thought that crime was a police problem, and it's not-it's a community problem," said Lt. Jim Jeans, who will head the police department's first substation, to be located next to Snake River Elementary in north Nampa.
     Therefore, the association will focus on community solutions,said Shirley Dean, a board member of North Nampa Residents Association who also serves on the board for Nampa Neighborhood Housing Services, an organization dedicated to revitalizing north Nampa.
North Nampa Residents Association 		     "This is our mission," Dean said, "to group the residents together for a common bond to address some of the needs of the neighborhood."
     Speakers also addressed plans for the 11th Avenue underpass project and revitalization of 12th Avenue North.
     City Councilman Tom Dale encouraged the group's efforts.
     "You've got to get people together to make things happen," Dale said. "You can't get anything done by sitting at home."
     A pamphlet distributed Tuesday night reads, "our area has a rich and colorful past that should be celebrated and carried into the future. Pride in the place you live is contagious and spreads through contact.
     "When neighbors know each other, they look out for each other," Eisenbarth said.

  - To reach reporter John Fraley, call 465-8118 or e-mail jfraley@idahopress.com.

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