Edgemoor Neighborhood Association

Edgemoor Neighborhood Association (ENA) meets the first Thursday of each month at Fairhaven Park Pavilion at 7 PM, unless otherwise posted. There will be no ENA meetings in July or August. All ENA meetings are open meetings and Edgemoor residents are welcome to attend. One of the main goals of ENA is to inform and educate Edgemoor residents about issues and events in the local community. To read more about the goals and purposes of ENA, visit the ENA page on this website.

ENA Communications Committee Meeting

The communications committee meets monthly to put together the monthly ENA newsletter and update the Edgemoor Neighborhood website.

Coalition of Southside Neighborhoods

The Coalition of Southside Neighborhoods formed in January of 2005, when representatives from five Southside neighborhoods came together to explore areas of common interest and concern. Coalition members have met continuously since that time, most often at the Fairhaven Library.

 An early mission statement developed by the Coalition is as follows:

           The Coalition of Southside Neighborhoods (CSN) exists for the purpose of coordinating strategic efforts to preserve the character of our respective neighborhoods, to maintain and improve our quality of life and to strengthen citizen participation in Bellingham’s public process.

          The CSN will share pertinent information among its constituents and may plan periodic social events open to all southsiders.

          The CSN will hold regular delegate meetings, periodic general meetings and establish committees as needed. The CSN will seek to work cooperatively with the City of Bellingham, the Port of Bellingham, Western Washington University and the southside business community. The CSN will issue statements and initiate actions only when endorsed by its affiliated neighborhood associations. The CSN recognizes the right of southside citizens to initiate independent community projects and political actions as long as they do not represent themselves as doing so in the name of CSN.

 The Coalition of Southside Neighborhoods (CSN) is now organized by a Steering Committee comprised of Presidents and Representatives from each of the five neighborhoods (Edgemoor, Fairhaven, Happy Valley, South and South Hill). 

CSN will continue to offer programs of communitywide interest as such interests are identified. Steering Committee members will continue work on behalf of southside citizens empowered by linking back to the general membership of each neighborhood organization.

The public contact for the Coalition of Southside Neighborhoods is Steve Wilson, President of South Neighborhood:

671-3380, kswilson2@earthlink.net

City Council Meetings Mondays, 7 PM, City Council Chambers, 210 Lottie Street  www.cob.org

Planning Commission meetings Thursdays, 7 PM, City Council Chambers, 210 Lottie Street   www.cob.org