Greeneville Neighborhood Revitalization Committee

Greeneville NRZ meeting minutes June 1, 2016 6:00 p.m. Attending: Pete Procko, Shiela Hayes, Hannah Stover, Caleb Stover, Aerial Long, Rev. Christopher Rogalski, Henry Fidrych, Stan Kaplan, Elijah Haith, Zechariah Stover New Business: Carnival: Pete Procko was approached by Bob Adams who does the Rotary carnival with the idea of a carnival in August at Nippy's Field sponsored by the Greeneville NRZ, the Taftville Neighborhood Watch, and the Norwich Police Dept. Neighborhood Patrol; he will organize it. Old Business: Heads up: Music in the Park (at the Greeneville Playground) June 17 and 24. Greeneville Appreciation Night (official name tbd), Saturday night, September 5: Pete Lehman, chair; door open at 5pm, dinner at 6pm, $10/person, 122 seat capacity at the Divine Providence Church (which has a full kitchen); 5 awards, Greeneville Person of the Year and Firefighter, Police officer, Veteran, and Educator of the Year; a planning meeting June 27 at the firehouse community room; organization and cooking are taken care of, some volunteers needed. NRZ Business Forum: A success. Should it be an annual event? quarterly? at different business locations? It was suggested that we do it twice a year in December and June, and that we contribute food (potluck?) rather than (Pete) purchasing it. Noted: an effort to attract younger members to the NRZ, and to Greeneville, "My Greeneville;" also, new businesses with younger business owners. Hydrant Painting Contest: Shiela presented the application package and press release noting added awards for youth up to age 14 for the categories 1) historical Greeneville, 2) Surrounding Area, and 3) Colorful/Abstract. Hydrants removed or being fixed, including painted ones--Pete will find out. Event Calendar available at norwichCTevents.com or core-ect.com The mural is progressing; the Sharing Library is up (Lottie Scott offered to read to children) Plant Swap proposed at Music in the Park, contact Zach for which night. The possibility of community gardens discussed, for education purposes and local vegetables; getting people involved for the long season. Farmer's Market in Norwich, bus passes available, handout left at Community room. Using the Centronics parking lot for ?, investigation by Zach. Taste of Greeneville table at Diversity Day Sept. 21 at HTBrown Park, by Divine Providence Church; also, Church Bingo on 1st Friday each month. Greeneville Voters: Registrar of voters was alerted to the very limited bus schedule to Senior Center, will research the number of Greeneville voters; good time to again request firehouse as polling place. Discussed a possible event getting church members together; some conflict between churches. At Elijah's request, some history of Greeneville. Meeting adjourned at 7:15 p.m. No meetings in July or August. Next meeting Sept. 7, 2016. Location: Greeneville Fire Station, 440 North Main St., Norwich, CT 06360 Respectfully submitted: Stan Kaplan, for Kathleen A. Strenkowski, Secretary