http://www.barriomenlopark.org Events and News in Menlo Park, Tucson, Arizona Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:36:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Fellow neighbors, the Menlo Park Sentinel is your newsletter! It is created each month so that you will be informed and inspired by all the opportunities to participate in your neighborhood. We have endeavored to include phone and email contacts along with the information so that you can share your ... http://www.barriomenlopark.org/2006/10/31/november-newsletter/ Bienvenidos to the first edition of this year’s Menlo Park neighborhood newsletter! My name is Mac Hudson and I was elected on Thursday, Sept. 23 to serve as your president for the next year. I look forward, as do the rest of your elected officers (listed to the ... http://www.barriomenlopark.org/2006/10/01/october-newsletter/ The two options described by the builder are: 1. Zoning as-is: they can build up 20 feet of property line, up to two stories plus some parapet wall height. 2. With a zoning change: they'll build 100 feet back from property lines, but they'll apply for an exemption from the zoning so ... http://www.barriomenlopark.org/2006/03/13/simulated-construction-photos/ A proposal to preserve Tumamoc Hill by having the federal government condemn it is dead, but county officials hope to save the land another way. U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz., will pull the Tumamoc Hill proposal from a broader land-swap bill, according to a brief statement released by his ... http://www.barriomenlopark.org/2006/03/09/friends-of-tumamoc-hill-go-to-plan-b-2/ This letter was recently published:  http://www.downtowntucson.org/downtowntucsonan/nov05/editor.html The argument that the TCC is an old arena and doesn’t age well does not bode well for the proposed arena. The new arena will age as well. It will become out-dated, outmoded, outtricked in every way the TCC is today. When built, there will ... http://www.barriomenlopark.org/2006/03/09/letter-in-downtown-tusconan/ The Architecture Company completed this report, with input from neighbors, about how 17 N Linda Avenue could become a neighborhood resource center. Cover Table of Contents Executive SummaryIntroduction   http://www.barriomenlopark.org/2006/02/22/feb-21-committee-meeting/ El Rio has purchased an adjacent home on Melwood Avenue, and while their plans have not been publically disclosed, it appears they intend to demolish it and expand their facilities. The neighborhood opposes this expansion as it threatens to change the residential character of our neighborhood. The image ... http://www.barriomenlopark.org/2006/02/17/el-rio-purchases-home-with-intent-to-expand/ Menlo Park Neighborhood Association“The Birthplace of Tucson”%Diana Hadley, President350 South Grande AvenueTucson, Arizona 85745Kathy ByrneExecutive DirectorEl Rio Community Health Center Dear Ms. Byrne:    As you are the new Executive Director of El Rio Clinic, I would like to welcome you to our neighborhood. As you know, the Menlo Park Neighborhood ... http://www.barriomenlopark.org/2006/02/17/mpna-responds-to-el-rio-home-demolition-plans/ Join your neighbors and friends in celebrating the completion of Phase I of your Neighborhood Street and Traffic Improvments and see what Phase II and III will bring!¡Vengan a celebrar con sus vecinos y sus amigos lose mejoramientos de su vecindad de la primera face y entérese de lose mejoramientos ... http://www.barriomenlopark.org/2006/01/07/hawk-light-celebration/ Dear neighbors, A very positive development came from the leaders of our state, county and city government this past Wednesday: Mayor Walkup, Supervisor Elias and Council member Ibarra asked for a study into the lowering Interstate 10 below ground level from St. Mary?s to 22nd Street (see attached ... http://www.barriomenlopark.org/2005/12/12/good-news-about-i-10/