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NNI Annual Breakfast to honor Gorman, Mecklenburg and Lamb - Highlighting Northland Neighborhoods, Inc.’s October 17 breakfast are awards to three Northlanders who have made extraordinary contributions to the community. The 2008 Larry McManus Good Neighbor Award recipient is Habitat volunteer Charles Lamb; the Outstanding Public Service award recipient is Dave Mecklenburg, civic leader and insurance executive; and the Jay Dillingham Lifetime Achievement honoree is Anita Gorman, who is known regionally for her longtime contributions to the Northland, Kansas City, and the State of Missouri. Read the full press release for more information about NNI's Annual Breakfast...
Council Members' Persistence on Northland Roads Paying Off - Since February of 2008, Kansas City Council members Deb Hermann and Bill Skaggs have conducted monthly meetings at Northland Neighborhoods, Inc. to spur progress on Northland road and parkway projects. The meetings are paying off for Northland residents. The meetings are held on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 8:30 a.m. at the NNI offices at 3015 NE Vivion Road and generally last 1 hour. Read the full press release to learn more about the "1st District Roads Update" meetings...
Economic Stimulus Rebates - Kansas City is among the top 100 Cities nationally with unclaimed Economic Stimulus Rebate payments. Currently, 113,147 low-income seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities in Missouri have yet to claim their economic stimulus payments from the federal government. Missourians have until October 15 to file a tax return in order to receive a stimulus payment. These unclaimed payments in Missouri alone add up to $33,944,100.
The stimulus payments ("rebates") are worth a minimum of $300 per person, and have not been claimed by many of the people who most need them to cover basic expenses like food and shelter. These are also the people who typically are not required to file a tax return because their incomes are so low.
Please help spread the word to individuals who could qualify for the rebates. A Missouri specific fact sheet is available on the Center on Budget & Policy Priorities' (CBPP) Website at: http://www.cbpp.org/states/7-28-08stim-fact-mo.pdf.
The Center on Budget & Policy Priorities also has outreach materials available on their website at: http://www.cbpp.org/stimuluspayment2008/
In addition, AARP has developed an tool to help individuals and organizations who may be helping individuals complete the required IRS forms. This online tool can be found on the AARP website.
Missourians can also get help from service providers in their communities.
This information is provided by the Missouri Budget Project website, "Shaping Policies...Creating Opportunities". For more information, visit their website at www.mobudget.org or email Amy Blouin, Executive Director, at ablouin@mobudget.org.
One of our most important jobs is to help area residents stay informed. We do this through monthly newsletters and periodic Feature Articles. We also maintain an email list so that we may provide you the most current news, Feature Articles and monthly newsletters via email.
Newsletters - our most recent monthly newsletter (October, 2008) features a success story on the Northland Roads meeting series, information on the upcoming Northland Neighborhoods, Inc. Annual Breakfast on October 17th, an article about NNI teaming with YouthWorks, Volunteer of the Month, Neighborhood Clips, and much more. Be sure to read it today!
Be sure to visit this page often to keep up with what's happening at Northland Neighborhoods, Inc. and throughout the Northland.
