North Pasadena Business Association

NPBA Members and Guests:

Please join us for our next General Meeting on Monday, September 13th.
Chad Burke from The Economic Alliance will be talking to us about the
Corridor Standards.

The Corridor Standards project deals with the gateways that each of the 11
cities is erecting to mark their membership in the San Jacinto Historic
District.  In addition, recommended landscaping, signage, fencing, etc. is
being recommended to provide visual continuity to the district.

As usual, we will be meeting in the Conference Room at The Pasadena Public
Library, 1201 Jeff Ginn Memorial Dr., from 11:30-1:00pm.

Feel free to bring your lunch.  Coffee and water will be available.

We hope to see you there.

Thanks,

Robyn Curtis  832-724-4459
Administrative Assistant
North Pasadena Business Association

T-Mobile is awarded the NPBA August Beautification Award. Derek Brown, Retail Store Manager accepts award for T-Mobile with N.P.B.A. Board Members Judy Wingo, Robyn Curtis and Sheila Henderson.

T-Mobile is located at Pasadena & Southmore.

The First Annual “Strawberry Stroll” 5K Walk/Run will be held November 6th, 2010 at Strawberry Park Pasadena TX. Registration will begin at 7am. For more information www.strawberrystroll.com

The North Pasadena Business Association awarded Slick’s Carwash and Detailing with its July NPBA Beautification Award.

Slick’s Hand Carwash and Detailing, located at 205 Shaw Ave., opened its doors in November 2008.

The carwash serves residential, commercial, and industrial customers and is open Monday through Saturday.

Our next NPBA Meeting is going to be held on Monday, July 12th.

Our guest speaker will be Paul Davis of Second Century Development. He
will be talking about the new businesses that are coming to Pasadena and the business climate in our area. As Paul likes to put it, “Everything I ever wanted to know about Economic Development, I learned in Kindergarten”!!

Please join us for this enjoyable and informative meeting in the conference room at the Pasadena Public Library at 11:30am.
Feel free to bring your lunch. Water and coffee will be available.
For more information, you may call 832-724-4459.

ABC Dental’s Josh Moreno and staff accepts the NPBA Beautification award for June 2010

ABC Dental is located at 1500 Southmore Pasadena

Last year ABC Dental Owner Dr. Jabbary purchased 3,000 bicycles and asked his staff at ABC Dental and volunteers from the community to help him reach his goal of providing a Christmas present for children from lower income backgrounds.

June 14th speaker for North Pasadena Business Association will be Ms. Lillian Acosta with Workforce Solutions. This company helps employers solve workforce-related business problems and area residents build careers, so that both can better compete in the changing worldwide economy.

Please join us at The Pasadena Public Library, 1201 Jeff Ginn Memorial Dr.
from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM in the conference room. Feel free to bring your
lunch. Coffee and water will be available.

If you have any questions, call me at 832-724-4459.

May meeting for North Pasadena Business Association will be
held on Monday, May 10th. We will be having representatives from
Pasadena Faith in Action come and tell us about their program.

This is a group of local pastors from all denominations helping residents
whose homes are in need of repairs.

As usual, we will meet in the conference room at the Main Branch of the
Pasadena Public Library, 1201 Jeff Ginn Memorial Dr. from 11:30A – 1:00P.

Please feel free to bring your lunch and join us for this interesting and
informative meeting.

If you have any questions, call me at 832-724-4459 or reply to this email.

We’re looking forward to seeing you there.

Darrell Carpenter of Tex-Pro Inspection Services, David Brannon,
Pasadena Fire Marshal and Mark Benoit from ReMax will be our speakers on
April 12th.

They will be talking about fire hazards, code enforcement and real estate
and the impact it can have on North Pasadena.

RSVP– by Mon. Mar. 22 if possible
DBSheridan@aol.com or 281-326-5253

2010 meeting dates listed at end of agenda

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PASADENA CITIZENS’ ADVISORY COUNCIL

Thursday, March 25, 2010

6:00 – 8:30 p.m.

First United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall

1062 Fairmont Parkway
at intersection of Fairmont and Strawberry

6:00 Dinner – Welcome – Review agenda
Approve February meeting notes

6:10 “Safety Moment” – presented by MEMC

6:15 Chemical Transportation Security on the Road and
the Rails

o Bryan Bass, BNSF Railroad’s Senior Manager of Homeland Security will describe some of the things done by Burlington Northern Santa Fe to keep hazardous material shipments secure from terrorists.
o Jeff Tippit of Clark Freight has been invited to do the same for trucking.
o Speakers will show us how to read placards on railcars and trucks.
o Pasadena Police Department will provide an update on enforcement of DOT truck regulations.

7:45 Updates (including but not limited to the following)

o Periodic updates from plants: highlights from plants; member questions
o Member input on plant items in the news since we last met
o Membership and Visibility Committee; 20th anniversary planning
o Booth at LEPC Safety Fair on May 22?

8:15 Future PCAC meetings

Shall we start dinner service at 5:45 due to size of group?

o Tuesday, April 27 – Tour of Kinder Morgan Liquids Terminals

o Tuesday, May 25 — Community Emergency Communications with Schools. Responding to Changing Demographics

o No June meeting
o No July meeting
o Thursday, August 26
o Tuesday, September 28
o Tuesday, October 26
o Thursday, December 2

8:20 Observer comments

8:30 Adjourn

Directions

Park in the main lot. Enter from Young St., which is parallel to Strawberry and west of the church. Enter the main doors of the church. The Fellowship Hall is a large room to your right as you enter the building.