Thank you, Griffin area residents! We have met our fundraising goal for the
third year. The challenge is now to meet our goal the fourth year of our
partnership with Capitol Land Trust. Help us to reach $60,000 at the end of
our fourth year.
In this time of caring and sharing, we ask
that you give to the St. Christopher's Steamboat Island Outreach and Food
Bank program. You may leave donations of
non-perishable food at the Griffin Fire Department Headquarters, during
regular business hours (weekdays before 5 PM).
Donations of winter coats and clothing, cash, housewares, holiday gifts,
even furniture and other items are also very
welcome. Contact St. Christopher's at 866-2111 to make arrangements for
donations which cannot be dropped at the fire station.
Well over a dozen families right here in the
Griffin area receive regular and needed support.
Thank you.
Tell them you saw it on the
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Now you can support the GNA while shopping on Amazon.com. Simply start
shopping here, using this search tool. Any purchases you make during your
session that begins here will generate a small commission paid to the GNA,
at no additional cost to you.
Click to go to ► Construction Stormwater Permit involving 12.8 acres of
soil disturbance for the clearing and the creation of pasture lands.
Stormwater may be discharged to Sanderson Harbor. The proposed project,
Schirm Road Plat is located at 8433, 8441, 8447, 8505 and 8511 Schirm Road
NW. Click to go to ►
Repair of existing single-family structure at 8710 Salty Dr. NW. Mitigated
determination of nonsignificance. Click to go to ►
Grading permit at 6438 Young Rd NW. Determination of nonsignificance.
Click to go to ► Notice of Application to build a driveway through a
Category II wetland on 5000 block of Miller Road NW.
Click to go to ► Puget Sound Energy replacement of overhead wires on
Oyster Bay Rd NW about 2.7 miles from US-101.
Click to go to ► Commercial Development at 5530 78th Avenue NW.
Click to go to ► Griffin Fire Department water tank at Gravelly Beach
Loop Road near its intersection with Young Road.
Click to go to ► Totten
Inlet Mussel Culture Environmental Impact Statement. Link is to the Thurston
County Development Services web site. Click to go to
►Located off Scott Rd. and 51st Ln., four (4) large
lots are proposed consisting of six (6) lots each. Each of the four (4)
parent parcels are 40+ acres. Click to go to
►Application to amend plans to build an athletic facility at Sexton and
Steamboat Island Road. Click to go to
►150' cell tower near 9604 Hunter Point Road. Click to go to
►Modify existing Special Use Permit to add to the Sunrise Beach School
(3548 Steamboat Island Rd. NW). Click to go to
►Approval request to build a 49-foot long by 12-foot high shoreline
retaining wall at 3430 Gravelly Beach Loop NW. Click to go to
►Subdivide 14.4 acres into smaller lots at 4735 Gravelly Beach Loop NW. Click to go to
► Subdivide 15.5 acres into 3 lots at 4807 Oyster Bay Road
NW. Parcels include a wetland crossing, Class II Wetland and Type V Stream.
Click to go to
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All the applications for which we have documents.
Click to go to ► The County's web page listing recent land use
activities. We are in the County's "Sub-Area 1."
WHO IS THE GRIFFIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION?
The Griffin Neighborhood Association (GNA) is a registered, nonprofit, nonpartisan
group of neighbors living within the boundaries of the
Griffin School District,
Thurston County, Washington.
Any person owning property, a business, or residing in the Griffin area is
eligible to become a member and to participate fully in the Association.
Membership is also open to community groups and students of the Griffin School
District.
Originally organized as the Oyster Bay Neighborhood Association in 1990, we
were registered as the nonprofit Griffin Neighborhood Association in December,
1995.
MISSION OF THE GRIFFIN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
To help build a community consensus to address major issues confronting our
area, including growth, land issues, habitat, water quality, transportation and
school planning.
The Griffin Neighborhood Association will typically take these steps to reach
community consensus and issue resolution:
Research an emerging issue as honest brokers of information.
Raise awareness within the community of a particular issue using a variety
of communication methods.
Determine the community's opinions and, if necessary, provide a forum for
debate.
Take issues on which there is consensus to the appropriate decision
makers.
BOARD AND OFFICERS OF THE GRIFFIN NEIGHBORHOOD
ASSOCIATION
Our
Board is comprised of current members of the Association,
elected by members of the Association present at the Annual
Meeting. Officers are elected from the Board membership by members of
the Board.
The Board typically sets a schedule of regular meetings, annually.
Tentative meeting dates, times and locations are posted on the
Community Calendar.
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