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TRACKING THE H1N1 FLU PANDEMIC
Click here to visit our Emergency Preparedness page and its pandemic tracking information.

Click here to download our flyer and help to get the word out


Focus on Local Business
The GNA asks you support local businesses. Here's one:


Contact Louie or Joanne

We are a local house cleaning service catering primarily to the Griffin area.

Estimates are always free, charges are reasonable and service is first class.

Tell them you saw it on the GriffinNeighbors web site!



NEIGHBORHOOD EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS SURVEY
You can help to keep your family and your property secure, in case of an emergency. Watch this web site for more information, coming soon. In the meantime, if you live in the Griffin School District, click here to download our Emergency Preparedness Survey. Print it out, complete it and mail or fax it to the Griffin Neighborhood Association (click here for our address and fax number). We'll contact you with our next steps. Print out a few more copies to give to your neighbors!


Support the GNA While Shopping Online
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.

Simply Click Here to Shop Amazon.com and Support the GNA


GNA Issues "Peninsula People Business Directory" as Part of New Resident "Welcome Basket"
GNA Board member and longtime local resident Velma Rogers has completed the Peninsula People Business Directory. The Directory is part of the GNA’s new “Welcome Basket,” now available to residents new to the area. The Directory includes contact information for businesses on or around the Steamboat Island Peninsula. Click here to download your copy of the Peninsula People Business Directory.


New Applications of Note:
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 ► A Mitigated Determination of Nonsignificance was issued to construct a 21-foot high stairway, from the beach over a bluff at 3744 Gravelly Beach Rd. NW.

Click to go to ► All the applications for which we have documents.


Thurston County Commission
meets the first Monday of each month at 6 pm and all other Mondays at 9 am. Click here for their agendas and minutes.


Click here is you are you a having trouble with our discussion group on Yahoo!

Who We Are

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 GNA

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.

Our Board and Officers

Our Board is comprised of current members of the Association, elected by members of the Association present at our Annual Meeting. Officers are elected from the Board membership by members of the Board.

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