NEW NAVARINO PARK
Navarino will be getting a new park after more than 10 years after the original idea was concceived. With City Council approval work is expected to start in 2012 or 2013.
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Navarino Neighborhood Association advocates literacy, embraces the diversity, and promotes Navarino as a great family neighborhood.
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Welcome
This is your online resource for information about the Navarino Neighborhood Association in Green Bay, WI. We hope you take your time to look around this website and see the many activities NNA puts together to make Navarino a geat place to live. We are an active association with a focus on activities for neighborhood kids.
| Navarino borders are; North: Pine St., East: Roosevelt St., South: E. Mason St., West: Monroe Ave. |
About Navarino:
Navarino offers a walkable neighborhood with sidewalks and tree-lined streets. Many of the streets have Linden trees which bloom in mid-June and fill the air with a clean citrus-smelling aroma. There is easy access to the area's recreational trails popular during the warmer months. Navarino offers some of the best home values in the Green Bay Area. Navarino is an older neighborhood that is in transistion with apartment houses being converted back to single-family dwellings. There are also many vacant lots that are ready for building new homes on. Many of these lots are owned by the Green Bay Redevelopment Authority and are available for purchase through the New Homes in Your Neighborhood Program.
Please click on the link for more information about the role of the Navarino neighhborhood Sustainable Green Bay.
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For Earth Week events please check out
Greater Green Bay Earth Week Coalition
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Do you prefer fresh, local produce? Do you want to support local farmers and benefit the community? Would you like to see a full-service grocery store in downtown Green Bay? A local food cooperative called New Leaf Market is being established to accomplish these goals.
In August 2008, Green Bay’s Economic Development Department, the UW-Extension, and Downtown Green Bay, Inc. embarked on the Downtown Food Project. The objectives of the project included
- Improving access to healthy food
- Incubating local food enterprises
- Building infrastructure to connect local growers to a customer base
- Educating people about the links between access to healthy food, expanding local food enterprises, a thriving community and sustainable resources
Since then, an interim board of directors and volunteers have been working hard to make a local food cooperative possible in downtown Green Bay. They have written a mission statement and bylaws, filed articles of incorporation, and created a logo, brochure, and web site.
A press conference was held on October 9 to kick off the membership drive for New Leaf Market. People who invest now will be founding members and will help to ensure that a local food market becomes a reality. In order to secure a loan for a building, the cooperative must have at least 1,000 members. All members will receive discounts, have voting rights, be eligible to run for the board, and may earn refunds once the store becomes profitable.
If you are interested in supporting local growers and producers, eating fresh, local food, and strengthening the Green Bay community, please consider becoming a member today. You can find more information on our web site at www.newleafmarket.org. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/newleafmarket and on our blog at http://newleafmarket.wordpress.com.
Purchase shares online at our web site or download a membership form!
Good food is closer than you think
Literacy Green Bay
Literacy Green Bay has been improving lives through literacy for 28 years! We offer programs centered around the advancement of literacy -- an individual's ability to read, write and speak English.
Most learners enter our program because they want to get a better job/promotion, read to their children, help their children with homework, or get a GED/HSED or a technical certificate.
About 10 percent of our learners are seeking basic skills. Almost 100% of our learners are from low-income families.
Literacy Green Bay offers free English as a Second Language (ESL) classes to adults and children. They are located at: 424 S. Monroe Ave., Green Bay, WI. For more information about ESL and other literacy classes visit their website by clicking on the image.
YMCA Healthy Family Home
Bring a healthier way of living to your family by exploring Healthy Family Home. Find simple ways to incorporate healthy habits that will make a difference for your entire family. Click on image above for more information.