Shaw Neighborhood Investment Fund

Next Thursday there will be a meeting regarding the Shaw Neighborhood Investment Fund (NIF) at Shaw Junior High.  Kevin Chapple kindly pointed this meeting out, and I would love to attend, but will be out of town.  I hope others from the neighborhood go to this meeting.  From the Shaw NIF website:

One of the requirements of the enabling legislation, the Neighborhood Investment Act of 2004, is for the Mayor to develop NIF Investment Plans for each of the target area using input from community stakeholders including the Advisory Neighborhood Commissioners, residents, business owners, faith community, not for profit organizations, among other groups.  The purpose of the Investment Plan is to set community priorities for how the NIF funds should be utilized in the target area over a five year period.

What could we do with a couple million dollars in devlopment funding?  I'll start working on a list.  I suppose speed bumps for Marion Street and bike racks at the south entrance to the Shaw metro would come from other sources of funding...