In Honor of Last Week's Shortest Day....

This is a week of 'blink and you've missed it' in terms of municipal meetings in The Rose City. Not all that amazing when you consider this is basically the 'week between the years', as it's called in other countries. And when a week starts on one page of the calendar and concludes on another, brevity may be the best course.

The only actual scheduled and posted meeting, per the City of Norwich's website, is a special meeting of the Housing Authority Board of Commissioners Wednesday afternoon at 4:30 at 108 Hunt's Brook Road. A review of the agenda gives you an excellent sense of the scope and impact this group of volunteers has for a not inconsequential portion of our population. (We're still falling way short of complying with Public Act 08-3, though the posting of the special meeting agenda is a very positive step in the right direction).

And with all the discussion in recent weeks, especially on Saturdays (though not as well-known as I'd have hoped), about community development and economic development, if you're so inclined to roll up a sleeve and lend a hand, volunteers are needed to fill a vacancy on the Community Development Advisory Committee. You'll find the application here though where we're keeping the satisfaction of knowing you're making a positive difference, I'm not sure. Just stay where you are and the Prize Patrol van will find you.

This has been a rough ride for some this year and it may be a dark ride for others in the next, but there's little doubt that together we're smarter and better than we are separately. It's a lot easier to shake a hand than to ball a fist and you tend to meet so many much more interesting people that way. "Put it there, if it weighs a ton; that's what the father said to his younger son. I don't care if it weighs a ton, as long as you and I are here, Put It There."
-bill kenny