Government Relations Committee

Mission
To foster and maintain relationships with elected and administration officials, and with neighboring community associations in order to enhance and preserve a high quality of life for residents and businesses in the neighborhood; to promote government accountability, ethics, and transparency; to represent the interests of the membership with written responses and testimony at hearings in response to pending legislation.

We have hosted political events for candidates for office, scanned for ideas in other cities and neighborhoods to improve ours, connected with Common Cause, and expanded the Crosstown Coalition to include Fairmount.

How you can participate
We are looking for people who are interested in keeping up on current bills, who have an interest in crafting written responses to upcoming bills, and testify at City Hall hearings. You need not be able to do all of this, but be interested in working with others to develop responses. We are also looking for people to help organize events, respond to other issues as they arise, and work on the goals for the year.