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Welcome to the Norwood Village website.
This site is an archive of information and documents about the village including such things as village by-laws and covenants, maps, and minutes and reports associated with the various meetings held by the village and its board of trustees. It also contains announcements and other information about current village activities.
We trust that you will find this information informative and useful.
Please Don't Feed Wild Animals
As you probably know, we share Norwood Village with a variety of wild animals including raccoons, squirrels, coyotes, and most likely a number of others. In most cases, we coexist with very little interaction, but occasionally we encounter a problem animal that is very aggressive, that is doing damage to our property, or that is preying on pets.
Studies show that many problems with problem animals stem from someone feeding them, either directly or by leaving food items like pet food or garbage where animals can get them.
These animals are often very cute and can be quite appealing. It is very tempting to feed them. Please—you are not doing them any favors if you feed them. They become dependent upon handouts and lose their fear of humans. .
One result is that it might become necessary to have them destroyed or forcibly relocated. So please resist the temptation to feed them. Left to their own devices, these animals are remarkably self-sufficient and are much less likely to have bad interactions with humans.
Further information about living with wildlife is available from the Washington Dept of Fish and Wildlife for raccoons, squirrels, and coyotes including information about state laws concerning dealing with them. They also have information about trapping problem wild animals and hiring wildlife damage control firms should that become necessary.
Neighborhood Enhancement Program (NEP)
The City of Bellevue sponsors the NEP, and neighborhoods are eligible to participate every 3 years. The Woodridge neighborhood, which includes Norwood Village, is participating in 2009. Up to $160,000 in city funds is available for funding project(s) selected by Woodridge residents.
You should have received an invitation to nominate projects for this program in July. The period for submitting nominations ended August 21.
The next steps include:
- public workshop 7-9 PM, Thursday, November 19, at Woodridge Elementary, and
- mailing of ballots to residents in December.
The Village supports NEP, and we strongly encourage you to watch for further announcements about the NEP and to fully participate in the process.
Join the Norwood Village Board of Trustees?
Terms for two current members of the board end in January 2010. We are
looking for members of Norwood Village who would be interested in being
nominated for a position on the board for a 3-year term. If you would
be interested in serving, please make your interest known to any member
of the board or send an email to the Village email address (
).
Board members will be elected at the Annual Meeting in January 2010.
The village has virtually completed updating the mailbox shelters located throughout the village.
We extended the length of the shelters to make room for locking mailboxes for everyone who chooses to have one now or in the future and replaced the shelter roofs. Except for a few minor "loose ends" the project was completed on Sunday, September 27.
We really appreciate all of the time and hard work contributed by a number of our fellow residents. Volunteers included: Don Jacobs, Dennis Hummel, Bruno Kalis, Troy Gilliland, Chris Myerchin, Don Skidmore, BZ Ellis, Scott Heartfield, Bruce Milligan, Leonardo Baker, Tony Thomas, and Bob Weiss. Also, we thank Barbara Kalis and Cindi Smith for their work obtaining boxes and taking care of a lot of administrative issues connected with this project. [If we missed anyone, our sincere apologies—please let us know ASAP.]
If you did not choose to purchase a locking mailbox through the village, but now wish to do so, we recommend the black Oasis Jr. Locking Mailbox available locally from Home Depot and from a variety of mailorder sources (google oasis jr. locking mailbox). This box will fit in the space available on the new mailbox shelters and will match those purchased by a number of other village residents.
Complementary address number labels are available from the board while supplies last.
Many files on this site are in Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) format. Most computers have the required Acrobat Reader software already installed. If yours does not or if you wish to update to the latest version, Reader is available at no cost from Adobe.
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Page Updated: November 12, 2009