Homewood Nation

Operation Better Block has anounced the 2015 schedule for its monthly community meetings to inform residents about upcoming events, share resources, and spotlight the work of various organizations in Homewood. Meetings are open to everyone.

The Monthly Community Meetings will be held in the Auditorium of the Homewood Library, 7101 Hamilton Avenue, from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm on the fourth Thursday of each month (except for November and December, when they will take place on the third Thursday).  Here are the dates for 2015:

January 22, 2015

Februrary 26, 2015

March 26, 2015

April 23, 2015

May 28, 2015

June 25, 2015

July 23, 2015

August 24, 2015

September 24, 2015

October 22, 2015

November 19, 2015

December 17, 2015

The topic for this month's meeting will be, "A Report Card from Homewood Schools."  The meeting will cover academic achievement, support services, etc., at Faison K-5 and Westinghouse 6-12. The principals and other personnel have been invited.

For more information call Lois Toni McClendon at Operation Better Block, Inc. (412) 731-1908 or email her at: lmcclendon@obbinc.org

Operation Better Block, Inc. is a community-based, community development organization that has served Homewood residents for over 40 years. Its mission is to "strategize, organize, and mobilize block by block to benefit the Homewood Comunity". Besides the monthly community meetings, OBB is engaged in a Cluster Planning Process for visioning Homewood's future land use.