PRESS RELEASES - NOVEMBER 2007

November 9, 2007

Reinvigorating Arlington’s Neighborhoods
Reminder: The Neighborhood Summit is Saturday, Nov. 10

Who: City of Arlington and the Arlington Strong Neighborhood Initiative

What: The 2007 Neighborhood Summit

When: 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 10

Where: Bob Duncan Center (located in Vandergriff Park) at 2800 S. Center St.

Why: This free, one day summit is designed to offer greater insight into strategies for strengthening citizen involvement and reinvigorating neighborhoods. Approximately 250 Arlington residents have registered to attend. R.J. Blair is the city’s Neighborhood Coordinator.

About the Summit

The Neighborhood Summit includes the following four modules: Working Together to Make Arlington Better; Neighborhood Asset Inventory; Neighborhood Preservation and Youth Involvement. The session opens with keynote speaker Tom Mosgaller, a recognized leader in community and organizational development.

About the Speaker

Tom Mosgaller has more than 25 years of experience in community and organizational development as a manager, teacher and consultant to public, private and non-profit organizations. He resides in Madison, Wis. and is the vice-president of organizational development and human resources for Marshall Erdman & Associates, a provider of planning and programming, architectural design, engineering and construction, and development services. From 1987 to 2001, Mosgaller served on the administration of three Madison mayors. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin and the University of Notre Dame, Mosgaller serves as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Wisconsin Management Institute and Northwestern University’s Center for Policy Research.

He plans to bring a key message to Arlington: “Great communities are built on their strengths, not their limitations and deficiencies,” Mosgaller said in a telephone interview. “More citizen involvement leads to more democratic approaches to solutions. How can we strengthen partnerships between public servants and citizens?”

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