Welcome to the Council of Albany Neighborhood Associations
Web Site!
The Council of Albany Neighborhood Associations , commonly known as "CANA," is a nonpartisan federation of neighborhood associations
and related organizations that was founded in 1976. Subscribe to
the CANA mailing list, by clicking here.
The upcoming meetings are as follows:
May 7. Albany School
District, Superintendent, Dr. Eva Joseph. For an agenda, click here.
For the April meeting minutes, click here.
June
4 – AlbanyCountyDA, David Soares, AlbanyCounty Probation, NYS
Parole
September
3, Vacant Building Inventory
CANA meetings are held on the first Wednesday of the month, except in
July and August, from 7 to 9 PM at the main branch of the Albany Public
Library, unless otherwise noted.
Big News - CANA wins "Sense
of Place Award," for details go here.
CANA Dues were
due by January 31, 2008: $25
for neighborhood associations (NA); $10 for individuals. Applications are
available here: NA, Individual.
2nd Avenue,
Albany Bicycle Coalition, Center Square, Coalition to Save Albany,
Delaware, Helderberg, Hudson Park, . Lincoln Park, Manning Blvd NA, Mansion, Melrose, NASW NY, Mt.
Hope, New Albany NA, New Scotland Whitehall, Off Campus Affairs, Park
South, Pine Hills, Shaker Park/Shaker Road/Bishops Gate, UWNA,
Washington Park, Washington Square, West End.
Web Site
membership list was updated for 2008 and is shown here.
Neighborhoods Work Conference 8, Saturday, December 1. Read
Times Union Account.
New Neighborhood Assoc Map is here, Courtesy
City of
Albany, Dept of Development & Planning
See report
of Council of Albany Neighborhood Associations/Neighborhood
Resource Council Code Enforcement Task Force.
To receive a copy of the entire report in hard-copy, including
all appendices which are not on the CANA web site, write
Eileen Murray.
Recent CANA resolutions
CANA
endorses the Code Enforcement Task Force’s report as well as its
recommendations for implementation.
Resolution calling for Common
Council to take lead in developing Comprehensive Plan.
Resolution calling for CANA to
adopt these Guiding Principles for Conducting a Successful Comprehensive
Plan.
Resolution calling for the City
of Albany to develop a
Comprehensive Plan.
Resolutionopposing the spot zoning on Holland Avenue to Highway Commercial
CANA's completely revised By-laws
have been posted.
Read
CANA's Vision Statement Adopted at January 5, 2005 meeting
See
the Albany Times Union collection of articles about Albany's
neighborhoods.
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Car from theft by participating in the Decal and VIN Etching Program.
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A listing of the meeting dates,
times, and
places for Albany's neighborhood associations has been added.
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