Community Corner

Friday, February 11, 2005 By NATALIA MUÑOZnmunoz@repub.com SPRINGFIELD - Barbara Rivera, daughter of a politically prominent Irish-American family who became a powerful advocate for poor Latinos, died yesterday at 69 after a short illness. Born Barbara Coakley in Chicopee, Rivera began a lifetime of activism after she herself was forced ...

Riverview tenant council report Tenants finally get trash barrels Under the threat of action SHA finally put more barrels outside.  A gain tenants showed their cooperation – the barrels were filled in two days.  We must get SHA to empty them more often or the barrels and will be useless . 103 – 105 division ...

Report on first tenant council The members of the Riverview T. C. held their first meeting on June 26, 1972.  Tenant representatives jumped right into areas of concern to them.  There’s a good spirit among the representatives and they are eager about working to get things improved in the project.  Here are some of the new ...

Last Friday 23 residents were elected to the Riverview Tenant Council by their neighbors. Voting was very spirited as 168 tenants turned out on a rainy day to select their representatives. Three young residents from the ages of sixteen to eighteen were also elected to represent the large population of young people in the project. The results are ...

The election of the Riverview tenant council will take place this Friday, June 16 in the entrance to the administration building. Many tenants are interested in serving on the tenant council and have submitted nomination papers. Candidates are: 122 Clyde – pick 3 Carmen Gonzalez Fannie Grant Nereida Jimenez Carmen Mercado Delores Dee ...

Progress report To: John F. Keane From A. Simon Mielniczuk March This month, Jose and I spent familiarizing ourselves with Riverview and the housing authority. We started meetings with tenants, Asselin and outside agency employees working in the project. We also put out the first issue of the tenant paper, a monthly newsletter containing news ...

May 30 1972 Vol 1 #5 MEETING TO START TENANT COUNCIL IS BIG SUCCESS About 60 Riverview residents met Thursday night May 25 to set up the tenant council.  In the group decided that there should be representation from each area of the project as well as use the representation.  High rise representation will be as follows 105 and 103 ...

8th FLOOR TENANTS WIN Tenants on the eighth floor of the high-rise buildings would been pressing the housing authority for damages caused by the King groups got their money last week.  Members of the group headed by Mrs. Carmen Piniero received checks for claims ranging from $5.00 to $40.00.  A contractor has been selected to fix the ...

ALL TENANTS ON THE 8TH FLOOR If you have water leaking from the roof If you’re curtains have been destroyed by the water If your children have been sick because of the water coming into your apartment Come to the meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, March 28, at the tenant organization office time 11:00 AM.  Call Jose or Simon for more ...

In our first two weeks of visiting Riverview tenants, we have talked with 40 families. Almost every family has some problem in their apartment that they have been trying to get the housing authority to look at.  Some problems are serious.  Some are just small problems.  What we want to show you is how you can make the housing ...