Welcome to Location19 MaryDan.

Nice to have you join the site as a member.  I'm  sure you are somewhat familiar with the site.   Now that you are a member, when you sign-in you can post to the Discussion Forum, Events calendar and Blog section of Location19 and you can join any of the various groups to participate in the discussions there.  Check out A Brief Overview on Location19 Structure to get more familiar with what's where.  In the tabs, Be sure to check out the "All Groups - Icons" sub-tab.

To join a group such as 19th Ward Community Association click on the group, then in the upper right of the group page just under the banner picture, next to your name click on +Join 19th Ward Community Association and you are a member!  Being a group member lets you post to the group and also permits you to receive email notifications from that group about events and other info that may not be posted on Location19 itself. You'll probably want to also join the 19th Ward Housing Committee and the 19th Ward Public Safety Committee.  We have been trying to use neighborhood group sites such as these to make people aware of what is going on in the neighborhoods and hopefully encourage people and groups to learn from each-other and replicate good programs.

There is a ton of information you can search for and read through on Location19.  Be sure you make use of the search options.  Also be sure to check out the Links tab.  There is a lot of information about SW neighborhoods there.