Find Out How to Use Nextdoor.com at This Meeting Saturday

Kathy Ramundt, a key organizer of Nextdoor.com in Roseville, will talk about how the city's residents can make use of the private social networking web site at a meeting scheduled this Saturday.

Ramundt's meeting will be held from 10 to 11:30 a.m. March 23 at the Roseville Library's Community Room. The library is located at  2180 Hamline Ave. N.

As of the end of 2012, Nextdoor had 1,265 members from 15 Roseville neighborhoods, Ramundt said. But she added that a recent survey indicated that respondents felt the service would be better if more people were involved.

in a recent email newsletter, the city of Roseville said the purpose of Ramundt's meeting " will be to discuss Nextdoor, show you features you may not be familiar with (such as Leads and Groups), share idea and talk about how we can grow Nextdoor." Residents planning to attend the information meeting are urged to rsvp Ramundt at kramundt@hotmail.com.

In his Mayor Dan Roe said Nextdoor.com is a way to connect and strengthen Roseville neighborhoods.
"Roseville has worked with Nextdoor to establish broad neighborhood areas that correspond to our park system “constellations” as the basic geographic building blocks of our community." Roe said. "Individual smaller areas are also free to set up their own specific neighborhood groups within the larger areas to match their localized and personalized sense of neighborhood.

Roe added, "The site can be used by the City to send out messages related to public safety or community events."