diff --git a/tracks/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/tracks/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index 9fc59708..faad0fc0 100644
--- a/tracks/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/tracks/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -136,6 +136,13 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
         @active_projects = @projects.select{ |p| p.active? }
         @hidden_projects = @projects.select{ |p| p.hidden? }
         @completed_projects = @projects.select{ |p| p.completed? }
+        project_note_counts = Note.count(:group => 'project_id')
+        @projects.each do |project|
+          #define a singlton method "notes_count" on each project object
+          class << project; self end.send(:define_method, :notes_count) do
+            project_note_counts[project.id] || 0
+          end
+        end
         @new_project = @user.projects.build
         render
       end
diff --git a/tracks/app/helpers/application_helper.rb b/tracks/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
index ab3a91da..e21212cb 100644
--- a/tracks/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
+++ b/tracks/app/helpers/application_helper.rb
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@ module ApplicationHelper
   def count_undone_todos_phrase_text(todos_parent, string="actions")
     count_undone_todos_phrase(todos_parent, string).gsub("&nbsp;"," ")
   end
+
+  def count_undone_todos_and_notes_phrase(project, string="actions")
+    s = count_undone_todos_phrase(project, string)
+    s += ", #{pluralize(project.notes_count, 'note')}" unless project.notes_count == 0
+    s
+  end
   
   def link_to_context(context, descriptor = sanitize(context.name))
     link_to( descriptor, context_path(context), :title => "View context: #{context.name}" )
diff --git a/tracks/app/views/projects/_project_listing.rhtml b/tracks/app/views/projects/_project_listing.rhtml
index a2d99242..736897d7 100644
--- a/tracks/app/views/projects/_project_listing.rhtml
+++ b/tracks/app/views/projects/_project_listing.rhtml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
       <span class="handle">DRAG</span>
     </div>  
     <div class="data">
-      <%= link_to_project( project ) %><%= " (" + count_undone_todos_phrase(project,"actions") + ")" %>
+      <%= link_to_project( project ) %><%= " (" + count_undone_todos_and_notes_phrase(project,"actions") + ")" %>
     </div>
     <div class="buttons">
       <span class="grey"><%= project.current_state.to_s.upcase %></span>