SUMMIT CRIME WATCH
The next meeting of the Summit Crime Watch will be held Monday March 22, 2010 at 6:30- 7:30 PM at Miriam Hospital (Baxt Building Hurvitz Conference Room—located across from the cafeteria: go to the main entrance.
If you were not able to attend the Summit Neighborhood Association annual meeting, Col. Dean Esserman spoke and gave an inspiring talk about the value of a neighborhood crime watch, the support of the Providence Police Department, and the benefit of community strengthening that a crime watch brings.
The past couple of meetings (unlike the first meetings) were attended by many people so many more of us are recognizing the importance of this and are willing to work to make it happen. At the SNA meeting, Col. Esserman mentioned that he was glad we currently don’t have a crisis to bring us all together; perhaps a strong crime watch program can assist in keeping it that way (or even better—less crime than we do have).
Please call Monica Anderson @ 401-793-2120or e-mail Manderson@lifespan.org for more information.
Summit Neighborhood Association Annual Meeting
Please come to the
Summit Neighborhood Association Annual Meeting
February 22, 2010 at 7:00 PM
At Summit Commons 99 Hillside Avenue
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Introduction of Government Officials and Recognition of 2009 Board
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Review of 2009
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Introduction and Election of 2010 Board and Officers
Speakers:
* Henry Bowen Anthony Fountain, Robert F. McMahon, Superintendent
* North Main Street Project Committee Update
Additional information from Peter Gill Case and Jordan Durham
* Update on Miriam’s Hospital Institutional Master Plan
* Information about the Mount Hope Neighborhood Association, Lorenzo Perry, Youth Coordinator
* Upcoming Summit Neighborhood Association Events
* Hope Street Merchants Association–Nanda Head
* Neighborhood Crime Lt Schiavulli, Detectives, Colonel Esserman
* Discussion of Crime Watch Program with Monica Anderson.
Henry Bowen Anthony fountain to flow again
01:00 AM EST on Wednesday, January 6, 2010
The $180,000 project, which will be put out to bid in late February, calls for installing new plumbing, lighting and a water recirculation and filtration system. The fountain has been in disuse since 1982, when the city shut off its water due to rising operating costs, according to city Parks Supt. Robert McMahon.
“We have to assume after 28 years that some of the existing brass and copper piping within the granite fountain structure is deficient … The piping itself is not a significant cost, but the process of dismantling the fountain and putting it back together will be expensive,” he said.
Designed in a modern style by the Providence firm Jackson, Robertson & Adams, the fountain is the centerpiece of Lippitt Park, where Hope Street meets Blackstone Boulevard, near the Pawtucket city line.
It was erected in 1940 in memory of the late Henry Bowen Anthony, a U.S. senator (1859 to 1884), Rhode Island governor (1849-1851), and publisher of The Providence Journal. He died in 1884 at 69.
When it is operational in June, the fountain will join three other public outdoor fountains in Providence: the Bajnotti fountain in Burnside Park (Kennedy Plaza), the DePasquale fountain in DePasquale Plaza (Atwells Avenue) and the Clements fountain in Jacqueline Clements Park (Friendship and Dudley streets).
More neighborhood holiday shopping events…
Nanda Interiors and luxe boutique invite you to their holiday event this Thursday, 12/17 from 5pm-8pm at 780 & 782 Hope Street.
Neighborhood Merchants Offering SNA Holiday Specials…
Kreatelier invites you to stop in and check out their store and is offering the special discount listed below for all of its Summit neighbors…
10% off on all items in the store except for home interior services. This discount will be offered from December 1st until December 15th 2009. To receive this discount please bring in one (or more than one) clean paper bag (shopping bag with handle) without a business logo. We noticed that a lot of people still throw out paper bags. They can absolutely be reused and we would love to take them.
Kreatelier is an innovative textile product design studio dedicated to offering colorful, functional, environmentally aware, European-inspired design. Kreatelier’s cheerful, durable line of textile goods includes accessories, car organizers, reusable gift wraps, quilts, bags, pencil cases and much more.
804 Hope Street, Providence RI 02906~ 401-432-7995
KREATELIER’S STORE is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10am until 6pm
Holiday Stroll on Hope Street~ Saturday 12/5 from 11-5
The Hope Street Merchant’s Association invites you to the HOPE STREET WINTER STROLL on Saturday December 5th from 11-5.
There will be holiday sales and specials at the shops and restaurants as well as refreshments and entertainment. Santa will be at Love Bugs from 1-3.
Lt. Governor Roberts and Mayor Cicilline will be stopping by and there will be a trolley running from Hope Street to downcity for the City tree lighting event.
For more information contact Nanda at 401-429-6012.
Do you remember….
Do you remember….
Where the East Side Used to
Be?
SNA joins with the Mt. Hope Neighborhood
Association for our second annual joint neighborhood
History Night on Tuesday, November 24 from 7 to 8:30
p.m. at the Church of the Redeemer, 655 Hope Street.
This time around, we invite neighbors to create their
own history of the East Side by calling on Rhode
Island’s most important navigational aid: our memory
maps of where vanished neighborhood landmarks used
to be. Do you remember the Jenkins Street or Summit
Avenue Schools? Did you shop at Miller’s Deli or Carl’s
Diggin’s? Did you bowl at Down Under Duckpins
(which was where Sullivan’s Lanes used to be)?
Last year’s event on the history of North Main Street
was very well attended. One of the highlights was the
wealth of memories shared by audience members. This
time around, we’ll devote the entire program to
audience participation. Please join us on Nov. 24th for
a lively exploration into remembered neighborhood
stores, schools, restaurants and organizations.
East of Hope Lorimer Blackstone map-99
Ninth-Eighth to Pawtucket maps-97-98
Frost to Pawtucket east of NMS maps-95-961
Frost to Pawtucket east of NMS maps-95-96
Fouth to Nighth-Eighth maps-91-92-93-94
Rochambeau to Fourth maps-88-89-90
Hope For The Earth Festival on Hope Street
Hope For The Earth Festival on Hope Street
Sunday April 26 from 12-3 PM (rain date May 3rd)
The Hope Street Merchants Association is organizing a festival on Hope Street; and it does sound festive!
There will be many events for kids. Just some of the activities are listed below.
v Blooming Blossoms agreed to hold a work shop for children
v Fresh Purls will also hold a workshop at her store for kids
v Kreatelier will also do a kids workshop
The Roli Poli Guacomoli Band will be performing. This was fully funded by The Friends of Rochambeau Library
Also,
* Sidewalk Sales will be set up by merchants
* Groden Center will be selling locally grown herbs
* Seven Stars will have a “Decorate the Earth” cookie workshop
India Restaurant and Pizzico will be serving special “GREEN” food treats
At the Hope for the Earth Festival the new Hope Street trash barrels will be unveiled and a “Name that can” event will take place for kids
Narragansett Bay Commission Public Meeting Concerning Construction in Summit for Phase II of the CSO Project
WHAT
Neighborhood meeting for residents of the
Summit Avenue neighborhood, to discuss the
Narragansett Bay Commission’s planned construction
in the neighborhood for Phase II of the Commission’s
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) Project, to
commence in 2010.
WHEN
Monday, March 23, 2009
7:30 PM
WHERE
Rochambeau Branch, Providence Public Library
708 Hope Street, Providence
BACKGROUND
The first phase of the Narragansett Bay Commission’s
Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) project went
on-line in November 2008, with the purpose of
protecting our urban rivers and Narragansett Bay
from weather-related sewage overflows. The
centerpiece of the project is a 3+ mile long, 250-ft
deep tunnel that begins in the Port of Providence and
terminates west of the Foundry Complex.
Since the tunnel went on-line, over 400 million gallons
of CSO flow has been prevented from overflowing
and has been diverted to the Field’s Point Wastewater
Treatment Facility for treatment.
In Phase II of the CSO project, the NBC will build
two near-surface interceptors to convey additional
flow to the Phase I tunnel and will construct separate
storm sewers in the Summit Avenue neighborhood.
At this meeting, the NBC will present plans for
construction and discuss construction-related impacts
to the neighborhood.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL THE NBC’S PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICE AT 461-8848 X377
OR EMAIL NBCPR@NARRABAY.COM
Summit Projects Included in Report by US Conference of Mayors
“READY TO GO” JOBS AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS
America’s Mayors Report to the Nation on Projects to
Strengthen Metro Economies and Create Jobs Now
Release #4: January 17, 2009
Infrastructure Jobs in Cities – “Ready to Go”
Today The U.S. Conference of Mayors releases the fourth in its series of reports on
infrastructure projects that are “ready to go” in cities across the nation – projects that meet local infrastructure needs and contribute to local economic development goals, that can be funded quickly through existing federal channels and start quickly when funding is received, and that can generate the significant numbers of jobs that are needed to counter the severe economic problems we face today in our metro areas and our nation as a whole.
Today we are reporting that, in 779 cities of all sizes in all regions of the country, a
total of 18,750 local infrastructure projects are “ready to go.” These projects represent
an infrastructure investment of $149,758,339,126 that would be capable of producing an
estimated 1,604,371 jobs in 2009 and 2010. These are the cumulative totals of projects,
required funding, and jobs to be created that have been reported in the four surveys of cities
conducted by the Conference of Mayors over the past three months. The populations of the
779 cities submitting projects total 77,946,664.
A list of all Providence projects is attached with Summit area projects highlighted. Of course, Summit residents would also benefit from the other projects.
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