[Summit] Saturday's Earth Day Cleanups in Blackstone Pk, Fox Pt, Downtown & W. Broadway
David Kolsky
davidjkolsky at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 23 20:04:35 UTC 2021
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Blackstone Parks Conservancy
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Dear Members, Supporters and Friends,
Happy Earth Day!
After a long and challenging winter, it’s a pleasure to see fresh beginnings throughout the parks - from the flowering trees on the Boulevard to the newly returned songbirds near York Pond. Now more than ever, we can see how important it is to steward our environment.
Join us in celebrating Earth Day! There are many ways to get involved:
- Volunteer to clean up the shore along River Drive and the Seekonk River this Saturday, April 24! The Blackstone Parks Conservancy and Save the Bay are partnering to hold this shoreline cleanup. To ensure COVID safety, you must pre-register on Save the Bay’s website to join us.
- Help us turn Boulevard sticks into valuable mulch. From now until Saturday, April 24, if you see a large stick (more than 1 foot long or thicker than your thumb) on the Boulevard, place it near a tree marked by a green ribbon and a sign. Small branches will be used around Boulevard trees, and larger ones will be collected for chipping.
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| Do you know of a tree bed that could use some TLC?
Does your front sidewalk area need some weeding?
Please Join Us
This Saturday, April 24
9am-noon
for the 2021 FPNA Earth Day
FRONT YARD Cleanup!
Please join us to weed, prune, and spruce up
our own front sidewalks and yards.
Just grab some yard tools and step out your front door—
Or head to a nearby tree bed that needs some TLC.
Please help us beautify our neighborhood!
We hope you will join us!
PS. Quick with a camera? Send us some photos of your cleanup by responding to this message and attaching any shots. We'll use them in our upcoming newsletters! |
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Questions?
Contact FPNA Executive Secretary Amy Mendillo at
foxpointneighborhood at gmail.com
For more information on
the Fox Point Neighborhood Association,
visit
www.fpna.net
or follow us on
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Become a member!The Fox Point Neighborhood Association |
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| Annual Earth Day neighborhood cleanup. |
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| Earth Day Clean-Up: Saturday, April 24
Join us and the Providence Parks Department this Saturday, April 24 from 9-11AM for a Earth Day clean-up! We will be picking up trash and scraping stickers throughout downtown and along the Riverwalk. To sign-up, please click the blue button below. |
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| Sign-Up For The Event |
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| Details About The Event
- The volunteer event is from 9-11 AM. Please stay for what you can.
- We will be meeting in Memorial Park at 9 AM (by the World War I monument). This is near the intersection of College and S. Main Street.
- If you already signed up, you will be receiving more information today.
- Please wear a face covering and old clothes as you may get dirty.
- The Parks Department will be supplying everyone with gloves, scrappers, and trash pickers.
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| Photo courtesy of KIN and is a sample of one of their menu items. |
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| Welcome To The Neighborhood
KIN recently opened on the ground floor of the Biltmore Garage (on the corner of Washington and Union Street). Kin is a full service restaurant offering classic Southern + Soul dishes and is open Tuesday - Saturday from 11 AM - 10 PM.
The owner of KIN will be joining us for our next DNA meeting on Wednesday, May 19 from 6:30-7:30 PM. More details to come. |
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| Browse Their Menu |
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| Open Air Saturdays Begin In May
InDowncity's Open Air Saturdays begins again on Saturday, May 8 from 10 AM – 6 PM! Each Saturday, Westminster Street will be closed to vehicle traffic between Eddy Street and Union Street to allow pedestrians to browse through downtown's shops while staying outside in the fresh air.
This event allows for safe shopping both in-store and outside on the sidewalks. Everyone is asked to wear face masks and practice social distancing while shopping. No-touch hand sanitizing stations will be provided along Westminster Street. |
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| Free two-hour parking is available in designated Providence commercial districts has been extended through 2021. The free two hours will be offered from 10 a.m. until 9 p.m. each day in the areas listed here. |
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| Learn More About The Event |
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----- Forwarded Message ----- From: WBNA Newsletter <wbna at wbna.org>To:
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2021, 9:54:05 AM EDTSubject: Spring Cleaning, Zoning 101, and more
Neighborhood-Wide Yard Sale - get on the map!
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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
April 23, 2021 |
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WBNA's 38th Annual Spring Cleanup and GreenUp!
TOMORROW, Saturday, April 24
Tool Bank open 9:00AM - 1:00PM
For 38 years, neighbors, friends, and families have come together for WBNA's Annual Spring Cleanup to make a visible impact on neighborhood cleanliness and safety. Even though we will not be gathering or teaming up with other neighbors this year, we can all work together by cleaning our own yards and addressing areas in the neighborhood that need attention.
If you need tools or trash bags, WBNA’s Tool Bank will be open and available to lend tools for FREE to current WBNA members from 9:00AM-1:00PM. Please make sure to bring a valid form of ID. We will hold it and return it to you upon checking in the borrowed tools.
PLEASE NOTE: trash will not be picked up by the city this year. Trash needs to be disposed of in your home trash containers.
Enter a raffle to win a $50 gift card to the local business or restaurant of your choice (within the WBNA focus area), by submitting BEFORE & AFTER photos, plus one 311 report with a short sentence describing the who, what, where, why and when of your neighborhood clean-up project to wbna at wbna.org.
Read more... |
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| Thank you to our Spring Cleanup Sponsors! |
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Neighborhood Wide Yard Sale
Saturday, May 22 8:30AM - 1PM
Deadline to get on the map: May 18 5PM
Sign up to get on the map TODAY and encourage your neighbors to the left and right to also get on the map to create yard sale clusters and draw more shoppers to your sales. If you don’t have space for a sale where you live, WBNA Headquarters has space available for your yard sale. We welcome our local businesses to get on the map with a Sidewalk Sale or a special discount to draw shoppers to your business or a similar fun idea. Arts sale, open houses and the like are also welcome to get on the map (please specify the nature of your sale so we can mark the map accordingly).
Exciting news! The Eggroll sale that takes place as a part of the Yard Sale will happen again this year! Providence Hmong Church Executive Director Mailee Khang gave WBNA the good news and says that this Eggroll Fundraiser will be used to help the Women’s Department and the Youth’s Department [of the Providence Hmong Church] to attend conferences. It will also be used to help the Youth’s activities bring them closer to God. |
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| GET ON THE MAP |
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| Image by gcpvd.org |
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Zoning 101
April 28, 12:00PM - 1:00PM
Can you build that here? How did that housing project get the green light? Do I live in a historic district? Whether you’re an urbanist or simply curious about how things work, the Department of Planning and Development is excited to offer a virtual coffee hour series for Providence residents. Led by guest experts, each gathering will cover topics essential to the planning process.
The inaugural event, Zoning 101, will walk attendees through the basics of common zoning regulations and the boards and commissions that review the process along the way. Bob Azar, Deputy Director of the Department of Planning and Development and members of the Current Planning and Inspection and Standards teams will help lead the discussion.
We hope you can join us for our first conversation on April 28 from 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM on Zoom. This event is free and open to the public but pre-registration is required. To register, please follow this link: http://bit.ly/DPD_Zoning101
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What would YOU like to talk about?
Neighborhood nights are an opportunity for neighbors to come together to discuss and learn about topics that are of interest. To plan accordingly, we'd like your input. What topics would you like at a WBNA Neighborhood Night meeting?
Email us at wbna at wbna.org with your suggestions. |
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Providence Preservation Society Festival of Gardens | June 12 & 13
Tour some of the city's most exquisite gardens and support one of our partners, PPS.
Located in four city neighborhoods from the East Side to Elmwood, the eight featured gardens will exhibit a variety of plantings and contemporary interpretations of historic garden design. Read more...
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Other News & Updates:
- This Saturday, take part in the Grace Church Cemetery clean-up (intersection of Broad and Elmwood) if you are wanting to do more after you’ve taken part in WBNA’s neighborhood clean-up. During this time, the Grace Church Cemetery has suffered and there has been an excess of littering and dumping. To clean this property, we will need your help to clean it and to fund it. Read more...
- The Rhode Island Commerce Small Business Relief Grant Program provides grants of $5,000 for Rhode Island small businesses that have suffered financially due to COVID-19. Grant funds may be used to pay for: Wages and/or salaries of employees to avoid furloughs or layoffs;Operational costs incurred to enable the business to remain open through the state of emergency; or Facilitating the reopening of the business if the business was unable to remain open for a portion of the state of emergency. Read more...
- City of Providence Launches Online Overnight Parking Permit This week Mayor Elorza joined Councilman David Salvatore (ward 14) to launch an online overnight parking permit as a result of continued efforts to modernize and simplify city services. Applicants can visit https://www.providenceri.gov/public-works/forms/ and select Overnight Parking Application. Read more...
- Mayor Elorza Announces Completion of Operations Review and Analysis of the Providence Public Safety Department The report provides a series of data-driven policy and operational choices to transition Providence to a prevention-first model of public safety and create a healthier, safer, and more just community. The report will be used to inform the dialogue between the City and the community and identify opportunities to create capacity for prevention-first services and investments in sectors like housing, infrastructure, education, health care, workforce training, behavioral health, and social services, among others to enhance outcomes as part of the City’s commitment to improving social justice and equity. Read more...
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The Latest on COVID-19
- Significant changes to COVID-19 restrictions to be implemented in two phases beginning May 7 Read more...
- COVID-19: Where, when, and how to get vaccinated or tested. Read more...
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| RHODE ISLAND officials outlined the state’s timeline for reducing and eliminating COVID-19 business capacity restrictions Thursday. / COURTESY STATE OF RHODE ISLAND |
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Upcoming Events
Please visit our events page for details.
- April 22-30: Spring Clean-up Week
- May 22 (Saturday), 8:30AM-1PM: Neighborhood-wide Yard Sale
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| We rely on neighbors to get things done, but we also rely on neighbors to keep us running. Become a 2021 member today! |
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