Our annual festival, Eken Park Festival, is coming up in August. Did you know that it’s an entirely volunteer effort? We’re seeking volunteers for this year’s festival, which will be Saturday, August 17th. Volunteering is a great way to support the festival and get to know your neighbors. You can sign up here. Volunteers help with setting up, selling beer, emptying trash bins, and keeping things running smoothly. We also need volunteers to help with our fantastic kids area.
The July 2024 meeting of the North Street Neighborhood Association will be on Thursday, July 11th at 6:30pm, at Bashford and online. You can view the full agenda, which includes the link to join online and links to any relevant documents. We look forward to seeing you next week.
Our neighborhood yard sale continues this Saturday, June 8th, from 8am-2pm. You can view an interactive map here. If you missed last week due to the rain, this week is sure to provide all sorts of treasures.
The new Emerson East neighborhood sign has been installed, and it looks beautiful. Groups of volunteers worked over the course of two weekends to install the sign and plant around it. If you haven’t had a chance to see it, it’s at East Johnson and Packers. We were joined by our alder Amani Latimer-Burris and City staff person Linda Horvath, who works in the Planning Division (which gave us the grant to fund the sign). The sign was designed by Emerson East resident Sara Hinkel.
We have a lot going on in the next few weeks in the North Street Neighborhood Association area, and even more in the coming months. Here are announcements about some of those, including volunteer opportunities.
Emerson East Neighborhood sign installation: We’ll be installing the new Emerson East neighborhood sign over the next two weekends. On Saturday May 11th from 9am-12pm, we’ll be pouring concrete and pulling up sod to prepare the site for planting. On Saturday May 18th from 9am-12pm, we’ll be planting a variety of plants around the sign. More volunteers means easier work for everyone. The location is East Johnson Street at Packers. You can preview the beautiful new sign on our homepage.
Friends of Starkweather Creek will be doing some planting by the creek during the week of May 19th. They will post a time and date on their Facebook page.
Yard Sale: Our annual Yard Sale will be on Saturday June 1st from 8am-2pm (rain date is June 8th). Register by May 22nd to be listed on the map. For more information, visit our Yard Sale page.
Bike to Work Week: Our Transportation Committee will setting up tables on the bike path on two different dates during Bike to Work Week. On Tuesday, June 4th, they’ll be on Commercial Avenue at the Starkweather path, and on Thursday, June 6th, they’ll be at Emerson East Park. Both mornings will be from 7am-10am. They are looking for volunteers to give out coffee & pastries to cyclists. You don’t have to volunteer for the full 3 hours. Contact us to get connected. And if you are a bike commuter, check out these stops on your morning commute.
Common Council Budget Engagement Events: Facing a budget shortfall for 2025, our Alders have put together events for people to give feedback about how we want to see the City address this. The event for the Northside (which includes District 12) is on Wednesday, June 5th at 6pm, at Black Hawk Middle School. There is also a downtown event on Thursday, May 30th at 6pm which will be hybrid, with a virtual participation option for those who may not be able to make it in person.
Our annual Eken Park Festival will be on Saturday, August 17th in Eken Park. The festival is always looking for volunteers, especially volunteers to help run the festival during that day. We’ll announce when the official volunteer sign-up is available. In the meantime, save the date and think about how you might want to help out.
The Emerson East Eken Park Art Walk will be on Saturday, September 28th. The Artist Registration is open now. If you are an artist in the Emerson East or Eken Park neighborhoods, sign up to show your work at the second year of this event (and if you know your neighbors are artists, encourage them to participate).
Finally, a reminder that our July Neighborhood Association Meeting will be on Thursday, July 11th (rather than on July 4th).
North Street Neighborhood Association 