NSNA News & Updates

Join NSNA on Wed, June 3rd for Madison Bike Week

Celebrate living in a Platinum-level bike friendly city and join your neighbors at two North Street Neighborhood Association events on Wednesday, June 3rd during this year’s Madison Bike Week!

Wednesday morning, the Transportation Committee will be helping you fuel up for the day at Emerson East Park, on the corner of 2nd Street and Johnson. Come by, say hi, and enjoy coffee from Moka and pastries from Bloom Bake Shop from 7 AM to 10 AM.

Not a morning person? Then at 6:30 PM, join us for a family friendly bike ride. Emerson East riders will meet on the bike path on 4th Street behind El Sabor, and Eken Park bikers will meet outside the North Street Caberet. The two groups will meet where Hoard Street hits the Starkweather Creek path, and together we will take the Capital City Trail to Ohio Street. There, enjoy ice cream at Chocolate Shoppe with a free waffle cone upgrade or beers and bingo at the Ohio Tavern. Everyone will depart on their own.

For more bike events this week, check out the full Madison Bike Week Agenda.

Earth Day Cleanup Saturday 4/25

Has the recent weather made you yearn even harder for summer in Madison? Do you want a way to enjoy the outdoors with friends and neighbors soon? Invest in future enjoyment in the sun for the entire neighborhood this Saturday, April 25th, for the NSNA Earth Day Neighborhood Cleanup!

Hosted by our Greenspace Committee, the Earth Day Neighborhood Cleanup is our part in a city-wide effort to take care of our public spaces by picking up trash. From 10 AM to noon on Saturday, swing by the butterfly gardens on the corner of North and Commercial to pick up supplies and help prepare our parks for their summer glow-up. Cafe Domestique has graciously donated the most important supply in getting work done, aka coffee, so bring your reusable mug to fuel up before you head out.

If you’re going to spend time at Demetral Park, the City of Madison has an Earth Day Challenge to see how many people volunteered. Get your work counted and submit photos to show off how great our parks can look.

For more details about our Greenspace Committee, check out their recent newsletter or the Greenspace Committee page.

April NSNA meeting tomorrow Thu 4/2 and grant applications reminder

April NSNA General Meeting

Thu April 2nd, 6:30-7:30 PM at Hawthorne Public Library, or you can call-in virtually.

Grant applications

NSNA’s annual Giving Committee grant application window is underway! Applications will be accepted through Sun April 26th. Please share with anyone you know that might be interested in applying!

To learn more about our annual giving process, or if you would like to be more involved, you can visit our Giving Committee page here. You can see the full details about the process in our policies [PDF].

Curious about our 2025 NSNA Grant Awardees? Check out this post from Jun 2025

NSNA Neighborhood Grant Applications are Open

The North Street Neighborhood Association is pleased to announce that the our annual Giving Committee grant process has begun! Applications will be accepted through Sun April 26th.

Apply here: 2026 NSNA Grant Application

To learn more about our annual giving process, or if you would like to be more involved, you can visit our Giving Committee page here. You can see the full details about the process in our policies [PDF].

Curious about our 2025 NSNA Grant Awardees? Check out this post from Jun 2025