The Feb meeting of the North Street Neighborhood Association will be:
Due to the extreme cold, we are canceling the neighborhood social. See you Tuesday, Feb 18 for the next one!
The January meeting of the North Street Neighborhood Association will be on Thursday, January 2nd, at 6:30pm at Bashford Church and online via Google Meet. The agenda can be found here. Join us for our first meeting of 2025, where we’ll be taking the second vote on some bylaws changes and approving a budget for the association.
The December meeting of the North Street Neighborhood Association will be on Thursday, December 5th, at 6:30pm at Bashford Church and online via Google Meet. The agenda can be found here.
Our November meeting will be on Thursday, November 7th, at 6:30pm, at Bashford Church, with a call-in option (no video). You can view the meeting agenda, which includes the call-in information, meeting materials, and announcements.
November is when we hold our officer elections. Any member is eligible to run to be an officer, and you can nominate yourself. We need to elect a secretary, treasurer, and co-chair. The secretary and treasurer are one-year positions, and the co-chair is a two-year position. The co-chair for this year must be a resident of Emerson East. The secretary and treasurer can be from either neighborhood. All members of the association who are present at the meeting can vote for officers.
There are a few items that will be added to the agenda once they are ready. Those are the minutes from October 2024 (which will be added directly into the agenda) and information from Bear Development about their project (which will probably be a link to a PDF).
Our October meeting will be on Thursday, October 3rd, at 6:30pm at Bashford Church and online. You can view the meeting agenda, which includes the call-in information, meeting materials, and announcements. There are several items with a lot of information to review.
Don’t forget to go to the Emerson Eken Arts Walk this Saturday, September 28th!
After applying for Free Native Plants for Schools and Community Projects, we received a donation of approximately 200 plants for the East Washington Butterfly site near the Ella!
Eken Park Butterfly Gardens Volunteer Opportunities – October 5th and 6th
Meet at the butterfly gardens at East Washington and East Johnson (Car-X/Ella side).
Site Preparation for New Plants
Saturday 10/5/24 10:00AM – Approx. 12:00PM
General weeding and preparation of the turf area for planting.
Planting New Plants
Sunday 10/6/24 10:00AM – Approx. 12:00PM
Help plant all the donated plants at the new site!
To join the Greenspace Committee Newsletter, visit the Greenspace Committee Page
If you’ve been a North Street Neighborhood Association member, thank you! If you are interested in joining, now is a great time.
Our membership year ended on August 31st. We hope you’ll continue to be a member for the membership year that starts September 1, 2024 and goes until August 31, 2025. You can renew your dues by going to https://northstreetna.org/join-nsna, where you can select whether you are an individual or a household, and how you’d like to pay your dues (as well as how to apply for a waiver of your dues).
If you are planning to come to the NSNA meeting on Thursday, September 5th, you should renew ahead of that so that you can vote at the meeting (anyone is always welcome to attend). You can even renew online and then bring your dues in cash or check (made out to North Street Neighborhood Association) to the meeting.
Note: if you have paid your dues since August 1st, you are all set for the year and don’t need to pay again until next year.
By the way, you should have gotten a postcard in the mail from us – we’re doing a neighborhood survey at https://northstreetna.org/survey, and we’d love to hear from you.
The September meeting of the North Street Neighborhood Association will be on Thursday, September 5th, at 6:30pm at Bashford Church and online via Google Meet. You can view the meeting agenda, which includes the call-in information, meeting materials, and announcements.
Our North Street Neighborhood Association’s annual Eken Park Festival is coming up this Saturday from 11am to 8pm…now in the actual park! That’s right, the festival will be held in Eken Park for the first time. Tell your neighbors, tell your friends. Everyone is invited. The day will be full of music, good food, kids activities, and beer. Keep reading for all the details.
Music lineup presented by Benchmark Exteriors:
12 pm Kid Jordan and the Second Line
1:40 pm Pink Halo
3:10 pm Nester
4:45 pm Kat and the Hurricane
6:30 pm The Periodicals
Kids Activities presented by Liz Lauer and Lauer Realty
Listening Lawn presented by Ella Apartments
Bring your own chair or blanket and relax!
4:00 pm Kids of All Ages Parade led by Kid Jordan (crowns, tiaras, and festival best encouraged)
The City of Madison Water Wagon will be serving up H2O please bring your reusable water bottle or glass-free drinkware.
Food truck favorites presented by Northstreet:
El Sabor de Puebla
Just Veggiez
Melly Mell’s
Teddywedgers
The Chocolate Shoppe
Mentoring Positives
This FREE festival is completely volunteer-run. Volunteering is a great way to get to know your neighbors. There are still some volunteer slots available
To learn more about the festival and to sign up for volunteer slots, visit the Festival Page. For full information about the day’s events, visit the Eken Park Festival Facebook Event.
We’ll see you on Saturday!
North Street Neighborhood Association 