The July meeting of the North Street Neighborhood Association will be on Thursday, July 10th, at 6:30pm, at Bashford Church and online via Google Meet. You can view the agenda, which includes this week’s announcements, here. If you have trouble accessing any of the documents, please contact cochairs@northstreetna.org to let us know!
NSNA News & Updates
Announcing Neighborhood Improvement Grant Recipients
Our Giving Committee has compiled the rankings from the June Neighborhood Association Meeting, and has awarded the following grants. Congratulations to these fantastic organizations supporting people in our neighborhoods.
Our annual giving process is funded by profits from Eken Park Festival as part of our charitable mission. This year, we distributed the full $4,500 that we budgeted.
The 2025 grants are going to:
Emerson Elementary PTO: $500
The Emerson Elementary PTO is teaming with the Girls on the Run team at Emerson for their community impact project to repaint the USA map on the Emerson Elementary blacktop. The community impact project will be executed on Thursday May 15th, weather pending. Repainting the map has been on the PTO’s to do list for the last year and the Girls on the Run team decided to repaint the map for their community impact project. The PTO is asking to be reimbursed for the cost of the paint and supplies. Supplies will be purchased May 14th, so our cost is not yet know. This project will be enjoyed by all those the visit Emerson Elementary. The school and MSCR regularly use this space as well as families using the playground equipment.
Madison Public Art Project: $1,000
“The mural, Siempre Aprendiendo, is unveiling May 31st, 2025 at 2200 Pennsylvania Ave. The full project scope can be found here: https://www.madisonpublicartproject.org/siempreaprendiendo This grant request is for funding to complement the mural, once installed, to offer community programming including guided mural tours, Paint in our Pocket Park! days, and a future Aldo Leopold bench making workshop which will offer additional seating in the gardens for the public to enjoy the mural installation. These workshops will be offered for 2025/6. All MPAP community programming is created to support diversity, inclusivity, and equity through public art offering creative and exciting new ways for the community to join together! “
Moms on a Mission Madison: $1,500
Moms On a Mission Madison is a grassroots organization ran by Moms and former moms of East High School students. For 5 years we have been doing violence prevention and intervention outside of East High School by providing snacks and other support for students in order to reduce student contact with police.
Sherman Middle School: $1,500
I am an 8th grade Special Education teacher at Sherman Middle School. Over the past year I have been working on finding learning opportunities and ways to fundraise to make field trips more accessible for all of our scholars. Many of our students struggle with paying for our field trips, so I have tried to do as much work as possible to lower the costs. Our end of year field trips are the last opportunities our 8th graders will have to spend time with each other before they transition to high school. While most of them will probably go to East, they may not see each other there, or they may move to another high school. Any funding that can help our students have affordable trips would be a huge help. Our two trips planned will be on June 6 and June 10. The first one will be a walking field trip to Warner Park for the students to take part in a kickball tournament on the baseball field that the Mallard’s play on. They will be tie-dying shirts that will then be personalized for the game. Our second trip will be to Kalahari Resort for the students to enjoy a water park adventure with their peers before their 8th grade promotion.
Want to get more involved in the decision-making for these funds? Join the Giving Committee by sending them an email. They’ll soon be evaluating this year’s process and proposing changes for the future.
Volunteers needed for Eken Park Festival
Eken Park Festival 2025 Volunteer Sign Up
Eken Park Festival 2025 is back in Eken Park on Saturday, August 16th.
This fun, family-friendly event only comes together with the hard work of volunteers. There are a variety of important jobs that need to be filled. Please consider signing up! If you won’t be around the day of the event, there are flyering opportunities in the weeks before the event.
Thank you in advance,
Eken Park Festival Planning Committee
Click on this link to sign up:
Eken Park Festival 2025 Volunteer Sign Up
More details:
Here’s how it works in 3 easy steps:
1) Click this link to see the available spots on SignUp: https://signup.com/go/VCaycer
2) Review the options listed and choose the spot(s) you like.
3) Sign up! It’s easy and you will NOT need to register an account or keep a password on SignUp.
Note: SignUp does not share your email address with anyone. If you prefer not to use your email address, please contact the festival committee to sign you up manually.
July Meeting Rescheduled
We are rescheduling the July North Street Neighborhood Association to Thursday, July 10th (still from 6:30pm-7:30pm at Bashford and online).
Our regularly scheduled meeting falls the night before the July 4th holiday and we were concerned about low attendance. We’ve updated the calendar to reflect this, but wanted to make sure folks knew.
Yard Sale Map is Live
Our annual Yard Sale is coming up on Saturday, June 7th from 8am-2pm!
The map is now available on our Yard Sale page or directly on GoogleMaps here.
Our rain date is Saturday, June 14th – but some sellers may still choose to sell on June7th even if it’s rainy. If the sale is postponed, we’ll post on our blog & social media to let you know.
June 2025 North Street Neighborhood Association Agenda
The North Street Neighborhood Association June meeting will be on Thursday, June 5th, at 6:30pm, at Bashford Church and online via Google Meet. Everyone is welcome to attend. The agenda is available LINK HERE.
NOTE: this is the meeting where we will hear from grant applicants and members will rank the recipients, so it may run as late as 8pm. Please read their applications (in the agenda) ahead of time.
Bike Week and Yard Sale Are Next Week
NSNA is celebrating Madison Bike Week and our annual yard sale weekend the first week of June! See details and links below, and we hope you can join us.
- First up, on Tuesday, June 3 from 7-10am, join us in Emerson East Park (corner of N Second and E Johnson) for our Bike Week commuter station. We’ll have coffee donated by MOKA, pastries donated by Bloom, and extra food purchased by NSNA. More info at https://www.facebook.com/events/583138088159577. If you would to volunteer at the event, please sign up at https://signup.com/go/uBCeDSU
- On Wednesday, June 4 at 6:30pm, we’re doing a family-friendly slow roll from points in Emerson and Eken to the Chocolate Shoppe on Atwood. Also on the agenda is tacos and/or bingo (for 21+) at the Ohio Tavern. Pick one or the other, or all of the above! More info at https://www.facebook.com/events/1402717997739479
- On Saturday June 7, it’s time for the annual neighborhood yard sale from 8am-2pm. More info at https://northstreetna.org/yard-sale/
And of course, our monthly meeting is on Thursday, June 5th at 6:30pm. We will post the agenda tomorrow (Thursday, May 29th). This is the meeting where we will hear from grant applicants and members will rank the recipients, so it may run as late as 8pm. Please read their applications (in the agenda) ahead of time.
Yard Sale 2025
Registration is open for the 2025 Emerson East & Eken Park Neighborhood Yard Sale! If you’ve been considering holding a yard sale, we encourage you to join – with lots of sales in the two neighborhoods on the same day, there should be more folks coming to check things out.
The yard sale is on Saturday, June 7th (rain date: Saturday, June 14th) from 8am-2pm. Sign up by May 28th to be included on the map. Your registration fee helps cover the cost of placing an advertisement in local media. (Just interested in buying from your neighbors? the map will be published on June 1st).
More info and registration form are here.
May 2025 NSNA meeting & many announcements!
- Sat 4/26 Earth Day volunteer cleanup
10:00 AM at North St & Commercial Ave
- Thu 5/1 NSNA monthly meeting
6:30 PM at Bashford Church and Google Meet
Agenda (including meeting link) - Thu 5/1 and Thu 5/15 BRT community meetings
See here for details to sign up and attend - Mon 5/4-Sat 5/10 volunteer shifts to help paint a mural
Sat 5/10 1-3:00 PM Community Gardening Workshop
Sat 5/31 1-3:00 PM Grand opening/unveiling
Lots going on here, and opportunity to roll up your sleeves and help on this project. Overall website with information. - 5/16 NSNA grant applications are due
Blog post about applying for neighborhood improvement grants - Every Tuesday: Picnic on the Patio
5-8 PM at Northstreet
“Starting Tuesday, April 22nd, Northstreet is thrilled to kick off its Picnic on the Patio series: an open-air evening market highlighting the best of Madison’s creative, culinary, and community spirit. Every Tuesday from 5-8pm, visitors are invited to gather at 557 North Street in the heart of Madison’s Eken Park neighborhood to enjoy local art, delicious eats, refreshing brews, and more.“ - Sat 6/7 NSNA Yard Sale
(Sat 6/14 rain date)
Signup information to come in mid-May - Sat 9/20 Emerson Eken Art Walk
“THE 2025 ART WALK IS ON! September 20, 2025. Details below and in future emails. Registration to open in coming weeks.”
emersonekenartwalk@gmail.com
NSNA Neighborhood Grant Applications are Open
The North Street Neighborhood Association is pleased to announce that the annual Giving Committee grant process has begun. Interested parties can apply for a North Street Neighborhood Association Neighborhood Improvement Grant at this link. Please note the Eligibility and Stipulation requirements shown, especially the application due date of Friday, May 16th.
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].
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