The August meeting of the North Street Neighborhood Association will be on Thursday, August 1st, 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 several announcements. Note that a few items, including the meeting minutes from July, are still being finalized and will be added as they become available.
NSNA News & Updates
Volunteer at Eken Park Festival
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.
July 2024 North Street Neighborhood Association Meeting Agenda
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.
NSNA Awards Grants to Neighborhood Projects
Reminder that the July NSNA meeting is NOT in two days, it will be on July 11th. Read on for an announcement about our first annual giving process! At the May NSNA meeting, association members had the opportunity to hear from the local organizations that applied for funding from the annual NSNA Giving Process, and rank the applicants to determine the allocation of funds. The process, overseen by the Giving Committee, is how the neighborhood association gives out funds raised through Eken Park Festival to support local projects.
This year year’s awardees were:
Emerson Elementary PTO, $1000 towards the purchase of a mat for their GaGa Ball Pit.
Emerson Eken Arts, $1000 towards the 2nd Annual Emerson Eken Art Walk (September 28, 2024).
Friends of Starkweather Creek, $924 towards purchasing native plants for the park at the corner of Commercial and McCormick.
Our co-chairs joined the Giving Committee chair to present the funds to a representative from each organization. We’re so glad to be able to support all three organizations with our first round of our giving process.
Yard Sale – again!
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.
Bike Week 6/4 and 6/6, 7am – 10am
The North Street Neighborhood Association Transportation Committee is hosting Bike Week tables in each of our neighborhoods! We will be giving out coffee and breakfast treats from 7am – 10am on June 4th along the Starkweather Creek Path @ Commercial Ave and June 6th in Emerson East Park. If you would like to volunteer to hand out treats please contact Mike Zenz at mjzenz@gmail.com. Otherwise please stop by, grab some breakfast, and chat with your neighbors.
Tuesday’s commuter station: Starkweather Path @ Commercial
Thursday’s commuter station: Emerson East Park (on Johnson between First and Second)
We hope to see you during Bike Week!
June 2024 North Street Neighborhood Association Meeting Agenda
The June 2024 meeting of the North Street Neighborhood Association will be on Thursday, June 6th 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.
Neighborhood Yard Sale on Saturday!
The annual North Street Neighborhood Association yard sale is on Saturday, June 1st from 8am-2pm. Visit 20 yard sales across both the Emerson East and Eken Park neighborhoods. For full details, including a map & list of addresses, visit our Yard Sale page. Folks are selling a full range of things, from kitchen items to vintage toys to sports equipment to clothing.
Emerson East Sign Installation
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.
Neighborhood Announcements
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).
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