North Street Neighborhood Secretary Greenspace

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.

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October North Street Neighborhood Association Meeting

The October meeting of the North Street Neighborhood Association will be on Thursday, October 2nd, at 6:30pm, at Hawthorne Library and online via Google Meet. Our regular meeting location is still under construction.

The call-in information is at the top of the agenda as well as on the calendar event (viewable on the righthand side of our website, https://northstreetna.org). You can view the agenda here. The Treasurer’s Report will be added before the meeting if possible, and several other items will have proposals added by October 2nd.

If you have trouble accessing any of the documents, please contact cochairs@northstreetna.org to let us know!

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September North Street Neighborhood Association Meeting Agenda

The September meeting of the North Street Neighborhood Association will be on Thursday, September 4th, at 6:30pm, at Hawthorne Library and online via Google Meet. Our regular meeting location is still under construction.

The call-in information is at the top of the agenda as well as on the calendar event (viewable on the righthand side of our website, https://northstreetna.org). You can view the agenda here. The Treasurer’s Report will be added before the meeting. It’s a very full agenda, so we have limited time for open comment.

If you have trouble accessing any of the documents, please contact cochairs@northstreetna.org to let us know!

Reminder: Our membership year runs from September 1 to August 31, so if you haven’t yet renewed your dues, now is the time to renew. You can renew online here, and choose how you want to pay – you can use a credit card or paypal online, mail us a check, or bring your payment (cash or check) to a meeting.

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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.

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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. 

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Greenspace Volunteer Opportunity

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

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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.

A picture of a previous year's festival. In the front, a sign says "Eken Park Fest August 17th, 11am-8pm". Behind the sign are metal butterfly sculptures and yellow flowers. In the background is a crowd of people. At the top, a hot dog with mustard has a propellor and is trailing a sign that says "Now in the actual park".