EC&G Meeting
by Robin - January 3rd, 2010Happy New Year! Hope everyone enjoyed the holidays.
Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, January 12 at 7pm at PC’s Feinstein Center, Room 405, 4th floor. Hope to see you there.
RI Student Climate Coalition (RISCC) Rally
by Robin - December 7th, 2009Some PC students have teamed up with Brown students to revive the RISCC and have planned a rally on Dec. 10th at 5pm to call for clean energy and strong emissions cuts. Here is information from their flyer:
Join us to make Senator Whitehouse hear our voices!
A call for clean energy and strong emissions cuts. Applaud Whitehouse’s efforts to halt climate change and create clean energy alternatives.
We urge him to continue to take a hard stance on climate change and for the White House to do the same.
Thursday December 10th – - 5 pm. Corner of Washington St. & Exchange St. (Burnside Park)
For more information, contact: RIStudentClimateCoalition@gmail.com.
Last week to go GREEN!
by Robin - December 3rd, 2009|
Next week is the last week of the season that the City will be picking up yard debris waste. Our final pickup (Elmhurst) is next Tuesday 12/8/09…final date city-wide is Friday 12/11. After that, all leaves and debris must go in a bag within the big green containers as trash.
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We are making a difference!
by Robin - December 2nd, 2009CONGRATULATIONS ELMHURST!
According to Councilman Solomon, early reports list the 5th Ward with the highest percentage of recycling, just over 40%. Great job everyone!
The chart below, which lists the official statistics from the City as of today, demonstrates the increase in the amount recycled city-wide since the program began.
Reminder: write your street address on your bins as there have been some thefts lately. Anyone needing replacement bins, please let us know: contact@elmhurstcleanandgreen.org.
| RECYCLE TONS DURING GREEN UP | ||
| Weekly Trend: 11/2/09 – 11/23/09 | ||
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Recycle Tons |
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10/19/09 |
108.14 |
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10/26/09 |
140.66 |
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11/02/09 |
119.21 |
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11/09/09 |
153.92 |
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11/16/09 |
208.97 |
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11/23/09 |
222.96 |
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08/03/09-10/26/09 Avg. Tons: |
128.8 |
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Recycle Bins
by Robin - November 29th, 2009Don’t forget to write your street address on each of your recycle bins!
Updates on Ward 12 from Councilman Hassett
by Robin - November 24th, 2009STUDENT DROP OFF LANE has been completed on Oakland Ave. and is operational for the benefit of student safety – this lane was created to improve traffic safety for students being dropped off for school.
DAVIS PARK – new crosswalks are to be installed between Davis Park and Greene Middle School across Chalkstone (funded by the 12th Ward Public Improvement Fund – CDBG and Bonds).
FATHER LENNON PARK – new walking track was installed several years ago and will now include new solar lighting along the path (funded by the 12th Ward Public Improvement Fund – CDBG and Bonds).
NATHANAEL GREENE - parking lot has been resurfaced; new trees have been planted; a landscaping plan is being developed to substantially improve the campus grounds (implementation Spring 2010).
CANDACE STREET PARK – a steering committee is currently developing a report with suggestions on park improvements and a plan is expected prior to construction in Spring 2010; (funded by the 12th Ward Public Improvement Fund – CDBG and Bonds)
JOHN O’BRIEN PARK (Regent Avenue) improvement plan being amended and will be ready for SPRING 2010
EC&G Updates
by Robin - November 24th, 2009Hi everyone! Quite a few updates to report on…
Bob McMahon/Parks Dept. have started construction of the new walking path and ballfield at Davis Park. Coming soon, solar lighting and black iron fence along Chalkstone.
Christine, President of PC’s student environmental group recruited about 15 students who finished painting the front fence at Fargnoli Park. Looks great and thanks so much to the student volunteers!
A few of us met with Amintha Cinotti from the Providence Planning & Development department and will soon have information to pass along to Elmhurst businesses regarding the benefits of establishing a merchant’s association.
A beautiful new ‘Elmhurst’ sign for the Eaton/Smith island has been designed and will be made by our member, Larry Pavese. It will be installed early next spring. Anna and I planted some tulips and daffodils around the monument so it should look nice! More landscaping in the spring as well.
Several people questioned why trees were cut down on the Parkway. We have found out that they were diseased. Heidi is working on applications for obtaining free trees from the City. We will be looking for volunteers in the spring to help plant them.
Speaking of free trees, Dec. 1 is the deadline to submit applications for free trees for neighborhood streets. All that is needed is 5 neighbors per street to agree to have trees planted in front of their homes and to help plant and water them. If you are interested, you still have time! Please visit the Providence Neighborhood Planting Program’s web site for more info at www.pnpp.org. Folks, these are beautiful, tall, mature trees of many different varieties…not little saplings!
We will soon start planning next season’s farmers’ market. It will be much bigger and even better than our first. If you’d like to be on the sub- committee, please let us know at contact@elmhurstcleanandgreen.org.
We would like to see some holiday/winter decorations on Smith St. If you have any ideas or contributions or can volunteer, please also let us know at our contact address.
Our next EC&G meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 8 at 7:00pm at PC’s Feinstein Center, Room 405, 4th floor. Please see our map of PC for location.
As always, thank you for your support, and best wishes to all for a very Happy Thanksgiving!
Neighborhood Improvement Day Pics
by Jim Rizzo - November 11th, 2009Here are some pictures from Neighborhood Improvement Day on October 31.
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- Everett Brooks & students from JWU
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- PC helping out!
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- PC students
Meeting Tomorrow
by Robin - November 9th, 2009Reminder that we will be meeting tomorrow night, Tues. 11/10 at 7pm at PC’s Feinstein Center, Room 405, 4th floor.
Topics of discussion will include:
Update on Davis Park projects
Recap on farmers markets
Discuss future tree planting initiatives
Information re: recycling event with City
Update on forming a merchant’s association
Update on Eaton Island project
Miscellaneous/new business (time allowing)
Hope to see you there!
Neighborhood Watch
by Robin - November 8th, 2009Wanted to make everyone aware that we have a neighborhood watch in the area that was started by Susan DeRita. Susan has an email notification list now of over 130 people and informs the group of crimes that have taken place, suspicious activity to watch out for, etc. If you would like to be included on the notification list, please contact Susan directly at susan.derita@cox.net. As always, any questions, contact us. Thanks.