Elmhurst Clean & Green

This is the time of year when Narragansett Bay Commission gives rebates for customers who want to purchase rain barrels and compost bins for their homes.  Here is the website if you are interested in purchasing these for a discounted price:

 http://www.nerainbarrel.com/Narragansett.html

We are very happy to announce that we have received a grant from State Representative Joanne Giannini in the amount of $1,500.  This money will go a long way in helping us in our efforts to improve our neighborhood!  Thank you as always to Joanne for her support.

Get involved in your neighborhood!  Please join us to discuss various neighborhood improvement projects, such as the Davis Park farmers’ market, the Davis Park community garden, Davis Park and Fargnoli Park renovations, new grants, the EC&G website, neighborhood clean ups and beautification projects, merchant’s association, Earth Day projects and other new business.  We’ve had great success because of the volunteer efforts of those in our neighborhood.  We welcome all community members. 

Date:  Tuesday 3/9/10

Time:  7:00-8:30 p.m.

Location:  Providence College (Room 405 of the Feinstein Building)

Agenda:  We are trying a new format this month. We will begin with brief introductions and then we will break into subgroups to work on the various projects. (You pick the project you are most interested in, or pick more than one.)  We will then meet as a group to give updates on our projects and discuss new business.

We hope you will join us. If you haven’t attended a meeting before, we look forward to meeting you.

Our next meeting will be Tuesday, 3/9.   Location and agenda to follow.

Happy 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.

Some 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.

CONGRATULATIONS 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.

Don’t forget to write your street address on each of your recycle bins!