Elmhurst Clean & Green

Dedicated to the Beautification of Providence Neighborhoods

Archive for October, 2009

More Tree Plantings

Thursday, October 8th, 2009

Valentina from River Ave. is coordinating the Elmhurst tree plantings on October 24th and is looking for volunteers. They will begin at 10 AM at the demonstration site, 315 River Avenue. Valentina can be reached at 359-4836.

Tree Plantings

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

There will be a tree planting celebration in honor of Tom Twitchell in Smith Hill this weekend. Folks are meeting on Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. starting at 60 Zone Street. Food will be provided after the planting. Please send an email to contact@elmhurstcleanandgreen.org if you would like to help out. I have [...]

Partnership with PC’s Environmental Club

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

We met today with representatives from the Environmental Club at Providence College who had expressed interest a few weeks ago in working with us on clean-ups. We had a great meeting and are all very excited about working together to improve the area. We hope to have a project scheduled at least every other week [...]

A Little of This, a Little of That

Monday, October 5th, 2009

Despite the forecast, we had quite a good turn out for the farmers market. We have had nothing but positive comments about our group, the market and the park. Several folks expressed interest in having a garden plot for next summer, many signed up to join our group and also to volunteer for neighborhood clean [...]

Neighborhood Meeting

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

There will be a neighborhood meeting being held this Wednesday, October 7 at 6:30 pm at the Capital Ridge Center, 700 Smith St. in their Club Room. Councilman Michael Solomon has scheduled this meeting to inform the neighbors of what is being done to curb the disruptive behavior by students and other individuals in and [...]

ProJo Article Concerning College Parties

Sunday, October 4th, 2009

On the front page of the Sept. 27 Providence Journal there is an article concerning the parties and underage drinking that has taken place over the years in the Providence College area and how the matter is now being addressed by the police and the colleges. There is also an article on page A12 on [...]