Have you been to our Farmers’ Market at Fargnoli Park on Sundays 11am-2pm? If not, you’re missing out on freshly picked fruits and veggies from our RI farmers! Other goodies include all sorts of specialty sausages, baked goods, plants and flowers, vegan sweets, home-made granola, jams, pickles, relish…and more!

Each week at the Market we have activities for the kids. This Sunday 8/14, our member Jen will work with the children to make a mural. Stop by our ‘Kids Corner’ and join the fun!

So we hope to see you tomorrow at the Market – Fargnoli Park, Smith St. between Academy and River Aves., Sundays from 11am-2pm through October 30.

Well 2011 is here and many of you may be thinking about what your New Year’s resolution will be.  If it happens to be to volunteer in the community, than I have a proposal for you!   Or if you’d just like to see a greener, cleaner and safer neighborhood, the same holds true!

I’m sure you’ve noticed how many trees have been cut down in the area and what a difference it makes to the environment…some areas look so barren now!  Luckily, though, we have the opportunity to have those trees replaced and then some, as the Providence Neighborhood Planting Program (PNPP) has extended their deadline to apply for free street trees to January 15, 2011.  

All it takes to make this happen is for you to obtain permission from 5 home owners within a three block area to have a tree planted in front of their house and their commitment to water and weed their tree. You or another volunteer must act as the ‘point person’ to make sure that everything is all set for planting next spring.  The new tree owners help to plant their tree, but if they aren’t able, another volunteer will be appointed.  That is it!  The PNPP and the City do the rest. 

Hope you’ll consider helping to create a greener Providence!  For more information, please visit the PNPP site: www.pnpp.org.   Don’t forget to spread the good word as this program is available to all Providence home owners.  Thank you.

Best wishes everyone for a healthy, happy and prosperous New Year!

This Saturday 10/2 is our next neighborhood clean up.  We are meeting at Nathanael Greene Middle School (Raymond St. side) at 9:30 am for coffee and instructions and will get started at 10:00 am.  We hope that you will consider helping out for as long as you are able.  Bags and gloves will be provided.   

Volunteers are also needed on Saturday, October 16 at 9:30 am to help plant 36 new trees on River, Sharon and Rankin Sts.  To sign up, please contact Valentina at val_adamova@yahoo.com

Thanks for helping us make a difference in our community!

If you are available, please ‘Contact Us’ via this website.  Thank you!

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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!

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!