Our 1st Family Fun Day in conjuction with our Farmers’ Market will be held this Sunday, August 1 from 11am-2pm at Davis Park. The YMCA will be there with their ‘Y on the Move’, a 35′ inflatable obstacle course. There is a new playground and basketball court for the kids and we will also have [...]
Volunteers are needed on Arbor Day, Friday 4/30 at 8:30 am to help plant eight trees and put down mulch on the Pleasant Valley Parkway. If you are available, please ‘Contact Us’ via this website. Thank you!
Next Saturday, April 24 we are holding our annual Earth Day event in conjunction with PC’s Service Day. We are very pleased that along with PC students we will be joined by a group of JWU students. All volunteers are welcome – come for as long as you can – even an hour will help! 9:00 am [...]
Our next meeting is tomorrow, Tuesday, 4/13 at 7pm at PC’s Feinstein Center, Room 405, 4th floor. Topics of discussion will include: Earth Day event 4/24 Update on: Farmers’ Market, Community Garden, Merchant’s Association. Pleasant Valley Parkway projects Hope to see you there! If you have any questions, are interested in joining EC&G or volunteering, [...]
We are very excited to announce that we are holding our 2nd annual Farmers’ Market at Davis Park beginning Sunday July 11 through Sunday October 31. Our times have changed….we will be beginning at 11:00am and running until 2:00pm. Several of the vendors will be returning including Schartner Farm, Mazie’s Organic Catering and Fruit Hill Apiaries to [...]
We are holding our annual Earth Day celebration event on Saturday, April 24th from 9:00 am – 1:00 pm. Everyone is welcome! Any time that you can commit would be great…even an hour would help. Joining us once again will be the fantastic students from Providence College! We’ll be cleaning up sections of some of the major [...]
Hi 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 [...]
Reminder 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 [...]
Thank you so much to all of the volunteers who helped to ‘spruce up’ the neighborhood last Saturday! From painting the fence at Fargnoli Park to cleaning and weeding the tree wells and cleaning the sidewalks on Smith St., everyone’s contribution was greatly appreciated. Special thanks to the project leaders, Everett Brooks and the Johnson [...]
There has been a lot happening! Beginning with the Davis Park ‘revitalization’ project, Bob McMahon, Superintendent of Parks, provided us with some very good news last week. Bob has secured funding for the new walking track, removal of the existing minor league field and installation of a new field, new lighting at the existing little league field and a new [...]
