Elmhurst Clean & Green » playground http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org Dedicated to the Beautification of Providence Neighborhoods Sun, 05 Sep 2010 00:54:16 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 FAMILY FUN DAY & FARMERS’ MARKET !!! http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/07/30/family-fun-day-farmers-market/ http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2010/07/30/family-fun-day-farmers-market/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:38:21 +0000 Robin http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/?p=460 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 face painting.   

While at the Park, shop for your fresh, local produce, herbs, flowers and plants!

The Farmers’ Market will be running every Sunday from 11-2pm through Halloween and we will have a Family Fun Day once a month with activities for the kids.  Come out and support our local farmers! 

If you’d like to be added to our email distribution list for updates on our organization, or you’d like to volunteer at a Market, Family Fun Day or for one of our other projects, please ‘Contact Us’. 

Hope to see you on Sunday at Davis Park!

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We have a new playground with a big area for children to play ball and benches for Mom and Dad to relax. So bring the family. We hope to see you there!

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Join the Celebration at the

Grand Opening

of the

Davis Park Playground

Tuesday Evening
July 28, 2009

5:00pm – 6:00pm

DAVIS PARK

Corner of Oakland and Chalkstone

Bring your family!

Bring your friends!

Come and celebrate!


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]]> http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2009/07/02/abc6-reports-on-playground/feed/ 0 Playground Opening Postponed http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2009/07/02/playground-opening-postponed/ http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2009/07/02/playground-opening-postponed/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:30:14 +0000 Eileen Pavese http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/?p=99 Due to the stormy weather, today’s Playground Opening has been postponed. We will post again once a new date has been scheduled. Stay tuned…

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THURSDAY  JULY 2, 2009   5:00PM

You and your neighbors are invited to join the celebration and ribbon-cutting at the official opening of Davis Park Playground Thursday, July 2 at 5:00PM.

Bring your children! Bring your grandchildren! Bring the neighbors and their children!

Bring a camera!

Bring a picnic supper and dine at one of the beautiful new tables!

Let’s enjoy the fruits of our labors!

Let’s celebrate!

]]> http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2009/07/01/davis-park-playground-opening/feed/ 0 Check Out the “New” Davis Park http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2009/06/29/check-out-the-new-davis-park/ http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/2009/06/29/check-out-the-new-davis-park/#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:01:43 +0000 Eileen Pavese http://elmhurstcleanandgreen.org/?p=93 After months of planning, June 27th “BUILD DAY” arrived and Mother Nature cooperated by blessing Providence with its first summery weather of the season. Under sunny skies and intense heat, a group of 340 volunteers came together and built a playground, picnic tables, benches, and a new fence at Davis Park. In addition there were children’s activities that produced some fantastic artwork to be displayed at the playground. The park became a construction site at 7:00AM, an anthill of activity as people shoveled yards of mulch for the playground base, mixed bags and bags of concrete for the post footings. Then up went the swings, a curly slide and all sorts of fun structures. By 2:30 in the afternoon, just six and a half hours later, the playground was completed. Guest of honor Mayor Cicilline performed the ribbon-cutting ceremony alongside City Councilmen Terry Hassett and Michael Solomon, State Representative Joanne Giannini, and Robert Henrikson, CEO of MetLife, who flew in from New York for the event. The ribbon itself was a fanciful paper chain created that morning by children under the watchful eyes of the Playground Youth Activities Committee.

The Davis Park Playground Project was a collaborative effort that combined the energies of members of Elmhurst Clean & Green, Smith Hill Community Development Corporation, Providence Parks Department, as well as many residents of the neighborhood. KaBOOM! (a nationally known builder of playgrounds) managed the project and MetLife Foundation provided financial support as well as more than one hundred employee-volunteers.

Do yourself a favor. Visit Davis Park and see the transformation taking place: the new Community Garden is already blooming with vegetables, and now the new playground sits alongside it. There are additional improvements planned for the park including a lighted walking path. Stay tuned.

Davis Park is located at the corner of Chalkstone and Oakland Avenues, across from the Nathanael Greene Middle School.

We’ll be posting pictures of some of the changes in the next couple days.

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A new, specially designed playground will be constructed at Davis Park at the intersection of Chalkstone and Oakland Avenues in Providence, across the street from the Nathanael Greene Middle School.

The City of Providence, Elmhurst Clean & Green, and the Smith Hill CDC have joined forces with KaBOOM!, a nationally known builder of playgrounds. MetLife is the corporate sponsor, providing financial and volunteer support for the playground project.

Build Day is SATURDAY, JUNE 27th

Volunteers report to Davis Park and sign in at 8:00am

Ribbon-Cutting at 2:30pm

Events conclude at 4:00pm

  • Volunteers must be at least 18 years old.
  • Food and water will be provided (breakfast and lunch).
  • No experience necessary.
  • T-shirts and tools will be provided.

If you are interested in being a volunteer, please email Eileen Pavese at empavese@gmail.com. Please include your full name and a phone number in your email.

Download a printable version of the flyer (PDF format)

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