Greetings everyone! -Hopefully we won’t be hit very hard by the hurricane! Below please find information sent from the Mayor’s Office. FYI, the City’s website is www.providenceri.com, the number to call if you have any questions is 421-2489. -Our next EC&G meeting will be held on Wednesday, Sept. 21 at 7pm at PC. Room number [...]
Greetings folks! Our meeting this evening will start at 7:00 pm sharp in Room 400 of PC’s Feinstein Center. Mayor Taveras will be attending despite his busy schedule! Here is a link to PC’s campus map. Feinstein is pictured as #18 in about the center of the campus/map. If you park on Eaton St., you can [...]
Our clean-up event on October 2nd went really well and what a great group we had! In addition to cleaning many of the area streets we also planted a garden in front of Nathanael Greene School and weeded many of the tree wells on Smith St. We had over 60 people participating! A huge thank you to our dedicated EC&G volunteers, teachers, [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
Our next meeting is Tuesday, October 20 at 7pm at PC’s Feinstein Center, Room 405, 4th Floor. Hope to see you there! Agenda -Introduction New Members -Update from Bob McMahon, Parks Department – Davis Park, Fargnoli Park -Update from Lt. Daniel Gannon, Providence Police Department – PC area, general information – Discuss plans for Saturday, [...]
