Neighborhood Association
The next LSNA neighborhood meeting will be 6:30 PM on Thursday, August 26, at the East Branch Library.
Metropolitan Council Member Mike Jameson will speak about the Five Points Redevelopment District.
Julie Berbiglia from Metro Water Services will also speak about rain barrels and environmentally-friendly gardening.
Lockeland Springs is continuing its longstanding tradition of fighting crime while having fun. Lockeland is once again partnering with several other neighborhood groups to put on an event that is distinctly East Nashville: bike, pedestrian, pet and even vegetarian friendly! This year’s event is coming to a new location: it will be held at the Walden Development on Eastland Avenue where Wild Cow, Silly Goose and Ugly Mugs are located. Big thanks are due to these and other East Nashville businesses who are donating space, food, and prizes. Enjoy the talents of new and returning East Nashville musicians while building a stronger neighborhood.
Where/When
-Location: Walden Development (Wild Cow/Silly Goose/Ugly Mugs) parking lot, Eastland at Chapel.
-Date/Time: Tuesday, August 3rd from 5:30 to 8:30 PM. Come for dinner! Get there early to register for door prizes!
Getting There
-Bicyclists: Bring your bike! The Nashville Bicycle Lounge will be providing extra bike racks!
-Dog walkers: Dogs are proven crime fighters. Bring them along!
-Automobiles: For those who must. The Walden lot will be closed, but offsite parking will be available.
Food and Fun
-Food: Experience a taste of East Nashville! Enjoy snacks donated by local restaurants, or enjoy a meal at Wild Cow, Silly Goose, Ugly Mugs, Eastland Café, Rosepepper or other nearby hotspots. Wild Cow will be staying open that night just for this event!
-Kids activities: A bounce house and other kids activities will be on site. Be sure to stop by the Davidson County Sheriff’s Department booth!
-Entertainment: Music will start at 5:30. The Dean Martinis are returning! Other acts TBA.
Fight Crime
-Meet and greet our East Precinct officers as well as sheriff’s deputies, fire fighters, and officials.
-Learn about local agencies and businesses that help prevent crime.
Please come out and support these businesses, our hard-working police officers, and your neighbors. Details are still developing at press time, but be sure to watch lockelandsprings.org
Please come join us at the next LSNA General Meeting on May 27!
Carol McCullough from the Neighborhood Resource Center (http://www.tnrc.net/) will join us to discuss what NRC does and to address any neighborhood issue.
Julie Berbiglia from Metro Water Services (http://www.nashville.gov/water/) will also speak about rain barrels and environmentally-friendly gardening.
The meeting will be 6:30 PM on Thursday, May 27, at the East Branch Library.
Food will be provided by Zavo’s!
The Lockeland Springs Neighborhood Association is organizing the Spring Alley Clean-Up on Saturday, May 1. Please join us and help clean up our neighborhood.
We will meet at 9 AM at Top O’Woodland at 1603 Woodland Street (corner of 16th and Woodland ).
Metro Public Works is providing trash bags, gloves, and water. There will also be coffee from Ugly Mugs, breakfast from Sweet 16th, water from Green Hills Kroger, and lunch from Italia Pizza & Pasta.
Thanks to Top O’ Woodland, Ugly Mugs, Sweet 16th, Italia Pizza & Pasta, Green Hills Kroger, and Metro Public Works for helping keep our neighborhood clean!
Friends of Shelby Park
The LSNA general meeting on February 25 featured the Friends of Shelby Park and the Shelby Park Master Plan. Tim Netsch of Metro Parks gave a great overview of the plan and Carol Williams, President of Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms, explained the purpose of Friends of Shelby to the group.
Friends of Shelby was formed in 2008 in preparation for the 2009 Shelby Park Master Plan commissioned by the Metro Department of Parks & Recreation. The goal was to forge relationships among the various stakeholder groups in the park, to promote the community meetings associated with the Master Plan, and to secure funding and volunteers for implementing the plan.
A PDF of the Master Plan can be downloaded by clicking this link: http://www.nashville.gov/parks/pdfs/locations/ShelbyParkMasterPlan.pdf
Friends of Shelby is in its first year and has already undertaken several initiatives to get the plan underway. To learn more about Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms, visit the website (http://www.friendsofshelby.org) or join their Facebook group: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=120845307184
Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms needs you support. To become a paid member of Friends of Shelby ($12.00 per year per household) or just make a donation, please send a check (PayPal link coming soon!) to:
Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms
P. O. Box 68499
Nashville, TN 37206
Artists Encouraging Tolerance Through Art
The arts community is bringing out its finest to help Middle Tennessee kids for the fourth annual Chair-ish the Kids Art Auction benefiting Kids On The Block, March 25 at the Loveless Barn in Nashville. Neighborhood artists Stacey Irvin and Andee Rudloff join the impressive line-up of talent participating. Stacey, an event invitational artist, has donated one of her poignant photographs taken in Kashgar in western China.
(Find out more about Stacey at http://staceyirvin.com/)
Children’s Adirondack chairs have been added to the cool chair-themed items included in the Silent Auction. Andee created an adorable birthday-themed chair for her submission. You can see the Silent Auction preview at STARS (Students Taking A Right Stand) Nashville Facebook page.
As the Frist Center for the Visual Arts’ community relations manager, Andee said the Chair-ish The Kids Art Auction has been embraced by artists trying to make a difference in kids’ lives. “Guests attending the event have the opportunity to purchase incredible works of art while supporting a worthy cause. I am so proud of our artists who are uniting to help teach tolerance and acceptance while promoting a healthy community through this event. In an ideal world, no child would suffer and charitable instincts and education would prevail with global acceptance of all different types of people. Our community is so lucky to have Kids On The Block to help make our world a better place,” Rudloff said.
The premier event, in its fourteenth year, helps the non-profit Kids On The Block organization serve close to 40,000 kids throughout Middle Tennessee promoting understanding and acceptance while helping kids deal with bullying, child abuse, prejudice, divorce and other health and social concerns impacting their lives. To find out more about STARS, visit www.starsnashville.org.
Please come join us at the next LSNA General Meeting on February 25!
An overview of the Shelby Park Master Plan will be provided by Tim Netsch of Metro Parks during the February meeting of the Lockeland Springs Neighborhood Association. This is your chance to learn more about the Master Plan and how you can help.
We will also be selling memberships ($12) to Friends of Shelby Park and Bottoms as well as our awesome new T-shirts. These T-shirts were designed by well-known artist Myles Maillie and are available in both short ($15) and long sleeves ($20). Bring your checkbook and get one before they are gone!
The meeting will be on Thursday, February 25, at 6:30 PM at the East Nashville Branch Library.
NUVO BURRITO will be providing FREE APPETIZERS!
This year, LSNA is having its General Meetings on a quarterly basis. They will still take place at the East Nashville Branch Library at 6:30 pm. Please mark your calendars for the following dates:
February 25, 2010
May 27, 2010
August 26, 2010
November 18, 2010
Lockeland Springs Neighborhood Association is looking forward to its thirty-first annual tour of homes, the Celebration of Home, scheduled for December 5th from 5-9PM and December 6th from 1-5PM.
The Celebration of Homes honors everything our neighborhood has become in the past generation. This year’s tour will highlight the creativity, diversity and engagement of this one-of-a-kind urban neighborhood. Our neighborhood is more than just a collage of beautiful homes. The tour is a celebration not only of the architecture that exemplifies this historic neighborhood, but the neighbors themselves, from young families welcoming their first baby to empty-nesters who’ve raised their children in this community, from singles creating new horizons to creative couples who travel the world but come home to Lockeland Springs.
The tour highlights some of our neighborhood’s most diverse architecture, with each home a unique reflection of the neighbors who live there. In addition to spotlighting these welcoming residences, the Celebration of Home also lauds our neighborhood businesses. Each home enjoys a Home Partner for the tour, whose specialty business or service will be featured prominently in the residence. In some homes, our Home Partners’ services will be spotlighted, like the beautiful floral arrangements provided by East Garden and the one-of-a-kind quilt work from Elaine Mazzini. In other homes, guests will be able to partake of the services themselves, including a wine tasting hosted by the Woodland Wine Merchant, coffee services from Bongo Java and an ice-cream sundae stand by Pied Piper Creamery.
The tour itself is worth the price of the ticket: only $10 if you purchase your tickets prior to the tour weekend and only $12 if you purchase them during the tour. Ticket holders are rewarded with much more than just entrance to the home, though. This year’s Tour Sponsors have offered special incentives and discounts to ticketholders. The discounts are printed on the tour ticket and include free or reduced services throughout the neighborhood with a combined value of well over $100.
Tickets are available for purchase at Pied Piper Creamery, Elizabeth Griswold’s Great Stuff, Wags and Whiskers, Alegria, Sweet 16th Bakery and Fairy Tales. This year’s tour will offer a glimpse into the families and homes that create the fabric of a neighborhood. We honor our history and celebrate what we become and wonder aloud what the next thirty years will hold for this exceptional urban community. For more information, visit www.lockelandsprings.org.
This is the second year for the Faux Paw Fashion Show hosted by the Lockeland Springs Neighborhood Association (LSNA).
This is a fundraiser to benefit and continue the grandest of East Nashville events, the Tomato Art Festival (http://tomatoartfest.com/).
The Faux Paw Fashion Show is an event open to everyone. It is a pet costume contest to see who can dress their pet (dog, cat, bird, monkey, lizard, mammals, reptiles, marsupials, insects, etc) the BEST! Of course, most people just dress their dogs.
Saturday August 8th, 2009.
$10 per pet (all proceeds to benefit and continue the Tomato Art Festival).
Yes, of course there will be prizes! All of our prizes are being donated by local pet retail and service providers.
You may pay and register either online at LockelandSprings.org, Wags and Whiskers, and at A Bark Above. You may also register the day of the event. But, register before the day of the event; if possible.
To register online, please use this PayPal link:
Please feel free to email questions to bn.lange@gmail.com.