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.
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.
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
Please come and participate. Please donate bake goods for a bake sale. Please donate for the purchase of plants.
WHAT: BASS PARK KICK OFF-BAKE SALE-PLANT DAY
WHEN: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 9 AM-12 PM
WHERE: Bass Park, next to the Holly St Firehouse, 16th and Holly St
The long anticipated kick off of Bass Park is this Saturday from 9-12. Last January Metro Parks Commission approved the plan for east Nashville’s pocket park-Bass Park. Village Real Estate has provided some seed money to get the project going. Now the fun begins.
Here’s how you can participate: Donate bake goodies for the Bake sale, donate to the purchase of plants at http://basspark.synthasite.com/, come watch and pitch in if you can. We will be removing the old tree stumps, and start planting. The Bass Park Plan will be available to view. This will be an exciting beginning to this neighborhood park and community garden. Please bring shovels and gloves if you can.
Call Gloria, 226-7546 for more information and how you can be part of the Bass Park group. There are sponsorship opportunities. Your fundraising suggestions are appreciated. This is a neighborhood park, created and funded by the neighborhood. See you Saturday.
Project Description:
Bass Park is located in the lot next to the Holly Street Fire Station. The vision for the park includes sustainable elements in the Mayor’s Green Initiative such as rain gardens, porous pavement, a community garden, as well as providing a venue for environmental education and serving as a neighborhood-gathering place. Bass Park is the city’s smallest pocket park; our plan will demonstrate what is possible within a small space to strengthen the neighborhood, provide an enjoyable landscape amenity, and create sustainable components that educate and directly benefit our community.
The design is a culmination of ideas from the meetings with residents in the area, the Lockeland Springs Neighborhood Association, the Fireman at the Holly Street Fire House #14, and the Lockeland Baptist Church, who owns the adjacent property and has agreed to allow the community garden on their property with a yearly renewal option. We are proposing fundraising efforts to cover the costs of the park and maintenance for the first year. In addition, we are creating a volunteer system to maintain the community garden based on research of other successful community gardens. Your donation is much appreciated and please contact us if you would like to volunteer or have questions. Thank you very much, contact contactbasspark@gmail.com.