WBNA Enews 4.15.2010

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT

The 28^th Annual WBNA Spring Clean up has been rescheduled for Sunday April 18^th  due to inclement weather predicted for Saturday. (In the event of continued bad weather on Sunday we are asking all neighbors to do their part and clean up in front of their houses and their streets)

The BBQ will be held on Sunday at the WBNA after the clean up weather permitting.

Team Captains, Friends & Neighbors

Please follow these simple instructions below: 

• We are urging everyone participating in the clean up to sweep as much debris onto the street. Please remember to “edge the curbs” with a straight shovel to ensure the sweeper picks up all the debris.
• Make sure to place bags (not too heavy please!) at visible street corners for easier garbage pickup on Monday.
• If you have a green barrel which is underutilized please use this for litter & leaf debris.
• The roads will be swept on Monday (19^th) night by the DPW.
• There will be a “special garbage pick up” on Monday afternoon for pickup of trash left at the street corners. 

Hopefully most of you can still make it on Sunday unfortunately we could not control mother nature this year!!!!

Thank You, 

Kurt Bodnar & Jean Poehler

2010 WBNA Spring Clean Up Coordinators

Upcoming Events & Meetings –

Census Deadline: There’s still time…Please “Take 10 minutes” to fill out and mail back your census form TODAY! After the 2000 Census, the Census Bureau was able to return $305 million in savings to the federal Treasury because mail rates exceeded expectations — a move the Census Bureau would like to repeat in 2010...

Do you need a Census Form? http://2010.census.gov/2010census/contact/index.php

Federal Hill Neighborhood Revitalization Planning: Over the next several weeks, we will be holding a series of session to discuss the following issues:  Housing:  April 21^st, Jobs & Business:  May 5^th, Education & Learning:  May 19^th, Quality of Life:  June 2^nd, Wrap up Discussion:  June 16^th. For more details please visit www.federalhillhouse.org

The Economic Historic Home: Energy Efficiency Workshop: The Providence Revolving Fund is hosting an upcoming workshop on economical ways to make your historic home as energy efficient as possible.  It will be held on Friday, May 7^th, from 12:30pm to 4:30pm, here at the Revolving Fund. It will include lectures and demonstrations and a field trip to a fabulous Victorian house in the Armory District where we can discuss various issues and solutions available to historic home owners. We hope you will join us…..Space is limited to 40 people. http://www.ppsri.org/

Other Area News:

My Time with the Mayor:  When neighbors can meet individually with Mayor Cicilline and representatives from various city departments right in your own neighborhood. Mark your Calendar - May 12 5:00pm - 7:00pm. at 945 Westminster street. For other dates of this event please visit http://www3.providenceri.com/ons/my_time.php

The Rhode Island Tourism Office extends to your restaurants a free opportunity to be part of our state's official tourism website, which draws a near million views per year, in order to broaden the restaurant and dining choices for tourists and customers. http://www.visitrhodeisland.com/where-to-eat/whos-cooking-in-ri/submit-a-chef/

Providence Journal Poll on Shooters: Our three-year campaign to create a public destination at the former Shooters site on the Providence waterfront envisions a marina, restaurant, excursion boat & ferry dock, festival, market, and event space: a public amenity that would spur economic development in the city, the state, and the region. Providence Journal On-line is asking your opinion on the Public Waterfront issue & Shooters on the home page. Please weigh in, http://www.projo.com/