WBNA Enews 8.12.2010 (Special Edition)

We hope all of you have had an enjoyable summer thus far.  Our West Side Thursday’s concert series was a huge success. “Thank You” to The Rolling Bones, Santa Mamba, Miss Wensday & the New Medicinals, Louisiana Hayride and the Department of Art, Culture, & Tourism for helping make the 2010 concert series a success.

Please don’t forget to stop by the FARMER’s MARKET for some fresh produce grown locally every Thursday from 3:00PM – 7:00PM, now through October.

IMPORTANT upcoming Neighborhood Events:

SAVE THE DATE: WBNA hosts LOCAL CITY & STATE CANDIDATES NIGHT at the WBNA on  Tuesday, Sept. 7 at 5:30pm. City council candidates from  Wards 13 & 15 and State Representative candidates from Districts 9 & 14 have been invited. Meet & mingle with candidates from 5:30pm-6:00pm. Program begins promptly at 6:00pm. More details to follow.

SAVE THE DATE: MAYORAL DEBATE, Thursday, Sept. 9 from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at the Providence Public Library, 150 Empire Street.  The Providence Preservation Society and the Providence Revolving Fund will host a mayoral debate. Candidates will discuss preservation issues critical to Providence's economic vitality, sense of place, and continued neighborhood development. If you have preservation-related questions you would like the candidates to address, please e-mail them to Kathleen Philp, Preservation & Advocacy Coordinator, at kphilp@ppsri.org.

SAVE THE DATE: Dexter Park Clean-Up on Saturday, September 25 at the Dexter Training Ground Park. The WBNA Friends of Dexter Training Ground will host a clean-up of the park that will include picking up trash, and painting benches and trash cans. More details to follow.

NOTE: A presentation will be made and feedback and involvement will be sought from NEIGHBORS as we begin to plan for rebuilding the playground for our children

WBNA thanks the Parks Department for working with us to replace six trees that had died in the park this summer and for bringing more trash barrels to the park.

SeeClick Fix: Check out this website http://www.seeclickfix.com/providence Got a complaint in your neighborhood? West Side neighbors have this to be a very useful tool to helping solve some

Non-emergency issues. Click this link http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/seeclickfix-plus/id348529764?mt=8 if you have an iPhone to download the application. If you have a Twitter account  go here http://twitter.com/seeclickfix.   NOTE: Always call 9-1-1- for Emergencies.

“THANK YOU” to Senator Harold Metts for securing a $1000 legislative grant for the WBNA to help us continue our work providing programs, events, and advocacy to the West Side.

Other Area Events:

India Point Park Music Series. – on August 12^th, 19^th and 26 from 5:00pm-10:00pm. This event is part of the “Celebrate Providence!” Neighborhood Performing Arts Series and is presented and sponsored by the City of Providence, David N. Cicilline, Mayor, the Department of Art, Culture + Tourism, the Parks Department and Friends of India Point Park.

Learn to Play Bocce Ball: The Nocabulabet (original name for Federal Hill) Bocce League threatens to go on WITHOUT Deboccery, the most infamous, boldest, tastiest team in the league!  Ok, we’ve never been THAT good, but we’re good enough. The Capo, is seeking new members.  Things to know:

1. Bocce is reliable fun
2. Federal Hill, Wednesday nights beginning 8/25, 8 weeks, 6:45pm-9:30pm-ish
3. We are 16 teams of 6 players each, each team needs 4 players per game (and 2 alternates who can take the night off if they want)
4. Each team pays $50 (divided by 6 players) for the season which goes toward equipment and our season-end party, this equates to about $1 per player per game
5. Practice is cheating (you don’t have to be any good)

Hoping you can join us, and please forward to friends who might be interested.