The West Side Neighborhood-Wide Yard Sale is a great adventure and typically features over 40 yard sales, sidewalk sales and open studios that will have you ambling through the neighborhood. Come out for one of WBNA's funnest events or sign up here to get your sale on the widely-distributed Yard Sale Map (just $10)!
Join us for an important conversation led by Annette Bourne, Research & Policy Director of HousingWorks RI at Roger Williams University, about the cost of housing in Rhode Island and how it impacts our community and economy. This presentation is followed by meetings of all WBNA Committees, which are open to everyone. Free food, child care and Spanish translation. ALL ARE WELCOME.
Time for spring cleaning across the neighborhood at WBNA's 35th Annual Spring Cleanup and GreenUp! Cleanup Day includes Kids Zone activities and planting 29 trees in Dexter Training Ground, as well as our annual free cookout for all volunteers! Make a great and visible impact on the neighborhood while getting to know your neighbors.
Twenty-nine trees will be planted around Dexter Training Ground during the Annual Spring Cleanup, and volunteers are needed! No experience necessary, just a willingness to get your hands in some (clean) dirt. Starts at 113 Parade Street.
The City is giving some love to Dexter Training Ground (aka Armory Park) this year, and wants to hear from you! Learn about possible repairs and upgrades from the Providence Parks Department, and give your input and feedback during the first hour of our April Neighborhood Nights event. This presentation is followed by meetings of all WBNA Committees, which are open to everyone. Free food, child care and translation. ALL ARE WELCOME.
Get to know your legislators and let them hear from you at our 5th Annual Conversation With Our Elected Officials, taking place during our March Neighborhood Nights event. This town hall style meeting is followed by meetings of all WBNA Committees, and is free and open to all.
Learn about the City's new Bike Share Program! Plus meet the new Principal of West Broadway Middle School & get a welcoming introduction to all of our committees. Neighborhood Nights is a once monthly gathering of neighbors that features a General Meeting in the first hour (6-7pm) followed by all WBNA Committees meeting in the second (7-8pm). Free food, child care and translation. OPEN TO ALL.
Our Annual Meeting is part celebration, part inspiration, with lots of neighborly good feelings mixed in. Mingle with neighbors, elected officials and our new board members while enjoying a special program that highlights our accomplishments in 2017 while looking forward to the year ahead.
All are welcome to our 10th Annual West Side Caroling event! Meet up at Loie Fuller's from 5-6pm for snacks & socializing, then head out at 6pm sharp to bring holiday cheer to the neighborhood with some special stops along the way.
You are invited to a FREE Open House event with beer, wine and light snacks at WBNA's stellar 1192 Westminster Street! Make merriment with friends and neighbors while touring a rarely seen property, all while benefitting children and families of John Hope Settlement House and West End Community Center.
Our December Community Development Committee meeting will review a proposal for the former Asa Messer Annex at 245 Althea Street as presented by David Caprio of Children's Friend, the property's new lessee. All are welcome.
Please join our November monthly meeting (the last NACW meeting of 2017) which features a crime report from Lt. Fernandes and open neighbor discussion. All are welcome.
Hear about teaching and learning at our neighborhood public schools, meet the award-winning principals from Asa Messer Elementary and West Broadway Middle Schools, and talk with parents whose children attend these schools.
Nominate someone for the WBNA Board or a Committee or for an Annual WBNA Award. Learn more here, and let us hear from you! Now through Sunday, December 12, 2017.
Join us for our regular meeting of Community/Comunidad 1, a place to share ideas and to work on initiatives related to inclusivity, gentrification, and maintaining diversity in the neighborhood. All are welcome. Haga clic aquí para la versión en español.
As part of our Live Local, Give Local community giving campaign this holiday season, WBNA is collecting new and unwrapped toys for children ages 18 months to 13 years of age in support of West End Community Center's annual toy drive. Thank you for considering those in need in our community as you plan your holiday giving.
Decorate a spooktacular BOOth for Trick or Treaters, bring your costumed kiddos to enjoy activities and games, and help families in need by donating grocery gift cards or canned/boxed food items for our West Side schools Food Drive.
Bring your gently used or new coats, gloves, hats, and scarves to WBNA through November 21. All donations go to the Buy Nothing Day Coat Exchange, which has brought coats and warm things to children and families for 21 years.
Get a rare chance to see inside the Armory's massive, awe-inspiring basement; the Drill Hall measuring nearly four football fields; and the sprawling Ballroom during this FREE and final tour of 2017!
Live local, give local! Join WBNA and the West Side Kids Committee in supporting our 2nd annual community-led Thanksgiving food drive to help families at Asa Messer Elementary, Carl Lauro Elementary and West Broadway Middle Schools. Easy drop off at WBNA or purchase grocery gift cards here!
On Saturday October 7, 2017, from 10am-4pm, over a dozen houses are opening their doors to WBNA House Tour ticket holders. The self-guided tour explores the theme "From Vacant to Vibrant," and features homes and businesses on the streets of Knight, Brighton, Battey, Carpenter, and cobblestoned West Fountain.
We invite you to the House Tour Preview Party, taking place at the Patrick F. Hoye House, 232 Broadway. Enjoy one of Broadway’s exquisitely renovated grand homes at our annual fundraiser with local music and the finest in local food and beverage, including oysters!
Please join Community 1 on September 21 at the Feast Church to review the actions suggested during Dr. Taino Palermo's presentation, Community Revitalization & the Role of Gentrification. We will begin by welcoming Allen Pelleman from the city of Providence Urban Planning office, who will share information about zoning that deeply impacts our community. Haga clic aquí para la versión en español.
Join us for Understanding Gentrification, a community lecture presented by Dr. Taino Palermo, hosted by the Community/Comunidad 1 Committee. Haga clic aquí para la versión en español.
Enjoy jug band K.C. Moaners followed by Jets Can't Land at our last West Side Thursdays concert of the summer, taking place during the Armory Farmers Market and Beer Garden.
Tap toes and clap hands with children's artist Lindsay Meehan followed by jug band K.C. Moaners at this week's West Side Thursdays performances. Enjoy kids' fun courtesy of West Side Play Space's Imagination Playground (big blue blocks!) and all the offerings of the Armory Farmers Market including its new Beer Garden.
Join us for our regular meeting of Community/Comunidad 1, a place to share ideas and to work on initiatives related to inclusivity, gentrification, and maintaining diversity in the neighborhood. All are welcome. Haga clic aquí para la versión en español.
Join neighbors, elected officials, and the Jeffrey family in celebrating the completion of our Bocce Courts and Chess in the Park project in a ribbon cutting ceremony and "toss of the first ball" that ends with a Chess Program for kids.
Please join us for the Armory Advocacy Committee's July meeting where we will discuss future Armory tours, status of the RFP process, public outreach and goals for the remainder of the year. All are welcome.
Please join our June monthly meeting which features a crime report from Lt. Fernandes, open neighbor discussion, our collaborative pilot outreach program with House of Hope and progress on the public trash can project. All are welcome.
