Smith Hill News September, 2009
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Greetings From Smith Hill Community Development Corporation!
This September newsletter includes a few great community-building events. We here at the Smith Hill Community Development Corporation are very excited to share these announcements and hope to see you at one or all of them!
Farmers Market at Davis Park
Elmhurst Clean & Green, our key community partners in the overall Davis Park rehabilitation, have worked very hard to bring a Farmers Market to Davis Park.
Davis Park Farmers Market will run on Sundays
September 13-
October 25th
10 am -1 pm
The Davis Park Farmers Market will include many vendors who will be selling: apples, peaches, lettuce, onions, garlic, beets, carrots, potatoes, cabbage, broccoli, peppers, squash, pumpkins, candied apples, apple cider, cut flowers, mums, natural vegetable soaps, organic foods, honey products, gourmet cupcakes, baked goods, etc.
Please help support your local Rhode Island farmers, the transformation of Davis Park into a family-friendly hub of activity, and a healthy lifestyle by patronizing the Farmer's Market. If this fall market is successful, next year it may run throught the entire season.
HousEART Cookout Celebration
 On Tuesday September 15th, 4:30 - 6:00, SHCDC is hosting a cookout in celebration of our HousEART initiative. Free food and guest speakers, including the artists responsible for the murals will be featured.
Please come to 16 Bernon St to enjoy local artist Lydia Stein's exceptional mural, have some delicious food and meet some great neighbors. We will also have maps to the other wonderful projects that are within walking distance.
HousEART seeks to connect Providence artists with neighborhood volunteers in
order to turn vacant, blighted and recently foreclosed multi-family houses into
temporary works of art.
This creative management of vacant housing is possible because the CDC owns the properties and they will be completely rehabilitated later in the year.
Please Join us on Tuesday September 15th,
4:30 - 6:00 at 16 Bernon St.
There are currently three HousEART projects: Lydia Stein's @ 16 Bernon St., Lynne Harlow's @ 515 Chalkstone Ave. (pictured above) and Michelle Peckham's @ 9 Osborn St.
If you would like to view more pictures of all the HousEART projects or learn more about this SHCDC initiative, Click Here.PROVIDENCE GARDENERS!
Saturday, September 12th, the entire community and Providence's 550 community gardeners are invited to come together for the first time! Announcing the first annual-
OPEN GARDEN DAY, 1-4 pm
A dozen community
gardens will open their gates! You're invited to take a self-guided tour. Step inside
that garden you've always wondered about, or visit a few that you never knew
existed! This year's OPEN GARDEN DAY includes all kinds of gardens- from newly
built raised beds to gardens that have been growing strong for over 25 years! Our own community garden located at Davis Park will be open.
INTERNATIONAL POTLUCK, 5-7 pm
After the tour, head over to
BRIDGHAM COMMUNITY GARDEN (at the corner of Westminster St & Bridgham St).
Bring a dish to share! You're encouraged to bring a family favorite, or include
veggies from your garden for a joyful meal & meet community
gardeners from all over the city!
Erasing the Defacing is a public/private partnership between the
Smith Hill Community Development
Corporation, Mt. Pleasant Hardware,
The City of Providence and Pittsburg Paints which is designed to help
homeowners, tenants and small business owners keep their properties
graffiti-free.
The program will supply a limited quantity of free
color-matched paint for use in the repainting
and maintenance of vandalized areas on Smith Hill and Mt. Pleasant properties. Click here to learn more.
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Library News
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Providence Community Library(PCL) is now the official manager of the Providence community library system!
 Annual Board Meeting!The first Annual PCL Board of Trustees meeting is scheduled for September 16 at 5:30 at
Rochambeau Library.
As always, anyone is welcome to attend PCL Board Meetings and there will be a period public comments.
Come help celebrate this exciting milestone of the Providence Community Library and the positive changes that are happening in our city's community libraries!
There has also never been a better time to get involved with your local library's Friends Group. To contact Smith Hill's click here.
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Smith Hill Community Development Corporation
47 Goddard St.
Providence, RI
521-0159
www.smithhillcdc.org
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