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Farmers Market
Our friends at Elmhurst Clean & Green are once again sponsoring a Farmers Market. This year it is located at Fargnoli Park, which is on Smith St. near La Salle Bakery.
The market runs each Sunday from 11 am - 2 pm until late October
There are many other attractions at the market as well, like kids activities & informational booths. It is a real destination!
WIC, EBT, SNAP and Senior Coupon are accepted.
YouthRAP Summer Employment
Be on the lookout for our summer workers! The YouthRAP Summer Employment program is in full swing and you can see them all over the neighborhood in their bright green shirts doing community service activities. In fact, last week Channel 12 stopped by and interviewed a few workers as they were working along Douglas Ave. The spot should be aired soon.
Summer employment responsibilities include working on community beautification projects; attending Job Skills and Nonviolence Trainings; supervising the younger YouthRAP participants on bi-weekly trips to the beach; and working with the Roger Williams National Memorial Park staff in researching the history of the park and Smith Hill. This project is especially interesting as the youth will work with an Oral History Specialist to develop individualized personal, oral histories, and in guiding park visitors on walking tours throughout the month of August. Great stuff!
Sunday ProJo Article
Smith Hill was the Neighborhood of the Week in April 10th's
Providence Sunday Journal, Home Section in an article entitled, "Smith Hill Revival."
Our extensive development work was featured, particularly our Visions II project. It was a positive article and we are pleased to present our neighborhood from this perspective, because far too often urban neighborhoods are only portrayed negatively in the media.
Here is the Projo article
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HousEART
HouseART began as a Smith Hill CDC initiative that connected artists with neighborhood residents in order to create temporary works of art on vacant housing. Since 2009, local artist and activist, Lydia Stein, has taken the initiative city-wide and we are proud to announce that Rhode Island State Council of the Arts (RISCA) has just award Ms. Stein a grant to take HousEART across the entire state! There is currently a Call to Artists for ten more projects, which even includes a stipend! Click here for more information.
Recently, HouseART was featured on a national housing website, Leader for Communities, and HousingWorks RI's, Special Report on Foreclosures in Rhode Island.
Leaders for Communities is a social networking site that connects current and future leaders at community development organizations across the country. NeighborWorks America® developed the Leaders for Communities website in 2009 to give new, emerging, and experienced leaders in the community development field an opportunity to share ideas and experiences and access professional development and career opportunities. SHCDC is proud to be featured on this NeighborWorks America® site, especially as a non-affiliated organization. Click here to read the excellent article.
The recent HousingWorks RI special report includes pictures of two HouEART projects on the cover, an article about the project inside and a sidebar article about Visions II! Check it out here.
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