It's Official!! "Celebrate Old North Salisbury" Saturday Nov 8th City Park!!!

"Celebrate Old North Salisbury"

The Old North Salisbury Association is hosting a neighborhood social gathering!!!

When: Saturday November 8th

Time: 2:00 PM ~ 6:00 PM

Where: City Park Outdoor Pavilions

What: A celebration of the Salisbury's North Main area friends and neighbors!

Live Music On The Lawn: The Tripp Edwards Trio / No. 9 Coal / Alan Wyrick & Friends

Please Bring: A Covered Dish to Pass ~ Lawn Chairs ~ Picnic Blankets

ONSA will supply non-alcoholic beverages, cups, plates, and utensils.

We will be announcing some of the 2008 activities of the Association & some of our ongoing plans. There will be entertainment featuring Salisbury's own No. 9 Coal's own brand of bluegrass/newgrass, The Tripp Edwards Trio, and Alan Wyrick & Friends ~ all performing live original music and old familiars! Enjoy an afternoon in the park with music and friends!

If you live between Lafayette Street and 17th Street and between Jackson Street and the Southern Railway tracks to the east - you are in the Old North Salisbury neighborhood. Please come and participate in this wonderful opportunity to meet others in this community. We share a common bond here & we're looking forward to sharing it with YOU!!!

See you on November 8th in City Park

Join the Old North Salisbury Association ~ Volunteers Needed!!

Hello Friends & Neighbors!

Did you know that the Old North Salisbury Association has an elected Board of Directors made up of people right here in the neighborhood. When you see these people, say hello!

Sue McHugh / President (& interim Secretary) · Sean Meyers / Vice President · Rebecca Hayes /Treasurer · Tim Klaus · Andrew Waters · Laurie Klaus · Pat Sylvester · Barbara Waggoner · Edward Clement · Tracy Thornton · Susan Hurt · Norma Staley · Ruby Beeker · Steve Gilbert
The Board of Directors is joined by a growing group of members in the North Main Street area (Lafayette St. north to 17th St. ~ the railroad tracks to the east to Jackson St. to the west.) The membership roster continues to expand. As we build our membership base, we really need your support ~ the support of as many community residents and property owners as we can round up! We have a wish-list of projects and accomplishments we are aiming for. These include, but are not limited to, neighborhood event planning, restoration assistance projects, greenscaping, the newsletter, and many others. Some of you have expressed interest in these and other topics. We had a great idea come in through our newsletter membership application! Animal Care and Pet Vaccination Clinics! What a great idea!

We need your help! Please volunteer and become an active member of this strong community. The Board of Directors is currently VERY BUSY putting together the neighborhood social event, to be broadcast very soon! We need help to distribute party flyers in the neighborhood, and to help with organization, maybe even help with set-up and/or clean-up. Care to join us? We sure could use your help!

We could also use help with folks who are willing to go to City Council to add "strength in numbers" to important issues for our community. Any time you have a topic you would like addressed at City Council, please tell us. We can do the speaking, if you like, but your presence in numbers often drives the point home! We have an "urban forest" at the corner of Railroad St. and E. Steele St. This wooded lot often needs upkeep. If you have a scouting troop that wants to earn a community service badge, this is an ideal project for them. Get them involved! If your church would like to participate in some neighborhood function ~ have them give us a call or drop an email to oldnorthsalisbury@gmail.com.
The Old North Salisbury Association Board of Directors meets every other month at a predetermined place - usually on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00PM. Members are invited to join us and share ideas and opinions ~ these are not exclusive meetings! The Board Meeting is listed on the ONSA calendar at the bottom of these web-postings (scroll down to view).
The Old North Salisbury Association welcomes and encourages your participation!

• "Citizen service is the very American idea that we meet our challenges not as isolated individuals but as members of a true community, with all of us working together. Our mission is nothing less than to spark a renewed sense of obligation, a new sense of duty, a new season of service. Though government has an important role to play in meeting the many challenges that remain before us, we are coming to understand that no organization, including government, will fully succeed without the active participation of each of us. Volunteers are vital to enabling this country to live up to the true promise of its heritage."

Bill Clinton

• "Every problem that the country faces is being solved in some community by some group or some individual. The question is how to get connected so that the whole nation can solve problems. A volunteer is a person who can see what others cannot see; who can feel what most do not feel. Often, such gifted persons do not think of themselves as volunteers, but as citizens - citizens in the fullest sense: partners in civilization.

George H. W. Bush

• "Snowflakes melt alone - but together they can be traffic stoppers!
  Teamwork allows common people to attain uncommon results.
  Some people want it to happen, some wish it to happen, others make it happen.
  Volunteers aren't paid, not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless."

Anonymous

Take the Bus!!!

Hello Friends & Neighbors!!

The Salisbury Transit System is your city bus system. The system has three routes. Route #1 is S. Main / Spencer / Rowan Community College; Route #2 is Westside / Salisbury Mall / Eastside /Innes St Market; Route #3 is East Spencer / VA Medical Center. Each of these routes arrives and departs "the Transfer Site", which is located on Depot Street. Any bus you board can take you to the Transfer Site on the inbound part of the route. Any member of the general public may ride the Salisbury Transit bus. Salisbury Transit does not operate on Sundays and some holidays. The regular fare, one-way, is only $1.00!!! How does that compare to your gasoline prices today! And the fare is half that, 50 cents, for senior citizens or for handicap fare. There are also passes for up to 40 rides at discounted prices. There is a map of the bus routes on the City of Salisbury website.

Taking the bus to Spencer to visit the wonderful Green Goat Gallery (for instance to their anniversary party this Saturday), the Transportation Museum, and then have a yummy bite to eat at Pinnochio's restaurant may be a fun way to spend an Fall afternoon!
In addition to the Salisbury Transit System buses, the Trolley also operated to and from Spencer during our Friday Nights Out On The Town. You'll not only get the transportation but you get a great tour of the beautiful historic homes along N. Main St. Salisbury and S. Salisbury St. Spencer!

You can check out more information on the Salisbury Transit System at http://www.salisburync.gov/transit/info.htm

You're Invited!Anniversary Party at the Green Goat Saturday Night

The Green Goat Gallery, right up the road from our Main St. (516 S. Salisbury Avenue) in Spencer, is celebrating its first year in business with a party this Saturday night Sept. 27th from 6-8:30 p.m. and you're invited! Please drop in for a special night featuring the art of Leslie Hamlin. Leslie is a multi-talented artist from Davie County whose fabulous paintings on glass have been one of the Green Goat Gallery's most popular sellers (and a steal at $75-$125), but she also makes wonderful garden art, jewelry, and much more.

Did you know that the Green Goat Gallery also houses Blue Ewe Yoga Studios? They have classes for adults and children alike!

Why would the Old North Salisbury Association be involved in inviting you to the Green Goat Gallery and Blue Ewe Yoga Studio? Because both are owned and operated by our very own neighbors here in the North Main area ~ Anne & Andrew Waters! Stop in, say hello, and meet your neighbors!

This celebration will feature the fabulous cuisine of Spencer's greatest chef, Joseph Cataldo. See you at the party!

New Walking Program Coming!

Friends ~ Neighbors ~

You've heard the talk about the North Main Area Improvement Plan and the expected new crosswalks and sidewalks. You'll recall that the City was awarded the funds to do this work through a competitive grant program, the Fit Community Grant Program. In order to get the physical and structural improvements, we also had to come up with a fitness program that accompanied this improvement. Well what better fitness program would accompany new sidewalks that take our North Main area residents over to our parks than a walking program! A survey was sent (see blog post dated August 23 - '08) and it showed that a walking program is the right direction (pun intended!) A draft of the program is in the works. It is called Striders 4 Life, structured out of the City Parks & Recreation Center in City Park, and will be broken into four phases: Walk for Self, Walk for Health, Walk for Light, & Walk for Life. This is intended to be a self-motivated health initiative - no structured classes to attend! - with a walking "passport" to log your achievements! Very cool!

Participant’s will be issued activity logs to track mileage walked. Phase maps will be kept at City Park to view where participants are according to their mileage. Through the Rowan County Health Department, participants will be able to have an initial health assessment completed detailing Body Mass Index, helpful nutritional guidelines, etc. Monthly education sessions will be established to focus on food/nutrition and alternate health and exercise activities.

Representatives from the City of Salisbury and the Fit Community Program met recently to chart progress towards the overall improvement plan, the fitness plan, and they even walked the proposed fitness path through the N. Main area, down Miller St. to the Parks and around to the Salisbury Greenspace off Mahaley. Overall, the grant coordinators were impressed with our efforts and our City representatives felt they learned a lot from our survey responses.

Thank you to all who took the time to participate.

As for the physical structural improvements, last we heard was that this was in engineering. One of the issues is the utility pole in the little landscape "island" in the middle of the Miller St./Jackson St. intersection. That will have to be moved as the street is narrowed to accommodate the newly planned sidewalk on the south side of Miller.
We'll keep you posted as we learn more!

Unwanted Trouble in the Neighborhood?

There was a recent report about some trouble in our neighborhood.  This is one of the very very important reasons for a neighborhood association such as the Old North Salisbury Association.  Not only is our aim to preserve the architecture in this community but to preserve the community and the culture of the community.  The neighborhood association is a way to unite, to get to know one another, see each other, and feel comfortable with one another.  Being vigilant for ourselves and each other pays off ~ the only way to be successful is to be involved.  

If you ever need the support of the police department, you can always contact:

Officer Ann M. Cooper
Community Services Officer
Salisbury Police Department
130 E. Liberty St.
Salisbury, NC 28144
(704) 638-4463 Office
(704) 202-4295 Cell Phone