May Meeting Cancelled

Sorry Neighbors ~ our normally scheduled May meeting is cancelled. There will be a small gathering at the Koko Java Coffee Shop at 6:30PM TONITE for anyone who would like to discuss/plan a NOMA Pops-at-the-Post outing.

We'll resume meetings next month, as we have lots of items on the agenda.

As always, if you or your neighbors have something you would like to see us address, please let us know. An email to themainneighborhood@gmail.com will get your message to us, or you can reply to this post online. NOMA keeps a running idea list ~ all we need sometimes is 'worker bees' to make it all happen!

Thanks to all for your patience with the meeting schedule. Next month for sure! Or coffee tonite if you can make it!

Art on Easy Street Festival ~ Saturday May 15th ~ NOMA Participates in a BIG WAY!

Saturday, May 15 will be the seventh annual Art on Easy Street Festival, featuring more than 100 art, craft and food vendors and area and regional artists and musicians.

The festival will be held at the parking lot at the corner of Liberty and North Main Streets from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The North Main Neighborhood with our many resident artists, will play a big part in this year's festivities. Mosaic artist Cherie Turner (N. Main St) will be exhibiting, Julie Upp (N. Main St) will have her original watercolor, oils, and photography on display. Liz Currey (N. Jackson St) will be exhibiting her handmade hair bows! And our musicians!!! Jimmy Alston (N. Richard St) will be performing his wonderful jazz at 11:00 AM and Sue McHugh (N. Main St) and Tripp Edwards (N. Jackson St) and friends will be performing music on the main stage at 2PM.

Other musicians participating in Art on Easy Street include Divided by Four, Polka Dots, Sam Havens (Guitar) and Ladies Auxiliary Blues Band out of Greensboro. Timmy Abell will perform with the Amadeus Youth Chorus at 3 p.m. in the Trolley Barn.

Many vendors will be offering items for sale and, in addition, James Taylor will do portraits while other vendors will demonstrate skills such as woodturning and glass blowing.

Festival food will be available, including Italian ice, a hot dogs cart, Gyros, hamburgers, funnel cakes, and even Fudge Puppies!

Family Fun day will be at Waterworks Visual Arts Center as well from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

More information is available at www.rowanarts.org or by calling 704-638-9887.

Saturday is bound to be beautiful day so come on out, look at the original art, listen to music, eat yummy food...and support the arts in Rowan County! Your NOMA artists will be looking for you!

Community Watch Program Anyone?

Hello Friends & Neighbors!

It seems some time ago our NOMA neighborhood was working on a Community Watch Program, but we hear it fell by the wayside. Last year we tried implementing Quadrant Captains (the normal programs use Block Captains) in an effort to reach out to our closest neighbors, monitor acitivities we think might be questionable, and in general provide better communication with our neighbors. This has also been difficult for us to organize. How do we best communicate with each other to make a better living place for all of us?

NOMA recently received a note from Officer Ann Cooper of the Salisbury Police Force asking if we might like to re-generate some interest in a Neighborhood Watch program. An email sent to our members indicated a positive response.

We are going to invite Officer Cooper to our next meeting. An agenda will be forthcoming.

If you have not attended a NOMA meeting, please know that you are more than welcome! We do not close our doors to our neighbors (many neighborhoods hold Board of Director meetings only) and welcome your input whether it be a project you would like NOMA to undertake or just a concern we can help address. Our idea list is HUGE and many of the projects are FUN (not just work! - like our Fork & Cork event!) so please join in - you will be greeted with open arms.

Additionally, a program such as a neighborhood watch organization takes people to pull it off ~ it can't happen on its own!

You should also be aware that the Salisbury Police Dept. holds a SNAG meeting every first Wednesday of the month at their factility. It is at 10:00AM and offers us an opportunty to be involved with how the police interact and solve issues with and in our NOrth Main Neighborhood.

The next NOMA meeting is scheduled for TUESDAY MAY 25th @ 7:00PM at the KOKO JAVA Coffee Shop ~ corner of N. Main St. and E. Kerr! See you then!

Salisbury to Receive Historic Preservation Grant - Please Attend May 6th ~ 2PM ~ Salisbury Depot

Freinds & Neighbors,

We encourage your attendance at the press conference (see below) to be held on 5/6 at 2pm at the Depot. Salisbury will be the recipient of one of the nine grants announced at this press conference. Please share this with your neighbors!. It would be great to have a nice turnout.

Linda Carlisle To Announce Historic Preservation Grants

What: Announcement of Historic Preservation Grants in nine North Carolina counties

Who: Secretary Linda A. Carlisle, N.C. Department of Cultural Resources; Salisbury Mayor Susan W. Kluttz; Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer Peter Sandbeck

When: Thursday, May 6, 2 p.m.

Where: 215 Depot Street, Salisbury, N.C.

Background:"May is National Preservation Month," said Cultural Resources Secretary Linda A. Carlisle. "This year's theme is 'Old is the New Green,' and historic preservation grants help communities assure that their vital heritage is cared for and shared."

Built in 1908 from a design by Frank P. Milburn, the Salisbury Railroad Passenger Station was a mainline station between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, GA. At least 44 passenger trains passed through daily in 1911. As the automobile surged, train travel declined and the Salisbury station was ignored. It lay vacant for years, a victim of weather and neglect. In 1976 it was recognized in the National Register of Historic Places. In 1984, Historic Salisbury Foundation, Inc., took on the challenge to resurrect this unique landmark and purchased it from the NC Railroad Company and Norfolk Southern Company.