We Are NOMA ~ The North Main Neighborhood ~ Salisbury, North Carolina

Welcome to NOMA Salisbury, North Carolina! We are The North Main Neighborhood ~ a neighborhood filled with artists, photographers, chefs, doctors, preservationists, lawyers, teachers, musicians, actors, writers, environmentalists, and shop owners. We cherish our historic architecture, our diversity, and our proximity to Salisbury's galleries, museums, restaurants, shops, and parks. We love it here! We know you will too!

Sunday, February 8, 2015

What's Next for NOMA? Exciting Times Ahead!

This is a great time to be in the North Main Neighborhood!

The City of Salisbury, the Community Development Corporation, and our State DOT collaborated with NOMA on a North Main Neighborhood Impact Project that has resulted in a green space at the corner of East 11th Street and North Main Street, with new curbs, storm drains, and gutters, a new attractive bus shelter, and newly planted trees. The long abandoned (and eyesore!) gas station was demolished. What an improvement to this City of Salisbury corridor!

The Historic Salisbury Foundation has invested in not one, not two, but THREE endangered homes in the historic district that sits at the center of this 400+ home neighborhood. Stabilization efforts through the Foundation's revolving fund will create more opportunities for families to live in our neighborhood.

The City's Community Appearance Commission put NOMA on their 2015-16 goals with specific references to creating pocket parks and working towards implementing the North Main Small Area Improvement Plan, approved by City Council in 2007 but not as yet implemented. Neighbors signed a letter to Council this January, in time for Council's planning retreat, asking for implementation of the Improvement Plan in that it mimics the safety concerns for our residents that are outlined in the recently approved Complete Streets Plan for Long and East Innes Streets.

Citizens were proactive in speaking out to Code Enforcement, Salisbury Police, and City Council to get the burned and abandoned home and former service station at Main and W. Steele Street ~ resulting in the demolition of those buildings, and a new grade to the lot.

We have a Fresh Egg Farm-to-Home program! Two Pigs Farm is furnishing NOMA with farm fresh eggs! Email northmainneighborhood@gmail.com to find out more, and/or email twopigsfarm@gmail.com to order eggs in advance. Eggs are delivered fresh every Friday night for Saturday morning availability!

The neighborhood has rallied with a new Board of Directors and new officers. The Board returned to the moniker 'The Old North Salisbury Association', which was always the formal, long-standing, and registered name of

the neighborhood association. The Board has plans are in the works to get date plaques for homes in our historic district. For more information or to order a plaque, email themainneighborhood@gmail.com. As part of a push for membership, you can write a check for $35.00 which will include your $10.00 membership donation and $25.00 for the plaque.

The new Board of Directors hosts a meeting monthly on the second Friday, rotating to different homes in the neighborhood. The Board meets first at 6:00PM, and then opens to a general neighborhood meeting at 7:00PM, often following the meeting with refreshments and a social hour so that neighbors can get to know one another!

So it's a great time to be live in NOMA! There will be many more exciting improvements coming our way!

Join us!

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Welcome to NOMA!

The North Main Neighborhood, in the City of Salisbury North Carolina, is bounded by Lafayette Street at our most southern boundary, and 17th Street (the Town of Spencer town line) to the north; and between N. Jackson Street at our western boundary and the Southern Railway tracks to the east.

In the center of the NOMA, lies the North Main Historic District with homes that were constructed circa 1890 - 1938 along the trolley line that ran from Fulton Heights to the Spencer Shops.

Welcome to NOMA! We love it here! We know you will, too!

Building Our Community

NOMA tries to keep an accurate list of our residents, including homeowners, businesses, tenants, and landlords here in an effort to build the strength of our community. The more we know one another, the stronger, safer, and more secure we'll be as a neighborhood.

Please take the time to email your contact information: name, address, and email address to:

northmainneighborhood@gmail.com

so that you can be kept aware of neighborhood happenings.

NOMA is a happening neighborhood ~ you'll want to be a part of it!

Join NOMA on NextDoor.com

Using Nextdoor, neighbors finally have a way to easily connect and communicate with those living around them.

There are so many ways neighbors can help each other. One of the most important is banding together to create safer neighborhoods.

NOMA uses Nextdoor to facilitate virtual neighborhood watches in an effort to keep each other informed and help reduce local crime.

We’re also seeing members use Nextdoor to notify each other about nearby conditions, road closures, emergencies, and other ways we can communicate to support each other.

And Nextdoor helps people share resources to save money – whether that’s borrowing a weed-whacker, sharing a nanny, or carpooling to work.

Nextdoor is all about solving real problems and communicating with one another!

Find NOMA - North Main on NextDoor.com and join the conversation!

Preserving & Nurturing North Main Street Area's Most Beautiful Homes

One of the great benefits of local historic district designation in Salisbury is that the City provides grants to residential property owners to assist with the costs of exterior maintenance and repair. These grants are loans that do not have to be repaid and they’re typically used for projects such as painting, roofing and repair of original wood features. The maximum grant award is $2,500 and they’re usually expected to cover 50% or less of the overall project cost. Grants are awarded in the spring and fall as funding allows and they are prioritized to encourage applicants with low in comes. For more information, check out the brochure on the city’s website at: http://www.salisburync.gov/historic.html

The North Main Small Area Improvement Plan

Important Numbers for the City of Salisbury

· Code Enforcement 704.216.7559
· City Hall 704.638.5270
· Need a new bin? 704.638.5256
· Tree work 704.638.5260
· Free mulch 704.638.5251
· Traffic signs 704.638.5261
· Traffic signals 704.638.5269
· Bus routes 704.638.5252
· Street light out 704.638.5213
· Animal control 704.638.2089
· Potholes 704.638.5251
· Recycling 704.638.5256
· Sidewalk repair 704.638.5251
· Crime stoppers 704.638.5388
· Water cutoff 704.638.5300
· Youth programs 704.216.PLAY
· Junk cars 704.638.5333
· Nuisance 704.638.5262

WHAT DOES SALISBURY RECYCLE?

GLASS - Glass containers of all colors except for GREEN. Remove the lids and rinse out before placing them in the bin. Paper labels do not need to be removed.

NEWSPAPER - Wet or dry newspaper and all inserts. Stack beside or on top of your bin.

GLOSSY MAGAZINES ● TELEPHONE DIRECTORIES

JUNK MAIL & MIXED PAPER

CARDBOARD - Cardboard boxes 2' X 3' or smaller and cereal/food boxes. Must be flattened.

PLASTIC - Soft drink bottles and milk jugs as well as other plastic containers with 1 or 2 recycling symbols on the bottom. Remove the lids and step on your plastic to save space. Labels do not need to be removed.

CANS - All aluminum and steel cans from household. Labels do not need to be removed.

Recycle bins are collected every other week. We are in the 'BLUE' section on the map. To find out when NOMA is on the schedule, click the link here: http://www.salisburync.gov/Departments/PublicServices/Solid%20Waste/Documents/sanitation_calendar.pdf