THANKS FOR THE CELEBRATION!!!!

Wow!!! A HUGE Thank-You to all in the Old North Salisbury Neighborhood who came out to celebrate at our Fall Social Event yesterday!! We could not have had a more perfect day - blue skies, 68 degrees, golden sunshine, the foliage at City Park in all its crimson glory!! It was made - to - order!!

Our celebration started at about 2 o'clock yesterday - when our musicians began to appear and set up their stage, and volunteers started to arrive with their goodies! And did we ever have goodies! There was probably the Best-Ever Lasagna from Chef Santos by Goodfellas (Fisher St.), the Best-Ever Garlic Rolls from Cartucci's (Fisher St.), and the BEST-EVER Caesar Salad made with fresh spinach from Stelia's Restaurant & Martini Bar (N. Main St.). If you visit these fine restaurants downtown, be sure you tell them THANKS! How cool is it that our downtown merchants support the Old North Salisbury community!

We also had grilled sausages from N. Main St., giant oatmeal cookies from Scales St, a complete coffee, tea, hot-chocolate, hot-cider service from the Klaus' on 14th St., fried chicked from 11th St., and too many more yummy things to count - brownies, snack-mix, chips, homemade dips, jugs of sweet tea and green tea - our tables were overflowing! This truly was a community event!

. . . And the music! WOW! We are super grateful to Salisbury's finest original artists who came, set up, and played for us for 3 hours yesterday afternoon - as a donation to the neighborhood! Tripp Edwards and Alan Wyrick played their wonderful original music under the pavillion - these are Salisbury's home-grown artists destined for greatness! Tripp and Alan are multi-talented artists -not only song writers, but each plays a multitude of instruments. Tripp and Alan switched off on lead and bass guitar, while Jimbo Martin offered his magical drum experience, Jim Charles entwined the tunes with steel guitar, and Ian (sorry Ian - we'll put your last name here when we get it!) tickled the ivories. Hey! It's not every neighborhood picnic that gets this kind of royal treatment from the local music meistros!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!! We'll have pictures posted soon!

If you missed this wonderful opportunity to come out and celebrate - we will try to do this again in the Spring and perhaps again next Fall - twice annually. Over 400 flyers were distributed throughout the neighborhood. IF YOU DIDN'T GET ONE - LET US KNOW!! We want to know how to best make this work FOR YOU!!!

To offer feedback - you can comment on this entry below or send an email to the Old North Salisbury Association at

oldnorthsalisbury@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you!

Thanks to all who came & supported! To all who didn't make it ~ We Missed You!! See you in the neighborhood!

Party Day!!!! Celebrate Old North Salisbury!!!

Hey All! It's count-down now in the minutes to Celebrate Old North Salisbury at City Park!!

We got a beeeeaaauuutttiiifffuuulllll day!! Bring your dancin' shoes to get up and boogie to Tripp Edwards and Alan Wyrick! Bring your best recipe from your home-cookin kitchen and let's rock this neighborhood!

See you at the park!

12 Days til the Party in the Park!!

Only 12 days left til we Celebrate Old North Salisbury! Many of you, by now, should have received fliers in your doors or mailboxes. Our volunteers have been delivering these by hand over the last few weeks. We met and spoke with lots of friendly folks - several who were unaware there was a neighborhood association such as ours! This is why our celebration of friends and neighbors will be an important event to let us know one another! The more we know one another, the stronger we can be as a community.

So . . . Bring a dish to pass, a lawn chair, and sit back and relax - meet your neighbors - have a great time.

Saturday November 8th at the City Park pavilions (off Lake Road) ~ live music ~ rain or shine!

See you there!

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."

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Old North Salisbury Membership Cards!

Hello Friends & Neighbors!

Be Cool ~ Go North!
As a member of the North Main St. community in Salisbury and a member of the Old North Salisbury Association, you are entitled to one of our new membership cards! We will be welcoming long-time members and gathering new members at our upcoming Social Event (coming soon to City Park ~ Salisbury! Keep listening!). Paid dues members will receive the wallet-sized card to keep with you. This card may have some future benefits in addition to your voting voice within the Old North Salisbury Association. We'll tell you more real soon!

We will have a membership table at the party so keep a look-out, bring your $10.00 and we'll mail you the card!

We can't wait to say "Hello" to you all in person!