House History Walks, Sept. 16 & 30

Task Force Chair — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:13:05 +0000

Ever wonder about the history of your house, such as when it was built, who were the previous owners, etc.? Join us for two upcoming house history walks where we’ll be exploring the history of some of your neighbors’ homes.

The first walk, taking place on Thursday, September 16th, will feature several homes on the near West Side. We’ll start off the tour by meeting at Fairview Park at 6pm.

The second house tour will focus on the Elmwood Park neighborhood on Thursday, September 30th at 6pm. We’ll be meeting at Friendship Park to begin this tour.

The history walks will be a great opportunity to learn more about some of the homes in your neighborhood and you’ll also learn how you can find out the history of your own home.

North By Northwest Neighborhood has created a House Research Guide booklet that provides some tips and tools about how to research the history of your home. Booklets will be provided at the walks, or you can find it online at www.nbnw-bpa.org.

September 16th @ 6pm – West Side neighborhood tour
September 30th @ 6pm – Elmwood Park tour

Backyards for Wildlife Contest Awards

Biking — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 12:58:29 +0000

Bethlehem Backyards for Wildlife Gardening Contest Awards Event

Date: Saturday Sept 18 (Sunday Sept 19th as a rain date)
Time: 2-4pm
Location: Friendship Park

Activities:
1. Award prizes from Edge of the Woods native plant nursery, local artist Will Christine, The Bird House and Heavenly Hedgehog for contestants.
2. Plant walk-about/scavenger hunt
3. Bird house/feeder craft activities
4. Information on native plants and invasive exotics

Stoketoberfest – Oct 22-23 Ice House

Biking — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:26:21 +0000

Are you sick of summer heat! Are you ready for a change? Then get ready to celebrate winter with us at Stoketoberfest 2010, a ski film spectacular at the Ice House October 22-23. We will feature 5 of this year’s hottest ski and ride films from the top film companies in the business. Afterparties at the Bethlehem BrewWorks and more. For $15 bucks you get to watch 2 ski films, a copy of Powder Magazine and a lift ticket voucher for Elk Mountain. There will be swag and chances for prizes in our raffles. Don’t miss it, tickets are available now online.

The gang from Meathead films will be there for Meet the Meats and the crew from Level 1 will be in the House! Keep checking the movie website for developments and tell all your friends. Even if you don’t ski or ride, you gotta come see the superheroes of winter in these films!

W Broad St Business Owners Mtg.

Biking — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:46:50 +0000

Meet and Connect with neighboring business owners and professionals on West Broad Street.

Share and develop ideas for enhancing business visibility on the Broad Street Corridor.

Talk with residents about ideas for promotion and events, such as a business open house.

Discuss Broad Street improvements that will help your enterprise and help Broad Street neighborhoods.

Develop a pipeline to City and State support of revitalization

Start the implementation process.

Choice of Location and Time:

7:30 AM @ the DAR building in the Rose Garden on 8th Avenue

7:00 PM @ the Mayflower Restaurant at 622 West Broad.

Fill out the online survey: Help save time and prepare for the meetings by filling out the online Business Survey. Send your request for the survey to toulousm@gmail.com.

Bike Hitch Rollout

Biking — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:52:01 +0000

Bike hitches have started hitting the streets of NbNW starting with East and West Broad Street. In an effort to make the neighborhoods more bike friendly, and with the help of CAT, Public Works and the Streets Depts. bike hitches were installed in 6 spots on East and West Broad.

Look for more hitches soon on Linden and Center Streets.

First Annual Sustainable Bethlehem Event

Biking — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:15:13 +0000

Dog Waste Station Donations

Biking — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:04:37 +0000

Do you walk around the neighborhood and occassionally spot pet litter? Would you be interested in helping us reduce that problem? We would like to install some Dog Waste Stations around the neighborhoods that make up the North by Northwest Neighborhood Initiative but we need your help.

Click below to make a $75 dollar donation to sponsor one of the Dog Waste Stations.

Some places mentioned so far:
Border of Friendship Park
Border of Fairview Park

We welcome suggestions for locations where you think dog litter is an issue. Thank you for your help, we will keep you informed on our progress.

West Side Neighborhood Blockwatch Mtg.

Biking — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:38:31 +0000

Within the past few months, there have been numerous reports of theft, vandalism, drug usage, and trespassing in our neighborhood. In many of these instances, the BAPD and BASD security have been involved. With the help of Lorna Velazquez at Calypso, we’d like to have a meeting to discuss how we can band together as a community and keep our awesome neighborhood safe.

Please try to attend…it will take all of us together to …send a message that these kinds of behaviors will not be tolerated.

August 4th 6-8pm @ Calypso School

PA State Budget Update

Biking — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 20:01:40 +0000

As of 3:30 PM today, June 29, 2010, House Bill 2279, PN 3227, the operative legislation for the 2010-2011 fiscal year budget, still had the New Communities Program showing $10,000,000. New Communities funds 3 programs. Main Street, Elm Street and Enterprise Zone. The $10 million in funding keeps these programs alive and on life support.

While things look good for essentially holding the line in this tight fiscal year, you may want to give your State Senator and Representative a quick call to remind them that you would like her or him to insure that The New Communities stays at the $10,000,000 level.

Shared Roadway Markings Surveys

Biking — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:16:14 +0000

The health bureau, traffic engineering, police (traffic bureau) and Coalition for Appropriate Transportation have collaborated and launched a pilot project through the Federal Highway Administration installing Shared Roadway Markings on high bicycle crash routes and where there may be conflicts between motorists and bicyclists in the city. The pilot project is now over and I need your help to fill out a quick survey so I can finalize the end results.

Please click here to complete the Motorist survey:

and/or

Click here to complete the Bicycle survey

I thank you in advance for your assistance in obtaining your opinions regarding the usefulness of the Shared Roadway Markings.

Sherri L. Penchishen, MPH, RD, LDN
Director, Chronic Disease, Health Education & Planning Programs
City of Bethlehem, Bureau of Health
10 East Church Street
Bethlehem PA 18018
484.239.6065 (c)

610.865.7087 (p)
610.865.7326 (f)