June 25th, 2010
Well, schools out, hot summer weather is in. That means it’s time to keep your eyes peeled for graffiti in the neighborhood, on your block, at your playground. This is an assault on your property value. It’s a 25% drop if the value of the house you live in if there is graffiti present on the block. Help yourself by helping us catch some of these taggers and by removing it as fast as it goes up.
Report graffiti to Izzy Geier at the City of Bethlehem igeier@bethlehem-pa.gov or call the Parks Department. If you can take a picture and attach it to your email that would be helpful.
These are from today at Friendship Park. Read the rest of this entry »
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June 11th, 2010
Public Meetings Flyer
Monday June 28th at 7pm
First Presbyterian Church
2344 Center Street Rm 400
Enter at south side door by the main office
Tuesday June 29th at 3pm
Originate Ventures at the Victory Firehouse
205 Webster Street (corner of Webster and Columbia)
Tuesday June 29th at 7pm
Moravian College – Dana Lecture Hall – Hall of Science Bldg
Enter campus from Main Street onto Locust Street – follow one way access to parking lots at Monocacy and Laurel Street
To view the ordinance please visit http://www.bethlehem-pa.gov
Contact Tracy Samuelson for details at 610-865-7088 or tsamuelson@bethlehem-pa.gov
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June 9th, 2010
There is a grand opening this weekend for Chris’s Deli & Minimarket at 10am. They will be having free samples of their offerings including Mediterranean and American favorites. Neighbors, give Chris’s a try at 802 Spring Street Bethlehem PA 18018 610-849-2430. Open Monday – Saturday 7am – 7pm.
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June 9th, 2010
If you have a hankering for some Russian food check out this neighborhood jem on W. Union Blvd and 7th Avenue.
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June 2nd, 2010
Wow, imagine shopping at 150 stores without even leaving the North Street Parking Garage! Here is your chance to sample lots of local merchants from Bethlehem in a great new event.
Don’t wanna drive? That’s ok neighbor! Just walk on over to the North Street Parking Garage and make your way up to the roof and check it out.
Download the flyer to send your friends! 2010 Fancy Flea Market Flyer
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June 1st, 2010
After over 20 years, Bethlehem is hosting the Pennsylvania League of Cities! (www.plcm.org) Join the businesses city-wide in celebrating this event by strolling the streets of the Historic Shopping District and the Southside Shopping District from 6:00-9:00pm. Receive discounts, sample FREE wine and cheese in the shops, and enjoy listening to live music on the streets!
2010 PLCM Meet Me Downtown Flyer
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May 25th, 2010
Hats off to this NbNW homeowner for not only fixing some sidewalk that needed to be replaced but also, going the distance AND fixing their curbs. If you look around, the curbs and sidewalks are falling apart all over the neighborhood. Fixing the sidewalks and making the neighborhood more walkable one house at a time raises the liveability of the neighborhood and raises the property value. Hats off!
Curb Appeal
Tags: Curb, sidewalk
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May 24th, 2010
Click here to download the NbNW ELM STREET SURVEY 2010
It’s time for our annual Elm Street Survey. The survey time period is from now until Labor Day but why wait! If you live, work or own property in the North by Northwest Neighborhood Initiative area, please take a moment to download the pdf, print it and mail it get it back to us.
Not only do we need this data for feedback to the state but we share the results with the various city departments, the mayor’s office etc. and use it in our planning. So, take a moment and help out your neighborhood by taking this quick survey!
How do you get it back to us? Good question! You can mail it to:
A.G. Pitsilos
Elm Street Manager
City of Bethlehem
10 East Church Street
Bethlehem PA 18018
or you could drop it off at one of the police substations in the neighborhood at either 4th Avenue and West Broad or on Linden Street. If you come to the movies in the summer, you could bring it along and give it to us there as well. I’ll also set up a box in the lobby here at City Hall if you are out and about and want to drop it here.
In the next couple of days, I will be generating the survey electronically so look for that link on the website shortly as well.
Tags: 2010 Survey
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May 19th, 2010
Seedbombing is the practive of spreading seeds into areas you can’t easily physically access by making a ball of clay and compost and embedding some seeds. It’s part of a European movement called Guerilla Gardening, and “Pimp Your Pavement. We have some pretty barren spots around that might benefit from some native plant seed bombs. This gumball machine idea rocks as a way to make it easy for people to help out!
Here is where it came from. Thanks Robin Spilner for the link.
Tags: Guerilla Gardening, Pimp Your Pavement, Seedbombs
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