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Olneyville Neighborhood News
A Publication of the
May 2012 Volume 8, Issue 2
Neighborhood Hub Day at the
Manton Ave Community Garden
It was a day full of sunshine, seeds, and compost! Over 50
people gathered at the Manton Ave Community Garden on
April 14th for Southside Community Land Trust’s annual
Neighborhood Hub Day. Besides the seed and compost
distribution, the free Beginning Organic Gardening workshop
taught new gardeners how to best plant and grow their plots.
Workshop attendees learned how and when to effectively water
plants, how to enrich soil with compost, and how to feed
plants organically with fish emulsion spray.
Olneyville Neighborhood News / Noticias de Olneyville
May 2012
Volume 8, Issue 2
Member Organizations of the Olneyville Collaborative
A Sweet Creation Youth Organization, Boys & Girls Clubs of Providence, Building Futures, Childhood Lead Action Project,
Children’s Friend & Service, Clinica Esperanza, Olneyville Community Library, Dirt Palace, District 5 Police, English for Action,
Federal Hill House, Institute for the Study & Practice of Nonviolence, Joslin Community Development Corporation, Joslin Rec
Center, Rhode Island LISC, Manton Ave Project, Meeting Street, Nickerson House Community Center, Olneyville Health Center,
Olneyville Housing Corporation, Olneyville Merchant Association, Providence After School Alliance, Providence Housing Authority, Social Venture Partners RI / Social Enterprise RI, Swearer Center / Programs at D’Abate, The Steel Yard, United Way of
Rhode Island, William D’Abate Elementary School, Woonasquatucket River Watershed Council, YMCA of Greater Providence,
YouthBuild Providence, Fete Music
Olneyville Neighborhood News is published four times a year by the Olneyville Collaborative. It is distributed for free to homes,
businesses and other agencies in the Olneyville neighborhood. Its production is made possible by Olneyville Housing
Corporation, Rhode Island Department of Health, Our Neighborhoods, and by its advertisers.
Submissions are welcome and should be sent to Johanna Walczak at [email protected].
Leading up to the big day, an enormous 330 cubic yards of
compost was delivered to 40 gardens within the Providence
Community Growers Network. Alongside the Davey Lopes
Rec Center and Groundwork Providence Garden, the Manton
Ave Community Garden was one of the three sites enlisted
for the day to distribute spring gardening supplies to the many
Manton Ave Community Garden
individual members of the Providence Community Growers
Network.
To learn more and join the Manton Ave Community Garden,
contact Johanna Walczak, [email protected] or (401)351The Manton Ave Community Garden celebrated, as it was 8719 x109.
their first event as a new neighborhood Hub site within the
Providence Community Growers Network. The garden will To learn more and join the Community Growers Network, contact
now serve as a distribution center for gardening materials, Liza Sutton, [email protected] or by calling (401)273-9419
while occasionally hosting workshops and community events. x25.
Keep an eye out for upcoming events or gatherings at this
new Hub site!
-by Sarah Kern
Olneyville SHINES!
On Saturday May 12th,
Olneyville’s streets were
lined with well over 200
volunteers who worked
tirelessly under the sun to
make the neighborhood
shine. Teams scoured
neighborhood, from
Volunteers clear debris from
Glenbridge Ave to Valley
Steere Ave
Street and Atwells Ave to
Olneyville Square. All in all, the day was a huge success.
200 trash bags and over 30 yard bags were filled to the
brim with debris; tires and broken furniture were piled high
on sidewalks; and leaves and sand were swept along the
roads’ edge. The Joslin Rec soccer team helped Principal
Kermen clear weeds, brush, and tree limbs from a vacant lot
on Pope Street. Olneyville Square has a punch of color,
where 263 flowers were planted.
At the end of the day, volunteers gathered back at Riverside
Park for a celebratory barbeque, music, and Y on the Move’s
inflatable obstacle course. A big thank you to Aramark and
Cozi Caterers for providing food, to the City of Providence for
organizing trash collection, and to our generous sponsors:
Citizen’s Bank, United Way of Rhode Island, YMCA of
Greater Providence, and Webster Bank.
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Olneyville Neighborhood News A publication of the Olneyville Collaborative
ECO Youth Encouraging
Healthier Food Choices
The Environmental Justice League of Rhode Island (EJLRI) has been working with corner store owners to stock and spotlight
healthier options. Currently, EJLRI is launching a social marketing campaign geared towards middle and high school youth
called SWAGG Snacks, which is being led by EJLRI’s high school yourth program called ECO Youth.
Earlier this year the EJLRI held a raffle contest for D’Abate students. If they
purchased a healthy snack at Sime Market, they could enter a raffle contest
to win prizes. Sime Market and the students were happy with the project, so
EJLRI decided to continue the momentum by giving out stamp cards to kids
who bought healthy items at Sime. Students got stamps for each healthy
snack item they bought. Once 5 stamps were collected, they could bring the
completed stamp card back to D’Abate to redeem at the school store for
prizes. Sime Market is pleased with the response and reports needing to
restock fruits and healthy snack items more regularly!
- by Amelia Rose
To get involved in the Healthy Corner Store Initiative, call (401) 383-7441 or email [email protected]
For more recipes and to learn more about healthy eating, visit: www.kidsfirstri.org
For more information about farms in Rhode Island, visit: www.farmfreshri.org
One Pot Bean Chili
Ingredients (Serves 10)
2 (15 oz) cans Beans, undrained (pinto, black, kidney, etc)
1 (15 oz) can Tomatoes, canned or fresh, chopped
1 cup Vegetable or Chicken Stock
2 tbsp Chili Powder
2 tbsp Cumin, ground
½ each Onion, diced
1 each Bell Peppers, diced
1 each Zucchini, diced
1-2 Carrots, diced
2 tsp Oregano, ground
1 (8 oz) can Corn, drained and rinsed
Healthy Hint: Look for Low-Sodium beans and stock.
Method of Preparation:
1. Mix all ingredients in a large saucepan or kettle.
2. Bring to a simmer over medium heat.
3. Stir often, keeping on a simmer for ½ hour to meld flavors.
4. Serve immediately, or cool and then reheat.
Serving Suggestions: To add a little color and flavor, cook
the onion, celery, carrot, zucchini or other vegetable first.
Add cooked ground turkey or grilled chicken. Serve with a
slice of whole grain bread, top with yogurt and garnish with
chopped green onions. You’ve got dinner!
On Saturday, April 28, nearly 500 people
joined forces to clean-up, spruce-up and
freshen-up all the parks in Olneyville PLUS
Water Place Park, and stretches of the
Greenway and Bike Path from Providence
Place all the way to Hillside Avenue in
Johnston and beyond. This project was
organized by the Woonasquatucket River
Watershed Council with tons of help from the
Olneyville Collaborative members.
At Riverside Park in Olneyville, over 200
volunteers transformed the park. Their
accomplishments included building a fence
around the community garden; finishing the
community garden shed; weeding and
mulching all the planting beds and trees;
filling a gigantic dumpster with trash; painting
murals, trash cans, signs and picnic tables;
adding mulch to the playgrounds to keep
them safe and clean; collecting almost 30 yards of trash
from the park, the bike path and the edges of the
Woonasquatucket River.
An enormous group of projects occurred alongside the usual
cleanup. WaterFire and Save the Bay coordinated an inwater cleanup of Waterplace Park. 40 City Year Volunteers
along with many other community members filled hundreds
of bags with trash, and cleaned and swept the sidewalks
along the Riverwalk on Kinsley Avenue and Promenade
Street. Teachers, students and parents collected trash,
mulched trees and spruced up the entire area around the
Paul Cuffee School, along the Woonasquatucket River.
Rebuilding Together took on Donigian Park, weeding and
mulching planting beds, painting garbage cans and benches,
spreading wood chips at the playground and clearing out
all the litter. Rising Sun Mills’ management, residents,
tenants and other volunteers cleaned up trash in and around
Ribs, Chicken,
Beef, Pork, Soups,
Sandwiches,
Salads, and
much more!
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Volunteers clean at Riverside Park, in front of the Red Shed Bike Shop
the River through the site. Other volunteers went above and
beyond with other sites including Contech Medical, Bosworth
& Manton Ave Greenway Entrances, Buttonhole Golf Course,
Merino Park, and the Bike Path at Hillside Avenue.
The day was a huge success. Many thanks to event
contributors, the hundreds of volunteers, and event sponsors:
Lopco Contracting, Dominion, United Way, Schnitzer, Fete,
The Paint Shoppes, The Narragansett Bay Commission,
Adler’s Design Center & Hardware, The City of Providence,
Coca Cola, Contech Medical Inc, The Foundry, Gilbane, Te
903, Sodexo, Town of Johnston, Umicore, United Natural
Foods, Wes’ Rib House, Whole Foods, Butcher Block LLC,
Scrambler’s Restaurant, Dunkin Donuts, Preferred
Equipment, and Freeway Car Wash.
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