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The last chance to be included on the annual yard sale map and advertisements is May 24th, this Wednesday. Sign up now! https://emersoneast.wordpress.com/yard/ The yard-sale itself is Saturday, June 3rd, 2023 from 8am-2pm

And we’re also meeting on Zoom at 6:30PM. This is a very important meeting, we’ll be talking about two key issues – whether we’ll merge with Emerson-East, and how we’ll do grants from our fund-raising efforts. Zoom Details: Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/84592955948?pwd=RzhJZGdIYUVrNGJQbzYrUmI2MnVwUT09 or call (312) 626 6799Meeting ID: 845 9295 5948Passcode: 990979

On Thursday May 5th, the Eken Park Neighborhood will be voting on whether to merge with the Emerson East Neighborhood Association. This will dissolve the Eken Park Neighborhood Association, and create a new neighborhood association. The vote will take place in two successive Eken Park meetings, the first of which will take place at 6:30PMContinue reading “EPNA/EENA Merger Meeting”

Once again the Emerson East Neighborhood Association is organizing a joint neighborhood Yard Sale. If you want to maximize your traffic, plan your yard sale for Saturday June 3rd, and register your address with the Emerson East registration page so that your address will appear on yard-sale maps. Happy spring-cleaning & bargain-hunting!

On Friday March 31st a fire damaged or destroyed much of the Acme Ironworks on S. Park St. The artist behind Acme Ironworks is Erika K. an Eken Park resident, and the creator of our butterflies at the entrances to the Eken Park Neighborhood. Erika is accepting donations to help her recover from this fire.Continue reading “Fire at Acme Ironworks”

The co-chairs of the Green Space Committee have set two dates for anyone interested in being involved to show up, meet others, share ideas and information, and come up with a game plan for the Committee. The first meeting will be Saturday, March 25, from 4 to 5 PM at 2302 Coolidge Street. Outside ifContinue reading “Green Space Committee Meet & Greet Plus”

EPNA will be meeting both in person at Bashford Methodist and also via a scheduled Zoom meeting. Please see Agenda: https://blog.ekenpark.org/2023/02/28/epna-march-2-agenda/ Topic: EPNA Monthly MeetingTime: Mar 2, 2023 06:30 PM Central Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us06web.zoom.us/j/84592955948?pwd=RzhJZGdIYUVrNGJQbzYrUmI2MnVwUT09 Meeting ID: 845 9295 5948Passcode: 990979 Dial by your location+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) Meeting ID:Continue reading “EPNA Zoom Meeting 6:30PM Mar 2”