Congratulations to the following Five Points/East End Neighborhood Residents who received awards from the Mifflin County Garden Club for their decorative door displays. Elmer and Nancy Charles, Jr. of 23 Chestnut Street - winners of the Carrie Dreese Award; Linda and John Price, 206 Logan Street receiving a red ribbon for their efforts and Karen Leopold, 71 Chestnut Street with an Honorable Mention award.
Your efforts at decorating your homes extends to the entire Neighborhood and community instilling pride in all of us. Thank you for making your Neighborhood a better place!
Posted by JZ
Better, Cleaner, Safer, Greener
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
Monday, December 29, 2008
Neighborhood Banners developed through work of residents
The Neighborhood banners that now adorn Montgomery Avenue Extended represent the work of a sub committee that was formed from the Image & Identity Committee of the Five Points/East End Neighborhood. This committee is working with Downtown Lewistown Incorporated and the “Elm Street” Project for the sole purpose of solidifying an identity for the neighborhood and its residents. This logo design was developed by identifying and highlighting specific characteristics and qualities of our community. This logo will be visible throughout the Five Points/East End Neighborhood and will be used on literature, publications, correspondence and other promotional pieces. The banners were designed by Media X Creative incorporating the ideas of the following neighborhood residents:
Rhonda Walters – Chair
Sam Price
Kris Bradley
Robert Jim Clark
The banners are a tangible result of the good work of these residents and is representative of the creativity and spirit of the Neighborhood.
Posted by JZ
Better, Cleaner, Safer, Greener
Rhonda Walters – Chair
Sam Price
Kris Bradley
Robert Jim Clark
The banners are a tangible result of the good work of these residents and is representative of the creativity and spirit of the Neighborhood.
Posted by JZ
Better, Cleaner, Safer, Greener
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
The Great Chip Drop
New Year's Eve is close.
The Great Chip Drop serves as a community celebration for the Juniata Valley as we welcome 2009.
Like the Riverfest, Kid Connection, Ice Festival, Embassy Festival, etc., it's a great event to walk to from the East End Neighborhood.
Midnight fireworks may even be visible from some porches in Our Neighborhood.
More information:
www.chipdrop.com
Better, Cleaner, Safer, Greener
The Great Chip Drop serves as a community celebration for the Juniata Valley as we welcome 2009.
Like the Riverfest, Kid Connection, Ice Festival, Embassy Festival, etc., it's a great event to walk to from the East End Neighborhood.
Midnight fireworks may even be visible from some porches in Our Neighborhood.
More information:
www.chipdrop.com
Better, Cleaner, Safer, Greener
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Adopt a Neighborhood Begins
A partnership effort of Downtown Lewistown, Inc. (DLI) and the Borough of Lewistown along with several community-minded individuals has resulted in organizations and businesses "adopting" public spaces in the Downtown and Five Points/East End Neighborhood.
Bolstered by the Annual United Way Day of Caring, four businesses have stepped forward in "adopting" key landscape areas. Caretaker LLC with offices in Downtown Lewistown along with Bushmen Landscaping and Metzler Forest Products have begun providing maintenance to the landscaped banks along Montgomery Avenue adjacent to Rec Park.
Concentrated maintenance work details provided by the Mifflin-Juniata United Way Day of Caring Program and participating employee volunteers from local businesses has been a positive force in the community. In 2007, Mifflin County GIS and Planning Departments along with employee volunteers from Mifflin County Children & Youth provided extensive maintenance at the Rec Park location with on-site expertise facilitated by Penn State Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program. Once again, in 2008, the United Way Day of Caring with 28 employee volunteers from GE Inspection Technologies provided maintenance at the Rec Park Overlook and adjacent areas. Visit the United Way of Mifflin-Juniata website at www.mjunitedway.org for more information.
In addition to these concentrated work parties, Borough employees, interns, Neighborhood and Community residents assisted with periodic maintenance throughout the summer. Geoff Burke, Rhonda and Matt Walters, Ron Napikoski, and Jon Zimmerman of Downtown Lewistown, Inc.- Five Points/East End Neighborhood lent a hand to weed select areas and Kevin Morgan of Community Partnerships RC&D provided technical assistance in identifying a problem weed at the site. Our thanks to each of these individuals for helping to revitalize the Downtown and Neighborhood.
On the other side of town, the "diamond" at the corner of Juniata and West Market Streets and the intersection of the River Bridge is an important entry into the downtown. The evolution of this project began in 2000 when DLI and the Borough identified this key intersection as a target for improvement. Working through the Borough of Lewistown, DLI leveraged funding through PennDot to consolidate highway directional signing, add soil, provide plants, and finish with a river stone mulch. The planting, completed in Summer 2003 by Moon Brothers Landscaping, has become established and provides an attractive entry into the Downtown.
Since this early planting, several individuals and organizations have helped with the maintenance of this area including Bible Baptist Church and Downtown Lewistown, Inc. Earlier this Fall, Barger's Landscaping has "adopted" this area pledging to maintain this site as a beautiful entry into the community.
We encourage others to "adopt" an area and help make this community better, safer, cleaner and greener. We look forward to your comments.
Posted by JZ
A partnership effort of Downtown Lewistown, Inc. (DLI) and the Borough of Lewistown along with several community-minded individuals has resulted in organizations and businesses "adopting" public spaces in the Downtown and Five Points/East End Neighborhood.
Bolstered by the Annual United Way Day of Caring, four businesses have stepped forward in "adopting" key landscape areas. Caretaker LLC with offices in Downtown Lewistown along with Bushmen Landscaping and Metzler Forest Products have begun providing maintenance to the landscaped banks along Montgomery Avenue adjacent to Rec Park.
Concentrated maintenance work details provided by the Mifflin-Juniata United Way Day of Caring Program and participating employee volunteers from local businesses has been a positive force in the community. In 2007, Mifflin County GIS and Planning Departments along with employee volunteers from Mifflin County Children & Youth provided extensive maintenance at the Rec Park location with on-site expertise facilitated by Penn State Cooperative Extension Master Gardener Program. Once again, in 2008, the United Way Day of Caring with 28 employee volunteers from GE Inspection Technologies provided maintenance at the Rec Park Overlook and adjacent areas. Visit the United Way of Mifflin-Juniata website at www.mjunitedway.org for more information.
In addition to these concentrated work parties, Borough employees, interns, Neighborhood and Community residents assisted with periodic maintenance throughout the summer. Geoff Burke, Rhonda and Matt Walters, Ron Napikoski, and Jon Zimmerman of Downtown Lewistown, Inc.- Five Points/East End Neighborhood lent a hand to weed select areas and Kevin Morgan of Community Partnerships RC&D provided technical assistance in identifying a problem weed at the site. Our thanks to each of these individuals for helping to revitalize the Downtown and Neighborhood.
On the other side of town, the "diamond" at the corner of Juniata and West Market Streets and the intersection of the River Bridge is an important entry into the downtown. The evolution of this project began in 2000 when DLI and the Borough identified this key intersection as a target for improvement. Working through the Borough of Lewistown, DLI leveraged funding through PennDot to consolidate highway directional signing, add soil, provide plants, and finish with a river stone mulch. The planting, completed in Summer 2003 by Moon Brothers Landscaping, has become established and provides an attractive entry into the Downtown.
Since this early planting, several individuals and organizations have helped with the maintenance of this area including Bible Baptist Church and Downtown Lewistown, Inc. Earlier this Fall, Barger's Landscaping has "adopted" this area pledging to maintain this site as a beautiful entry into the community.
We encourage others to "adopt" an area and help make this community better, safer, cleaner and greener. We look forward to your comments.
Posted by JZ
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Welcome to the Neighborhood
We have created this site as a place where you can find out news of what's happening in the Five Points/East End Neighborhood of Lewistown, Pennsylvania, learn about activities of your friends and neighbors and learn of strategies you may embrace to make a real change in your life, and make your Neighborhood and community a better, greener place.
We invite your input and comment as we develop and implement improvements in the Neighborhood intending to always follow our vision to:
Continue to provide a secure, clean, tranquil, and pedestrian friendly Neighborhood with a diversified type and income mix of attractive housing, a blend of small businesses and services, pockets of green space, and access to the adjacent revitalized Downtown business and commercial center and Rec Park - all complemented by pride in the Neighborhood's revitalized character, appearance, property values and sense of community.
Join us as we implement this vision.
-Posted by JZ
We invite your input and comment as we develop and implement improvements in the Neighborhood intending to always follow our vision to:
Continue to provide a secure, clean, tranquil, and pedestrian friendly Neighborhood with a diversified type and income mix of attractive housing, a blend of small businesses and services, pockets of green space, and access to the adjacent revitalized Downtown business and commercial center and Rec Park - all complemented by pride in the Neighborhood's revitalized character, appearance, property values and sense of community.
Join us as we implement this vision.
-Posted by JZ
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