Sherry Waldman, SNA Board President

Providence Budget Meeting – Monday, June 30, 2025 5:30 pm

Hello Everyone,
We encourage you to attend tomorrow’s budget meeting at 5:30 pm. Please see the details below.
From the Providence City Council:
Dear Neighbors,
We’re in the home stretch of budget season and Providence City Council wants to hear from you! The Committee on Finance invites you to a public hearing on Monday, June 30 at 5:30PM to hear your thoughts on the amended Fiscal Year 2026 budget.
Free, quality childcare will be available on-site by a licensed and insured provider. Spots are limited and RSVP is required. Register here:
Spanish-to-English translation will be available.
If you can’t attend in person, you can submit testimony by emailing cityclerk@providenceri.gov.
By Sherry Waldman, SNA Board President, ago

Ecosystem Gardening with RI Native Plants – May 20, 2025 5:30 pm

Subject: Upcoming lecture on ecosystem gardening with RI native plants
Date: May 20 2025 530PM

Ecosystem Gardening with RI Native Wildflowers – Rhode Island Wild Plant Society
 riwps.org

 Please share widely! The more ecoregion-centric gardens we have in our neighborhood, the better for our native/local pollinators and birds. Even devoting just a small section of your garden to native plants will benefit the wildlife around us.

 This slide lecture, by Karen Asher of the RI Wild Plant Society, will take place next Tuesday, May 20th, from 5:30 to 6:30 pm, at the RI Historical Society’s Aldrich House, 110 Benevolent Street in Providence. The lecture is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

 Come find out why using plants native to our ecoregion is so important, and learn which ones are right for your garden’s particular conditions—“right plant, right place.”

https://riwps.org/event/ecosystem-gardening-with-ri-native-wildflowers-2/

By Sherry Waldman, SNA Board President, ago

2025 SNA Annual Meeting on Monday, April 28th!

Please join the Summit Neighborhood Association for our Annual Meeting on Monday, April 28th from 7-9 pm at The Highlands on the East Side at 101 Highland Avenue.

We’ll be voting in this year’s SNA Board, as well as hearing from some of our local elected officials about important issues related to the Summit Neighborhood. Plus, The Sandwich Hut is providing us with delicious sandwiches!

Hope to see you there!

By Sherry Waldman, SNA Board President, ago

2024 Rain Harvest Festival

Providence Parks are still looking for a few good volunteers for Sunday’s Rain Harvest Festival set-up. Please email rcolaiace@providenceri.gov if you have interest and time to lend a hand from 9-11 am.
Otherwise, please consider joining in the FUN of this annual festival from 11-2 on Sunday, Sept. 29th. Information, local wares from local vendors, a rain barrel raffle, food, games and good times await you at Roger Williams Park this weekend.
Spread the word and thank you for all you do for parks!
By Sherry Waldman, SNA Board President, ago

October 5 Tree Planting – Join Us!

Our Fall tree planting is around the corner on October 5th. We are planting almost 50 trees in Mt Hope and Summit this year! This is almost twice the normal amount of trees for a planting. The trees will primarily be planted near Hope St shops and on streets West of Camp (Abbott, Grandview, Pleasant).
We will need volunteers because most sites are not owner-occupied.
Please join us! It’s fun!
By Sherry Waldman, SNA Board President, ago