Happenings in and around Old North Knoxville

	Last year's Garden Tour drew 22 Old North neighbors to tour four gardens and then share a lunch. This year's tour is set for June 3th. Volunteer your garden to be on the tour for this neighborhood-only event.

ONK Park has Designer, Funds

Thanks to the efforts of the East Tennessee Community Design Center, a landscape designer has been found who will be working with Old North Knoxville to develop a plan for the small urban park on E. Oklahoma in the 400 block. Representatives from Old North will soon\ be meeting with the designer and the Design Center to begin moving forward on this.

Volunteer your Garden for the 2nd Annual Garden Tour June 3rd

Attention gardeners and plant fanciers. Mark your calendars. The Old North Knoxville Beautification Committee will be hosting its second annual garden tour on Saturday, June 3rd. This tour will feature ONK gardens in a variety of sizes and levels of maturity.

The tour is a neighborhood-only event. Last year there were four gardens on tour and a potluck lunch afterward. The Beautification Committee is looking for volunteers for this year's tour. Learn more about this year’s tour at neighborhood meetings and on the ONK listserv or by calling Beth Booker at 524-8515 or e-mail .

Mugs, Ornaments, Shirts Interested in a present or even a gift for yourself? Want to show off your pride in ONK? Old North has mugs, ornaments, and sweatshirts available. Mugs are $5, ornaments are $12, and sweatshirts are $20. Come to a monthly meeting and ask about them or contact 1st vice president James Pierce at .

March 30th Potluck at 6:30 PM  Join us on Thursday, March 30th at 6:30 PM at the Broadway Baptist Church for Old North Knoxville's first potluck of 2006. Old North will provide the plates, plastic ware, cups, napkins, ice, and drinks. Bring your dish of choice with enough for yourself and some to share. An abbreviated monthly meeting will start at 7:30 PM. Come for the food and stay for the meeting. The church is located at the corner of Gill and Broadway. Potluck and meeting will be in the lower level.

Spring ONK Cleanup April 1st

ONK will hold its spring neighborhood cleanup Saturday, April 1st from 8:30 AM - noon. The City of Knoxville will place dumpsters at several sites in our neighborhood and haul away our unwanted items and street trash. Old North volunteers will remove litter and debris from streets and alleys.

Please be respectful of the dumpsters. The dumpsters should not be filled over the top; they should not be used for construction materials or hazardous waste. Failure to comply with city rules will mean that ONK will be not be able to receive free dumpsters in the future. Volunteers should meet at 124 E. Scott at 8:30 AM. Saturday April 1st. ONK will have gloves and bags for the effort.  ONK will provide volunteers with lunch immediately after the project. Contact at 524-8515 if you can help out.

First Creek Cleanup April 22nd

This spring’s 1st Creek Cleanup will be Saturday April 22nd from 8:30 AM - noon. Meet at the corner of Hoitt and Luttrell. This cleanup will involve fishing things out of the creek, cleaning up along the creek banks, and picking up trash along the 1st Creek Greenway path. ONK (Old North Knoxville) in conjunction with the Adopt-A-Stream and Americorp programs will provide gloves, waders, bags, and other materials needed to help improve one of the natural historic treasures of our neighborhood. KUB will be providing us with bottled water through their H₂0 to Go program.

There will be dumpsters to put the trash in and a wheelbarrow or two to help move the collected discarded treasures. Volunteers are needed for a variety of tasks. If you’re worried about getting wet, you can volunteer to pick up trash and small items on the shoreline and park areas. ONK will provide lunch after the cleanup.

Helpers of all ages and abilities are needed. Call Beth Booker at 524-8515 or e-mail
if you have questions about this year’s cleanup. The 1st Creek Greenway is an asset to ONK giving us valuable greenspace in our urban neighborhood. Come on down and get acquainted with the greenway & your neighbors.

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