Saturday, April 4th New Life Community Church, 64 E North St., Carlisle 9 a.m. Breakfast – Bike Tune ups 10:15 am – Depart for ride https://www.facebook.com/events/555228281711344/ Bicyclists of all ages are invited to join a community bike ride around Carlisle’s Northside neighborhood. The Northside Ride seeks to connect residents to each other and community organizations… Read More Northside Ride 2020 | Community Bike Event
HEBERLIG PALMER PARK GARDEN Free Garden Space Available Free seeds | Free Garden Workshops | Free Water HEBERLIG PALMER PARK GARDEN – 131 Lincoln Ave. Carlisle Free Garden Space Available Spring 2020 Questions? email carlislewestside@gmail.com Free seeds | Free Garden Workshops | Free Water No gardening experience required Limited Spaces Available Sign Up Now! West… Read More HEBERLIG PALMER PARK GARDEN Free Garden Space Available 2020
Save the Date! 4/18/20 9am-Noon (Rain/Snow Date- April 25th) Heberlig Palmer Park 131 Lincoln Ave. https://www.facebook.com/events/1656644211139381/ Let’s get together to shake off the winter blues and beautify the neighborhood. This year we will focus on public spaces in parks and along sidewalks/tree wells/streets. Do you know of a public space that needs a clean up?… Read More West Side Neighborhood Clean Up Event- 4/18/20 9am-Noon
Save the Date! 4/13/19 9am-Noon Heberlig Palmer Park 131 Lincoln Ave. https://www.facebook.com/events/1931174327010498/ Let’s get together to shake off the winter blues and beautify the neighborhood. This year we will focus on public spaces in parks and along sidewalks/tree wells/streets. Do you know of a public space that needs a clean up? Become a leader and… Read More West Side Neighborhood Clean Up Event- 4/13/19 9am-Noon
HEBERLIG PALMER PARK GARDEN Free Garden Space Available Free seeds | Free Garden Workshops | Free Water The last few years of the community garden have been an incredible success! We are so excited to see what we grow this upcoming year. If you, or someone you know, is interested in applying for a garden… Read More HEBERLIG PALMER PARK GARDEN Free Garden Space Available 2019
Save the Date! 4/14/18 8am-Noon Heberlig Palmer Park 131 Lincoln Ave. https://www.facebook.com/events/350518805467093/ ” Improving the Neighborhood One House at a Time” For the 4rd year in a row, Local Churches, Neighborhood Organizations and Non-Profit Organizations will come together on the morning of April 14th to help neighbors work on minor external repairs in their yards… Read More 4th Annual Neighbors Helping Neighbors Clean Up Event- 4/14/18 8am-Noon + Community Picnic
HEBERLIG PALMER PARK GARDEN Free Garden Space Available Spring/Summer/Fall 2017 Free seeds | Free Garden Workshops | Free Water No gardening experience required Space Limited Sign Up Now! West Side Neighbors is excited to offer FREE space in the newly built Heberlig Palmer Park Community Garden. Residents can sign up for a raised garden plot… Read More Heberlig Palmer Park Community Garden- Free Space Available
Save the Date! 4/29 8am-Noon Heberlig Palmer Park 131 Lincoln Ave. ” Improving the Neighborhood One House at a Time” For the 3rd year in a row, Local Churches, Neighborhood Organizations and Non-Profit Organizations will come together on the morning of April 29th to help neighbors work on minor external repairs in their yards and… Read More 3rd Annual Neighbors Helping Neighbors Clean Up Event- 4/29 8am-Noon + Community Picnic
In December 2017 PIRHL developers held a public meeting at Friends Meeting House to discuss the updated plans for the Tire and Wheel site. This was a follow up meeting after the updated plans were presented at a small meeting with a few neighbors from the West Side Neighborhood earlier that month. The main change from… Read More PIRHL -Tire and Wheel Meeting Recap 12/7 & Land Development Plans – 650 N. College St
Carlisle Borough held a public meeting on January 26th 2017 to unveil their new plans for the stormwater park the will buffer the IAC redevelopment site and Fairground Avenue. We saw initial conceptual plans back in May 2014 and these plans further parsed out the new amenities. The park is designed to both mitigate the issue… Read More Fairground Ave Stormwater Park and IAC Site Subdivision Plans
Neighborhood Meeting with Pirhl Developers 12/7 6:30pm Friends Meeting House (Quaker Church) 252 A St. Pirhl Developers has been working for the last few months to secure funding to purchase the Tire and Wheel Site. They met with us earlier this year and then presented to borough council an updated plan based on some of… Read More Neighborhood Meeting with Pirhl Developers-12/7 6:30pm
Heberlig Palmer Park is renovated and it is finally time to celebrate! Come out for a fun afternoon in the neighborhood and enjoy the many events we have planned. We will have a small ceremony around 1:30 to thank everyone who made this project possible. https://www.facebook.com/events/309113022785794/ The Grand Opening will include: -HP Park History Exhibit… Read More Heberlig Palmer Park Grand Opening Celebration
Work has been moving along nicely in Heberlig Palmer Park this summer. The path is almost completely paved and both parking lots are paved as well. The seating wall is laid out and the lights will be installed in the wall soon so then the wall tops will be added. The natural play area has… Read More Heberlig Palmer Park Updates
Today we were invited to walk through the new Wheelhouse Lofts built and managed by Creative Building Concepts who has their headquarters on D St. The apartments are incredibly beautiful with so much natural light highlighting the interior features. We walked though the building soon after it was purchased earlier this year and it has come so… Read More Wheelhouse Lofts (Hollinger Building) Open House
Work is finally underway in the park! After 3+ years of fundraising, planning, coordinating, redesigning and more work we finally can see that something is actually happening. We are posting the current schedule but exact dates may change due to weather and other factors the construction company might need to adapt to. Most of the… Read More Heberlig Palmer Park Construction Progress & Schedule
On April 9th we were planning to hold our Neighbors Helping Neighbors Work Day. Unfortunately the weather was in the 30’s and snowy so we postponed a week and crossed our fingers that it would be successful on April 15th. That Saturday morning the sun was shining and we had around 80 people come out to… Read More Neighbors Helping Neighbors-Photo Gallery-4/15/16
PIRHL Development presented updated plans for the Tire and Wheel site to the Planning Commission on Thursday January 28th, 2016. PIRHL is asking Borough Council to write a letter of support for their application for federal funding/tax subsidies. They presented the plan to the Planning Commission so they would send a recommendation to Borough Council. There were… Read More Planning Commission Meeting-PIRHL-Tire & Wheel Plans
Over 70 neighbors and residents turned out for the West Side Neighbors January Meeting to hear about developments on the Tire and Wheel Site. After a few other agenda items were covered including the bid for construction of HP Park opening and showcasing upcoming events in the neighborhood including an African American History Showcase, Neighbors… Read More Tire and Wheel Site Development Meeting Recap-1/11/16
Neighbors and volunteers are again coming together on April 9th to help neighbors in our community with external upgrades around their yard, fences or porches. The first day of helping was an incredible success and we are hoping to replicate this again this year. Please email carlislewestside@gmail.com if you have some projects you could… Read More Neighbors Helping Neighbors-Community Day of Helping-4/9/16
The plans for the park upgrade were formally accepted by DCNR (Department of Conservation and Natural Resources) as they needed to approve everything since they provided us with a $67,500 matching grant. The borough is now accepting bids through February 11th for the construction of the park and bids should awarded early spring for a… Read More Request for Bids-Heberlig Palmer Park Renovation
Hello Neighbors! We have a good agenda with lots of updates for our upcoming meeting next Monday 1/11 6:30pm at Friends Meetings House (252 A St). Please email if you have any additional items you would like to add or just bring them up at the meeting as all ideas and conversations welcome. Tire and… Read More West Side Neighbors Meeting Agenda 1/11- Important Tire & Wheel Site & HP Park Updates
A celebration for the graduation of 5 carpentry students (Layton Brooks, Abdul Nyero, Scott Webber, Nafee Larrimore) who built 3 raised garden beds was held in Heberlig Palmer Park on Saturday October 10th. The 7 week course was part of the My Brother’s Keeper initiative that Mayor Tim Scott has been leading. The Employment Skills… Read More HP Park Raised Garden Bed Dedication and Carpentry Certificate Award Ceremony Recap
Saturday, October 10th 1:30 pm Heberlig Palmer Park (131 Lincoln Ave) You are invited to the Basic Carpentry Pilot Program Certificate Presentation and Dedication Ceremony. The Employment Skills Center carpentry students will be awarded their class certificates, and we will be dedicating the new community garden planters that the students built. Join us in celebrating our… Read More HP Park Garden Bed Dedication Ceremony & Carpentry Program Certificate Presentation
Our neighborhood has a few options for free after school activities for kids. Also the YMCA has a free membership program for all 7th graders. 1) Hope Station in Memorial Park “The Kids Café program provides a free, substantial snack in the afternoon to Hope Station children up to 12th grade. It operates Monday –… Read More Free After School Programs
We had the pleasure of hosting 40+ Dickinson College first year students for their community service work. They weeded, mulched and planted around the alleys of Heberlig Palmer Park, trimmed low hanging branches, cleaned up litter, mulched and weeded tree wells on neighboring streets and cleared storm drains. They worked extremely hard all afternoon and… Read More Dickinson College First Year Students volunteer in HP Park West Side Neighborhood
The Tire and Wheel site has been quiet since demolition ceased many months back and we check in periodically with the current owners to see if they have any updates for the neighborhood. The main site is still actively seeking developers but the Hollinger Building on the corner of B St and North College has been sold… Read More Creative Building Concepts buys Hollinger Building; Plans renovation
The garden is going crazy. We had children help to plant the garden this year and there might be some extra seeds that were started because the space if overflowing. All food is FREE for the taking. Look for peppers, lettuce, cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, okra, swiss chard, tomatillos, basil, cilantro, parsley, oregano and mint. The… Read More HP Park Raised Bed Garden-Free For All!
Good News! We received an email from Mayor Tim Scott that the camera in Heberlig Palmer Park is now live. That means HP Park is now a safer place for park patrons and neighboring homes. When we started working on a plan to improve the park the first priority from residents was to add elements that… Read More Security Camera now live in HP Park
On Monday, June 15th, Chris Chiampi from Frederick, Seibert & Associates, Inc. presented the final design for the park renovation. The design was refined from the original concept that was created in 2013 from feedback from the community. There has always been an area that was set aside for a natural playscape space to expand recreational areas for… Read More Heberlig Palmer Park Renovation Design
Sat, Jun 20 Noon-Unity Walk Celebration 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Hope Station at Memorial Park, West Penn Street, Carlisle, PA Juneteenth commemorates June 19, 1864 when slaves in Galveston Texas learned they were free. This is the 22nd year Carlisle will have a celebration marking Juneteenth. The celebration will be coordinated by Hope Station,… Read More 22nd Annual Juneteenth Celebration & Unity Walk at Hope Station
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