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
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
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
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
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
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
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
On Saturday, May 16th, our community came together for a Day of Sharing, initiated by Project SHARE and Carlisle E-Free Church, to celebrate our community and the opening of Project SHARE’s new Farm Stand. After their initial ideas were laid out, more and more community churches and organizations joined forces to create a day of… Read More Day Of Sharing Recap- Project SHARE Farm Stand Grand Opening & Celebration In HP Park
We partnered with the Carlisle Neighborhood Alliance to create a parklet at the Amani Festival downtown and it was a wild success! It was wonderful to see so many people turn out and share a space while connecting with neighbors and visitors alike. We designed it so it would be a place where people could… Read More We built a parklet at the Amani Festival!
We are happy to announce that Carlisle Borough has hired Frederick, Seibert & Associates (FSA) to design construction plans for the Heberlig Palmer Park upgrade. They will then oversee the construction as contractors implement the different projects within the park. This project is funded through funds raised from individual, business and grant donations including grants from the Department of Conservation… Read More Frederick, Seibert & Associates, Inc. hired to design Heberlig Palmer Park Construction Plans
The Carlisle Neighborhood Alliance is a network of residents who have come together to develop a sense of community and build relationships between each other and the downtown. To make this vision a reality, we will be focusing on seven working groups (six included in this survey) made up of local residents and community partners… Read More Help Carlisle become a more Vibrant, Connected and Playful Community!
It’s official. This will be the first year that fresh food will be growing and freely available to all in a public space in Carlisle. Today we finished planting the raised garden bed and it is filled with delicious fruits, vegetables and herbs. The fruit trees we planted earlier this spring are sprouting small fruit… Read More Fresh Free Food Growing in Heberlig Palmer Park
The Dickinson College Outing Club is a student organization that has been fully supportive of our Heberlig Palmer Park Revitalization and wanted to show further commitment by using their upcoming events as fund drives for the project! There are 2 events that are free and open to the public but they will be accepting donations… Read More Dickinson College Outing Club Supports HP Park through events
The annual ESNA Easter egg hunt at Biddle Mission Park will take place on April 19, 2014 (with a rain date of April 26). The egg hunt starts at 2:00 pm and there will be other activities prior to the hunt. So come early! There will be three age groups: ages 1-4: start time 2:15… Read More East Side Neighbors 5th Annual Easter Egg Hunt April 19th 2014
**Update: The clean up will commence on 3/29 despite the rain later in the morning. We will accomplish as much work as we can while the weather holds out. Some of us may follow up on 4/5 to finish work but we will make an update after we see what we can accomplish**** After months… Read More Heberlig Palmer Park Spring Spruce Up-March 29th 9am (rain date 4/5)
Donate Online through Neighbor.ly Donate by Check through the Downtown Carlisle Association We have been working for the last few months preparing for this moment. We have finalized the Park upgrade plan, received approval from Borough Council and Parks and Recreation, and partnered with other organizations to build support. Now, we need to fund this… Read More Our Fundraising Campaign is OPEN!
Donate by Check through the Downtown Carlisle Association Full Park Plan Overview Document Spring Spruce Up Pics Something wonderful is happening on the West Side. Our community is coming together to work on a project that benefits everyone in the neighborhood and it will even have a positive effect for the whole town. Heberlig Palmer… Read More Heberlig Palmer Park Project and Fundraising
Carlisle Parks and Recreation has been working to build more bike paths in parks across town and have unveiled a great bike map that connects these sites using borough streets. It also showcases all of the parks in town and what amenities each has. Additional Resources: Sharrow Information Flyer.pdf Downtown Carlisle Bicycling Safety.pdf
The Downtown Carlisle Association will host the 32nd Annual M&T Bank Harvest of the Arts fine art and craft show on September 28th, from 10 am – 5 pm on West High Street in that will feature over 100 juried and non-juried artists from across the Mid-Atlantic region. Bringing over 20,000 people in one day,… Read More 32nd Annual Harvest of the Arts-Saturday Sept. 28th 2013
Caves and sinkholes, like those at Cave Hill just upstream of Carlisle’s water plant on the Conodoguinet, are unique natural resources and shouldn’t become conduits of contamination. Our goal is to make a clean sweep of Cave Hill, including bagging all the litter on two priority sites, to protect the environment, restore the dignity of… Read More Volunteer at Cave Hill Nature Center this Saturday (9/28/13) for National Public Lands Day!
Next Meeting: Monday Sept. 16th 6:30pm Where: Quaker Church-252 A st. Guest Speaker: Curtis Hetrick from the East Side Neighbors will discuss how their group organized the upgrades at Biddle Mission Park. This will help us organize our plans, fundraising and documentation based on what was successful for their project. Agenda: (see bottom of post) Wow!… Read More Lots of Park Updates! & Next Steps…
A few weeks back a representative from the West Side Neighbors attended the borough’s Public Safety Meeting to address security concerns in Heberlig-Palmer Tot Lot. The Sentinel wrote an article about it but it wasn’t published in the online edition so we just now got a copy that we can post.
What: West Side Neighbors-Heberlig Palmer Park Project Where: Heberlig Palmer Tot Lot (between N. Pitt St, Lincoln St., N. West St, & A St) When: Monday August 19th 6:30 PM (every 3rd Monday from now on) Who: Everyone, Anyone Two weeks ago we had a productive meeting with community members where we discussed the draft design of the… Read More Regular Meeting Time for West Side Neighbors-Heberlig Palmer Park Project
Next Meeting: When: August 19th 6:30pm Where: Heberlig-Palmer Tot Lot (Rain Location Friends Meeting House 252 A Street -directly across the street from the Tire and Wheel site) Who: Anyone, Everyone What: This will be the first meeting to really plan out our first steps to get this project funded and organized. (Meetings will be held… Read More Heberlig-Palmer Park Draft Design Meeting Recap and Updates
Summer Art Camp Where: Hope Station When: Aug 5th-9th 9:30am-12pm Who: Children ages 5-12 Sponsored by Carlisle Arts Learning Center (CALC) Download full application
Next week will be the historic 150th Anniversary for the Battle of Gettysburg and many great events are happening all around our region. It seems appropriate that we shine a light on an important Civil War historical marker we have here in the Northwest corner of Carlisle, Lincoln Cemetery. It is located on the east… Read More Carlisle Civil War History Lesson: Memorial Park-Lincoln Cemetery: United States Colored Troops (USCT) Graveyard
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