Join us Friday, May 18th at TALULA for free hors d’oeuvres from 7 to 9 PM and sign up to volunteer for the 43rd Annual 4th of July Bike Parade, BBQ, and the Firecracker 5K & Kids Fun Run. Talula is located at 802 Atlas Avenue.

Membership
Every household in the Elvehjem neighborhood should have received a full color mailed hard-copy of the ECHO. We're doing this special membership this year to promote going green for the online edition (which if you already have - THANK YOU) and to recreate our membership database so please update your information on the membership form. It is vital that we have your correct e-mail, physical addresses, and volunteer interests to give you the best bang for your membership buck. Please help keep our neighborhood strong by renewing your membership for 2012. membership now by mailing in page 5and 6. If you don't have your mailed copy please print and mail form the online version at http://www.elvehjemneighborhood.org/echo/2012-03echo.pdf

Survey
We have an annual survey of programs, events and opportunities for community involvement in the Elvehjem Neighborhood, we are asking everyone to please fill out
http://elvehjemneighborhood.org/survey/index.php?sid=85544&lang=en

Involvement
Please view our newly updated "Get Involved" page at http://www.elvehjemneighborhood.org/involved.html

Thank You, ENA Board

Club Members of the ENA Running Club have decided it’s time to shake things up and work together to achieve our running goals. Although we sometimes feel like we’re taking “wooden steps,” we are ready to try some exciting NEW activities this summer, including speed, yoga, and core work. See the link below for our printable summer schedule. All runs start at 5306 East Buckeye Road at the wooden steps, of course! For those interested in getting to know your fellow runners a bit better, join us for one of three “social runs.” If your motivation was on spring break, now is the time to recharge and attend these awesome summer workouts.

June-August Running Club Schedule
March-April -May
Running Club Mission Statement

Are you a planner, new to the neighborhood, or simply like to be informed about upcoming neighborhood events? Download and print our one-page 2012 CALENDAR OF EVENTS, and plan to attend one or all of the FREE activities sponsored by your neighborhood association. Hope to see you at an upcoming event!

The city of Madison has expanded its list of items that can be placed in the green container to include
All plastic jars 1-7 and, plastic bags !

From the City of Madison News Release;
City of Madison residents will now be able to add the following material to their recycling carts;
1) All plastic containers with the numbers #1 through #7. This includes dairy tubs, deli containers and clear plastic clamshell packages and the lids to these containers.
2) Plastic bags Plastic bags must be placed inside a plastic bag with that bag being tied shut. Plastic bags that can be recycled include retail store bags, produce bags, and newspaper bags. You can also recycle clean plastic film. No dark green of black plastic bags or film.
3) Empty steel paint cans and their lids.
4) Metal pots and pans
5) Small metal appliances such as toasters or blender bases, and metal power tools.
6) Metal faucets and pipe less than 18" in length

More more information see; City of Madison News Release

The Clean Sweep Program provides an opportunity for residents of Dane County to safely dispose of household hazardous materials, free of charge. The Product Exchange offers high quality and usable products brought into Clean Sweep free of charge.
* Normal hours of operation are on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
* The site is located on 2302 Fish Hatchery Road in Madison, on the corner of Fish Hatchery and Badger Roads.
* The last day of the season will be Saturday, October 29th 2011.
* Please remember that leaving materials at the site when it is closed is illegal and can lead to a fine of $2000.
For more information on Clean Sweep programs, please refer to their web site at www.danecountycleansweep.com , or call their information line at (608) 243-0368.

Dane County has implemented a Reverse 911 Community Notification System. The Reverse 911 system allows the County 911 Center to rapidly notify residents and businesses by telephone. In the event of an emergency, an operator in the 911 Center can identify the affected neighborhood or region of the County and record a message that describes the situation and recommends the protective actions residents should take.The telephone number database contains only the telephone numbers listed in the White Pages for Dane County. Reverse 911 will not notify people with unlisted numbers or cell phones, UNLESS you enter your unlisted or cell phone number manually. Visit Dane County Emergency Management Website For More Information http://www.countyofdane.com/emergency/reverse_911.aspx

If you live in a home built before 1978 and have children under the age of 6 years old, Look Out for Lead!
Lead hurts kids! It can interfere with your child’s brain development and cause learning disabilities and other health and behavior problems.

For More Information See; Funds For Lead Paint Removal Flyer

"The excellence of Madison’s parks is no accident. Nor is it merely the result of the hard work of the City of Madison’s highly dedicated Parks Division. Truth is, Madison’s parks have been shaped in no small part by the extraordinary efforts of ordinary Madisonians who saw ways to make improvements and got to work marshalling neighborhood energy and support." Madison Parks Foundation the successor to the

Madison Parks & Pleasure Drive Association serves as a tax-exempt repository for funds raised for the purpose of financing specific park improvements, among other activities.The foundation's Board is trying to "get the word" out about the Foundation and how they can assist civic-minded individuals and groups in making positive contributions to their local neighborhood parks.

If you interested in donating or have an idea about a way to improve your local park see Partner with the Madison Parks Foundation Document or visit their website at http://www.madisonparksfoundation.org/index.htm

The Draft 2011-2015 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) for the Madison Metropolitan Planning Area & Dane County has been sent out for review and comment. The TIP lists major transportation improvements anticipated to be undertaken during the next five-year period. The draft 2011-2015 TIP has been posted on the Madison Area Transportation Planning Board’s Website at www.madisonareampo.org. Feel free to contact Bill Schaefer, Transportation Planning Manager if you have questions regarding the TIP.

Bill Schaefer, Transportation Planning Manager, Madison Area Transportation Planning Board - An MPO 121 S. Pinckney St., #400 Madison, WI 53703 PH: (608) 266-9115---FAX: (608) 261-9967

Elvehjem Neighborhood Association's Echo newsletter is now available for download. Please use the following link to access the newsletter:
http://www.elvehjemneighborhood.org/echo/2012-05echo.pdf

All households in the Elvehjem neighborhood receive a monthly newsletter, the Echo. Our newsletter has been printed for more than 39 years and is distributed by mail and online. ENA makes no profit from it. ENA welcomes businesses that wish to advertise in the Echo. Advertisements help pay the printing and distribution costs of the Echo.
To learn more about advertising in the Echo
http://www.elvehjemneighborhood.org/echo/PricePolicy-11.pdf

Officer Officer Tim Smith is our neighborhood’s Community Policing Team Liaison Officer and can be contacted at 209-8553 or tsmith@cityofmadison.com Taya Dolsen is a patrol officer assigned to the East Police District and is available to discuss general questions or concerns about on-going problems and advise about ways the Department can help find a positive resolution. Contact Officer Dolsen at 266-4887 or tdolsen@cityofmadison.com

 

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH Officer Frank Chandler, fchandler@cityofmadison.com