If you live in the City of Dayton, there’s an ever better reason to recycle! Recycling saves the environment, but it also saves money. In March, Dayton recycled 430 tons of materials, saving $16,000 in landfill disposal fees, which would equate to $192,000 over the course of a year. When we reach 500 tons per month, it will be FREE to get rid of recycling. By achieving our goal of recycling 1,000 tons a month, we’d save about $340,000 a year. Help us save money, reduce solid waste, and protect the environment. Recycle!
South Park News
History blends with Technology on Spring Home Tour, Sat. April 30, 2011
Use your smartphone to hunt up a little history and enter our raffle for a chance to win an Apple iPad2 Click Here to Get Tickets This spring, the public not only has a chance to enjoy South Park's unique architecture and history, but is invited to use digital...
Building a better South Park: The historic neighborhood’s unprecedented progress
[This essay appeared in the Dayton City Paper February 23, 2011]Everybody loves it when the good guys win. The story of the renewal of South Park, Dayton’s largest historic neighborhood, is inspiring in its transformation and instructive in its struggle against urban...
Join Kelley Deal as South Park Tavern’s Artist in Residence Every Tuesday in April
South Park neighbor and recording artist Kelley Deal, best known as a member of The Breeders, will be hosting an artist residency at South Park Tavern, with special guests and performances every Tuesday in April! Doors open at 8PM, admission is $5. Appropriate for all ages.As a super-loyal South Parker, Kelley says she wanted to use the residency to really honor the creative spirit of the neighborhood, so in addition to musical performances, she’ll also be hosting Q&As with HSPI’s own Amy Lee, community gardening guru Kasey Henneman, and nationally recognized graphic artist Chris Glass. Also, YOUR chance to write a song with Kelley Deal: the South Park Songwriting Experiment April 19!
Check out the full schedule and promotional video below:
April 5
Amy Lee, Q&A with HSPI President
Scott Torres
Smug Brothers
April 12
Kasey Henneman, Community Gardening Q&A
Joel Walter
Andy Gabbard
April 19
South Park Song Writing Experiment
Motel Beds
April 26
Chris Glass, Q &A
Nick Eddy
Jasper the Colossal
We Reached Our $5K Matching Goal for CDBG!
Last year, Historic South Park was awarded a Capital Improvements grant in the amount of $300,000 to fix walkways and add historic lighting on the Park Drive Boulevard. As part of the grant, we were asked to contribute $5,000 in matching funds, so, in December, we...
“Virtuoso” Whalen is Featured Soloist, Feb 25 & 26 at The Schuster
The New York Times credits her as playing with “considerable virtuosity.” She has been hailed by critics and conductors as “one of the country’s great oboists” with a “gorgeous tone.” South Park’s own Eileen Whalen is one of two featured soloists in concert with the...