Eastside Neighborhood Association
Representing the Eastside Neighborhood of Olympia, Washington
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Watch for it to be delivered to your door by an ENA volunteer, or download a copy now (PDF).
As you may have heard, or read in the Olympian, there is a farm-to-market project at the Lucky 7 convenience store located at the corner of 4th Ave. and Eastside St, at the edge of our neighborhood. Now fresh organic produce direct from the farmer is available right nearby on days when the Olympia Farmers Market is not open!
Left Foot Organics and Rising River Farm are now selling their produce at the Lucky 7 Food Store at 1026 East 4th Ave – CSA shares available as well.
Left Foot Organics is selling produce from a cooler inside the store on a daily basis and Rising River Farm has started a farm stand that is open on Wednesday’s from 3 pm – 6 pm in the parking lot of the store. This project is facilitated by Thurston County Public Health and Social Services through
funding provided by the Washington State Department of Health through the Centers for Disease Control’s Communities Putting Prevention to Work program. For more information contact Lesley Wigen: Wi****@************wa.us or 360‐867‐2515.
Five volunteers came out on Sunday, July 24 to clear brush and brambles from the green space next to the pathway on Fairview between 10th and Union. It was hot, but with tenacity and water, we got about halfway through cleaning up underneath the trees. Check out photos of the pathway in progress.
What’s next? We’ll have another clean-up event the weekend of August 13, either in the morning before the Eastside Picnic, or on Sunday afternoon. If those times aren’t convenient for you, and you want to help, we encourage you to drop by and cut back blackberry or pull ivy. Before you start, you’ll need to get instructions and sign a liability waiver! Download the Public Pathways Waiver (PDF) and contact se*******@**************ia.org. You can either send the signed waiver as an image by email or mail the paper to PO Box 7666, Olympia WA 98506.
As the green space is cleared and we discover what it looks like underneath, we’ll be working on a plan for a low-maintenance pocket park. Watch the website or subscribe to our email newsletter for updates.