Remembering: Connection through resilience
Intro: It’s been 10 years since the May 22, 2011 tornado hit our Camden Community. It damaged 3,700 properties across the Northside, and two people, David …
Finding connection in the midst of isolation
Winter brings a need to forge paths for connection that often feels more natural with warmer temps and longer days. At a time when the earth is dormant, …
What will happen to neighborhood organizations in 2020?
The future of our Neighborhood Organizations has been through an extensive process over the last few years. Currently, evaluating the framework has been tasked …
Light up the Night in Folwell
December holds the darkest of days and January has lost its holiday spell, leaving the days long and dreary. With the cold weather upon us, and folks tucking …
Reclaim Folwell Park
If you have been around Folwell Park this past August, you would have seen a rise of violence among the young people hanging out at the park. …
Good times at the Folwell Resource Fair
The rain didn’t stop hundreds of folks from coming out to connect at the Annual Folwell Resource Fair this year on June 20! We weren’t sure if it …
Northside Neighborhood Council responds to Neighborhoods 2020
It’s been known for quite some time that the funding for the City’s neighborhood organization program was coming to an end. There has been a variety …
Folwell to start using space at Christ English Church
For the duration of 2019, the Folwell Neighborhood Association (FNA) will have office and storage space, along with outdoor event space, …
Neighborhood Associations: The work of placed-based organizing
As “placed-based organizations,” our Neighborhood Associations play a critical and unique role in the work of the city, county and state. That work …
Fresh fall harvest
Summer 2018 has been a hot one with big rain storms and drought at different times. While the community gardens in Folwell got a bit of a late start, they are …