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Adding shade to Green Hills Park

5/2/2019

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It's Big Payback Day!  Can you help add some shady relaxation spots in the Green Hills community?  $25 helps buy shade trees; $50 helps buy portable benches; $100 helps buy permanent benches; $250 pays for a cherry tree;  $500 or $1000 helps build a lovely shade pavilion by the water fountain. Let's make our neighborhood park the go-to neighborhood spot for creating family memories.  Thank you!

Bike to Work Day - this Friday, May 3, 2019
We will be riding the Belmont Blvd-Music Row route to downtown.
Meet at 7:10 in Green Hills Park.  We will meet other riders at Osborne's Bi-Rite 7:25 AM and Belmont Bookstore 7:35 AM.. The Vanderbilt area group will meet us at the corner of Edgehill and 10th.  We'll proceed down Demonbreun to downtown, where we'll turn left on 3rd Avenue (just past the Symphony Hall) and will meet the rest of the groups for coffee and sweets at Public Square (the lawn of the Historic Courthouse). 
​You can view a map of the route 
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Seedlings - Thanks so much to the volunteers who planted seedlings with the Cumberland River Compact on April 20.  They included oaks and button bushes, which will form an understory.  There will be more planting in the fall, when larger trees can be planted to form a canopy. 

These are the first steps toward replacing many of the invasive plants in the park and improving the quality of water flowing into the Browns Creek watershed  (and then to the Cumberland River).
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New crosswalk - Check out the new crosswalk at Belmont Park Terrace and Castleman! Thank you to Don Thielemann for spearheading this project.

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Planning for the Green Hills Park Festival, brought to you by Gluck Orthodontics, is going great. More information is here: https://www.friendsofgreenhillspark.org/festival.html.  Follow the Facebook event page for updates.
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Green Hills Park Tree Planting April 20

4/11/2019

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Volunteers are needed for a tree planting day on Sat. April 20 @ 10 a.m.
The Parks Department has cleared out the stagnant water on the southern border of the Park and has created a channel so that area is less likely to fill up with water. The next step is for the Cumberland River Compact plantings to be installed. They will help soak up water in that area.

Cumberland River Compact will bring 150-200 seedlings, plus tools, to the Park on April 20 @ 10 a.m.

Can you join us? You can let us know you're coming by emailing friendsofghpark@gmail.com. Volunteers may want to bring their own gloves.
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Thank you Gluck Orthodontists!
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Gluck Orthodontists will be the lead sponsor for this year's Green Hills Park Festival! We look forward to working with them to bring improvements to the Park & to have an extra fun festival this year.


Hillsboro Community Day
​this Sat., 4/13/19
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Hillsboro High School April 13: Heart of Green Hills Spring Festival & Community Yard Sale
Ready to "Marie Kondo" your home but not sure how to dispose of all the stuff that doesn't spark joy? Donate or sell it at the PTSO's community yard sale on Saturday, April 13! That's right—for this sale, you can either: a) drop off items for us to price and sell OR b) purchase a space and sell your own stuff out of your vehicle. 
  • Donations will be collected on Friday, April 12, from 3 to 6 PM at Hillsboro (in front of the school).
  • Click here to reserve a spot to sell your own stuff; the $25 fee will be collected on the day of the sale. Crafters, artisans, and growers are welcome too!​Questions? Email ptso@wearehillsboro.com.​

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​ Lipscomb Elementary School additions
This week, representatives from Lipscomb University presented an overview of the upcoming improvements and new construction at Lipscomb Academy Elementary School (4517 Granny White Pike), Brewer Campus. It looks like most of the construction at this time will be limited to the Harding Place and Granny White Pike borders. So it will not affect the Park (or access to the park) at this time:

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Dedicate a bench or tree in Green Hills Park
Wish to honor someone with a tree or bench in Green Hills Park? Benches and trees with plaques can be purchased through the Parks Dept. The price of a tree (approximately 2" caliper) is $250 and a bench is $2200. Here is the link to the application:
https://www.nashville.gov/Portals/0/SiteContent/Parks/docs/permits/Metro%20Parks%20Tree%20and%20Bench%20Donation%20Application_2019%20Update.pdf.

Do you live in Green Hills Park Neighborhood?  ​Did you know that realtors are starting to call the area near the park "Green Hills Park Neighborhood."  Has a nice ring, yes?

Bike to Work Day - Friday, May 3, 2019
Save the date for Bike to Work Day. Like in years past, we'll meet early at the Park and bike to downtown. More info to come.

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The Green Hills Park Festival will be...

3/1/2019

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The Green Hills Park Festival will be fun.
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The Green Hills Park Festival will be tasty.
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The Green Hills Park Festival will be September 14, 2019! 
We are looking forward to having our new sponsors the Green Hills YMCA & Klein Solomon Law Firm this year:
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Save the date!  If you wish to be a vendor or sponsor, click here:  ​https://www.friendsofgreenhillspark.org/sponsor-levels.html


New in the Park:
  • Metro Parks has planted approximately 25 new trees in the park. Some are by the entrance, some are along the new pathways into the park, and others are scattered throughout. They include Cryptomeria, Oaks, Beech, American Hollies, & Princeton Elms.
  • Metro Parks will be improving the drainage for the standing water on the border with Lone Oak.  Once the area is draining properly, Cumberland River Compact will provide new trees for planting in that area.
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3 things to know about Green Hills Park's future

11/26/2018

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 Thanks to the very successful 2018 Green Hills Park Festival (and your very generous donations), there are improvements coming to Green Hills Park.

 What can you expect to see in the future at Green Hills Park?  Here are three of the projects you'll see first:


1. Completion of the walking path and sidewalk project along Belmont Park Terrace.
The contractor has come back out to complete this project.  It has been held up due to two re-designs.  The first re-design was required because of drainage coming into the park.  The second was due to ADA requirements. And the rain  made it difficult for the contractor to maintain access into the park.  The contractor expects to complete the project within the next 2-3 weeks.  The supervisor on the project is aware of the need to smooth out ruts along the path and to repair some broken pieces of sidewalk.

2.  Installation  of Trees & Benches.
Trees have been ordered and will be planted this fall/winter by the Parks Department. The majority of the trees will be placed in the corner at Lone Oak and Belmont Park Terrace, where the new path was created and many trees were taken out. The rest will be spread  out to different areas of the perimeter – with some going strategically where shade is needed.  
In addition, benches are being priced, for placement along the walking path.

Did you know that you can dedicate a bench or tree in Green Hills Park?  A tree or bench would make a great holiday present or lovely memorial gesture. The benches  are 
black metal benches with bronze plaques. Information on this program can be found by clicking here:  tree and bench application.

3. Installation of play stumps.

Parks has approved the installation of several stumps for kids to play and climb upon.  

What else is coming to Green Hills Park? Stay tuned for more announcements about physical improvements and a spring event...
Want to be a part of the park planning and fun?  Email friendsofghpark@gmail.com to get involved or donate #givingtuesday at 
https://www.friendsofgreenhillspark.org/
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Terrific Festival!  thanks for coming out

9/17/2018

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First, the important stats:
  • over 1200 attendees
  • over $13,000 raised for park improvements! 
What is next?
  • Installation of park improvements -- log obstacle course, stumps, benches, shade trees 
  • More info here:  https://www.friendsofgreenhills park.org/master-plan.html 
How can you help? 
  • Do you know a landscape architect, landscaper, or  construction company that might like to help?  contact friendsofghpark@gmail.com
  • Do you want to volunteer for next year's festival/ sponsor?   contact friendsofghpark@gmail.com
  • If you enjoyed the festival please consider donating at this link, so we can continue to improve the park:  https://www.friendsofgreenhillspark.org/​
      Special thanks to the volunteers who worked so hard to make this Festival a success - including Elizabeth Miller, Kathy  & Margaret Nelson, Jennifer Chalos, Jackie Osborne, Ginny Staggs, Mariko Hickerson & Amanda Holcomb, Arthur Saakian, Nora Fitzgerald, Kristina Arnold, the Fox kids, and students on the Hillsboro High School football team.  Check out this fun video of the football players on the obstacle course, and see a few pics from the Festival below (more coming soon).  
Do you have pictures? Tag us with #ghparkfest and #ghparknash, or email them to us.
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Nashville Soccer Club goalie Michah Bledsoe gets ready to defend his goal
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Mr. Steve entertains the crowd
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Green Hills Park Festival is this Saturday!

9/10/2018

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Join the Friends of Green Hills Park for the third annual Green Hills Park Festival, featuring dinner-and-a-movie!
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Admission is FREE
September 15, 2018 5pm to 9pm 

Location: 1200 Lone Oak Road 
(next to JT Moore Middle School)
Join us to have fun while raising funds for our neighborhood park! 
Click here to donate and ​help us reach our goal
(so we can add benches, shade trees, exercise equipment and more). 
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More info on Facebook & click here to add the Festival to your calendar

5pm Festival begins ​
Kids
:  Major Family Chiropractic obstacle course is open​ for play, 
Walk-Bike Nashville Bike Rodeo for kids ages 4-10 (bring your bike and helmet),  All for a Face painting,
6-6:30 pm Kids 15 and under can shoot on Nashville Soccer Club goalie Micah Bledsoe,
6-7pm Mr. Steve, the Music Man will be onsite to sing and lead kids in fun activities.

Adults: Shop at vendor booths, Chow down at the food trucks, Enjoy the wine and beer garden,
Watch college football, Bid on silent auction items​ ​ 

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pm - Silent auction ends & time for the movie: Despicable Me 3!


Food trucks & booths include: Music City Brisket, Hoss' Loaded Burgers , Bao Down, Dan's Gourmet Mac & Cheese,  The Picnic Tap, Blue Monkey Shaved Ice, Oliver's Icebox, 4 Paws Pastries (doggie food truck), 
All For A Face (face painting), SMS Nashville (Sitting Made Simple),  Green Hills Library,
Linden Waldorf School, Lularoe, The Luk, Rover, Erin Burress Alff FTM Travel, Champion Windows, 
AT & T,   Adams & Seaton Pediatric Dentistry, Nashville Heat sauce, Hubert's Lemonade,
Lipscomb College of Pharmacy, Nurse Next Door, Camp Gladiator, and John T. Moore Middle School.
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Thank you to sponsors and friends, for your generous support and silent auction donations:
Chartwell Hospitality and their new development on Cleghorn the Residence Inn by Marriott Nashville Green Hills, ​Hilton, & Harth restaurant;  Reliant Bank, Lipscomb University, 
Hill Center Green Hills, Halcyon Bicycles,
Alliance for Green Hills, ​Eric Osborne - State Farm Agent ,  Hughston Clinic Orthopaedics, 
Vertis Green Hills, Huckleberry Branding, The Village Fund, Parnassus Books, Green Hills Grille,
Rent-a-Rita, Donut Den,  Logo Brands, Nashville Zoo, Nashville Children's Theatre, Costco, Martin's BBQ, Hattie B's,Batch Nashville, Sky High Sports, Char Nashville, Fridrich and Clark Realty, 
Arrington Vineyards, The Escape Game Nashville, Nashville Symphony,  Ryman Auditorium,
Wonderworks Pigeon Forge, Tennessee Aquarium, City Winery Nashville, 21c Museum Hotel Nashville, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery, Logo Brands, Kroger, Nashville Sounds, Nashville Predators, Tennessee Titans, Top Golf & the Chalos Family.

See you there!

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Crowdfunding, Festival schedule, construction

8/2/2018

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For a very limited time
(through the Sept. 15 Festival) -
we are running a crowdfunding  campaign - can you help us?  
Click here to donate and ​help us reach our goal
(so we can add benches, shade trees, exercise equipment and more). 
The grand total raised will be announced at the Festival.


Have you seen the schedule for the Green Hills Park Festival?  Get ready for the fun: 
   5pm Festival begins
  • ​Kids: 
    • Mr. Steve will be on site to entertain and lead kids in fun activities.
    • Obstacle course will be open​ for play.
    • Bike Rodeo for kids (put on by Walk-Bike Nashville) will be up and running.  Bring your bike and helmet.
    • ​Face painting will be available.
  • Adults:
    • Shop at vendor booths.
    • Chow down at the food trucks.
    • Enjoy the wine and beer garden.
    • Watch college football. 
    • Bid on silent auction items.
​   7pm - time for the movie: Despicable Me 3
   9pm (or end of movie) Festival ends

Construction in the park is moving fast and may be completed before the Festival.
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Mr. Steve's appearance at the Green Hills Festival is made possible by a donation from ​Osborne State Farm.
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We have a new vendor booth to announce: Sitting Made Simple, a local babysitting service that connects area families with college sitters.  Look for them next to the face painting booth.
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Thanks to the Hughston Clinic - Orthopaedics for their generous support of the Festival as a neighborhood sponsor.
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Festival Movie pick, sidewalk info, Instagram, and an Amazon link

7/14/2018

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Movie pick -
​Survey says: Despicable Me 3 will be the movie shown at our Sept. 15 Festival.
We are still accepting sponsors and silent auction items. Email friendsofghpark@gmail.com for more information.
New sponsor- 
Big thanks to Major Chiropractic, who will be our Festival Obstacle Course Sponsor this year.  They offer chiropractic and wellness services at their office on Richard Jones Road.  Check out their Facebook page to get a flavor of their terrific health philosophy.
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Major Chiropractic joins our other major festival sponsors, Chartwell Hospitality (with their new Green Hills Hilton and Residence Inn by Marriott opening this fall), Hill Center, the Village Fund,  and Reliant Bank.

More Festival info here:
https://www.friendsofgreenhillspark.org/festival.html

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Check out our new Friends of Green Hills Park ​Instagram account & hashtag us with #ghparknash and #ghparkfest!


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Did you know that your Amazon purchases can benefit the Park, at no cost to you? Click here
and select Friends of Green Hills Park
as your "Amazon Smile" beneficiary.


Sidewalk information for Lone Oak between Shackleford and Overhill - 
This sidewalk should be completed within one week.  It looks terrific:
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Sidewalk info for Belmont Park Terrace -
​The flyer below contains information about the construction starting in and near the Park. The 120 day timeline listed below does not include weekends.

Construction has started on the Arden Place link, and the goal is to have this segment reach the Park before school starts on August 7, 2018.  Then, construction will begin at the corner of Lone Oak and Belmont Park Terrace and will proceed north inside the Park toward Arden place. 

The western section of the walking path will be replaced with concrete, and during this replacement there will be work done to improve the drainage on the north-west corner of the ballfields (water often ponds here).
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Here are a couple of photos showing the Arden Place work so far:
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Festival updates, sidewalk construction starting this month, crape myrtles blooming, instagram

6/30/2018

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So many new activities and sponsors for the Sept. 15 Green Hills Park Festival!  Walk/Bike Nashville will be putting on a bike rodeo (skills and games for young bikers).  And, in addition to the movie that we will show when the sun goes down, we will have a separate trailer set up to watch that day's college football!
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Thanks to new sponsors, Reliant Bank and H.G. Hill Center. We are so lucky to have these great local businesses.
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Belmont Park Terrace Sidewalk Construction
Construction will be starting very soon on the Belmont Park Terrace sidewalk that will go from Arden Place to Lone Oak. It will dip into the park for part of the way, to keep from knocking down trees that border the park.

Construction is expected to take 4 months.  Many advocated for the sidewalk to link all the way to Shackleford, but there are insufficient funds to reach that far right now.

​The scope of the sidewalk project is shown below:

    What movie would you like to see at Green Hills Park Festival Sept. 15?

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We are on Instagram!
Click below to follow us Instagram & Facebook, and use the hastags #ghparknash and #ghparkfest
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Check out our blooming crape myrtles!

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This plan shows the portion that will be built from Lone Oak, dipping into the park.
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This plan shows the portion that will be built from the park to Arden Place.
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New Green Hills Festival sponsor, crape myrtles, Bike to Work Day May 25

5/3/2018

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​We have a new major sponsor for the Sept. 15 Green Hills Park Festival:
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Chartwell Hospitality!  Chartwell's new development includes a Hilton and Marriott Residence Inn, plus harth (a farm to table restaurant with outdoor seating and wood-fired stoves), and a roof top bar atop the Hilton. The hotels and restaurant will be located at 240o Crestmoor. They will be opening in Nov. 2018. 
Their sponsorship is much appreciated. 

Do you have other ideas for sponsors, or would you like to sponsor the festival?  More info can be found here.
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Speaking of the Festival, did you see us mentioned in the new Green Hills publication Rover Today?  The publication helped us create an ad for the Festival and also featured our Parnassus Little Library as a "hidden gem" in Green Hills.
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And, have you seen the new row of crape myrtles in the park? They were planted this spring, thanks to generous donations by Arden Place neighbors, and the leadership of Ken Penegar.  They look great next to the little flowers that are blooming in the no mow zone.
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Two more things: 
  • Bike to Work Day is May 25.  Meet at 7:10 am in the park and we'll ride down Music Row to downtown (ride ends with coffee and doughnuts at Cumberland Park).  https://www.walkbikenashville.org/biketowork
  • Interested in helping with publicity and social media for the park and the Festival? Or curating the Little Library? Email friendsofghpark@gmail.com if so.
Have you "liked us" on Facebook?   https://www.facebook.com/FriendsofGreenHIllsPark/

Great things are happening in Green Hills Park! 
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