Neighborhood Family Event
Saturday, May 18, Noon – 3:30 Free Food and Fun!
Meet and Greet New Neighbors!
BNA will host this neighborly get together to just have some fun and to appreciate all the good things about our neighborhood. There will be free food (while supplies last) and games for kids—big and small. And as a special feature, we will have a pickle-ball court set up along with someone to provide instruction for those who have never played.
If you come, you can expect to meet other neighborhood residents. The event is being called Celebrate Eden Village 2, and will be held at their beautiful park-like grounds at 3155 W Brower. Eden Village 2 features 24 tiny homes for individual residents. The residents themselves are all formerly homeless, but have earned the privilege of living in this facility by their demonstrated commitment to getting their lives in order. No drugs nor non-resident homeless are permitted in this gated com-munity, and it is designed for permanent housing. This means it is not populated with transients nor operated as a halfway house with many comings and goings.
Why a celebration? First and foremost, because Eden Village 2 replaced the former drug-infested, crime-ridden and broken down trailer park that used to occupy this site. It is now a beautiful place that we are sure facilitates the continuing recovery of their residents.
As for the residents themselves, many have jobs in places like HyVee and elsewhere in our community. They contribute to our community, and in particular contribute to our neighborhood. If you had participated in last month’s neighborhood-wide cleanup, you may have seen some of our Eden Village neighbors helping unload refuse and brush. They also help keep Nichols Street clean, and some even helped distribute the newsletter you are reading right now! Why not come out, have some fun, meet some EV2 residents and others from throughout Bissett? Some of these residents have truly inspiring stories—a couple of which you can read about in this Newsletter. Come out and join the celebration!