October 2023 Newsletter
Calling all ghosts, goblins and ghouls! Spooky season is upon us and our 5k is right around the corner. It's time to stock up on candy and decorate those front porches.
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Movie in the Park Tonight!
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Join Village Church for Movie in the Park tonight from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. There will be a pumpkin patch, food trucks and other activities for families (including a fire truck!). The featured film will be The Super Mario Bros. If you would like to volunteer, contact Village Church at 803-252-6434.
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Faith and Blue Event: Oct. 7
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Join CPD on Oct. 7 from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. at the Busby Community Center for Faith and Blue, an event featuring a chili cook-off and car show to raise money for Sistercare.
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National Night Out: Oct. 13
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Join us for our National Night Out (NNO) event on Friday, October 13, from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Roy Lynch Park. NNO enhances the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement while bringing back a true sense of community. Join us for food by neighbor Joe Turkaly, live music by DJ Preach Jacobs and to meet our law enforcement officers! We encourage neighbors to bring a sharable dish.
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Three Weeks Until the 5k: Oct. 28
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This year’s Nightmare in Elmwood Park 5k is Saturday, Oct. 28. Dust off your running shoes and register today!
Ramp up the race route: Don't plan to run or walk in the Nightmare in Elmwood 5k? We would love your help amplifying our race route to cheer on our participants. What you can do:
- Decorate your yard
- Play music during race time
- Cheer on runners (in costume, perhaps?)
- Put out a fog machine
- Chalk up the road with encouraging and Halloween-themed messages
Do you have Halloween decor that you're about to toss? Donate it to our 5k! We have sections of the route that need to be spookified, so any donations would be appreciated. Email Ebonn to donate.
Portions of Park Street, Lincoln Street, and Aiken as shown in the map below will be closed from 8 a.m. until noon. Please plan accordingly.
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Thank you to our sponsors:
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Join CPD for the Jack-o’-Lantern Halloween Jamboree: Oct. 28
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The Columbia Police Department is hosting its Jack-o’-Lantern Halloween Jamboree on Oct. 28 from 5- 9 p.m. at the 100 block of River Dr. Join our local officers, firefighters and EMS staff for trunk or treat, games, bounce houses and food.
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Neighborhood Safety Reminder
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Please always call 911 first for immediate help and then follow up with our Community Response Team (CRT) Officers. You can also call the non-emergency number (803-252-2911) first.
CPD contacts:
- Officer Hendrix at 803-318-6986
- Corporal Rogers at 803-397-2090
- Lieutenant Brink at 803-509-1787
Please also continue to file police reports for anything of concern. There is a convenient online reporting tool for non-emergency matters.
Additional key contacts:
- Yellow Shirts: Timothy Smith, Outreach@msdcolumbia.com, 803-995-2316
- Transitions Outreach Coordinators:
- Larry Benjamin (evening): lbenjamin@transitionssc.org, 803-363-4581
- Alycia Roach (daytime): aroach@transitionssc.org, 803-467-0411
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Halloween Street Closures
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On Tuesday, October 31st, the Columbia Police Department will close the following streets from 5 - 9 p.m. to ensure the safety of trick-or-treaters and pedestrians.
- Park Street from Bryan Street to West Confederate Avenue
- Clark Street from Bryan Street to Price Avenue
- Price Avenue from Clark Street to Park Street
- Lincoln Street from Abbeville Street to West Confederate Avenue
- Gadsden Street from Abbeville Street to West Confederate Avenue
- Aiken Street from Park Street to Gadsden Street
- Chester Street from Park Street to Gadsden Street
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Show Your Neighborhood Pride With Elmwood Park Merch
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Our new logo means new merch! Head over to the Elmwood Park website to purchase shirts, hats, cups, flags and even a new apron.
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October Yard of the Month
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Congratulations to Jeremy and Deanna Rowe at 914 Abbeville St. for being selected as October's Yard of the Month (YOM) winners!
Thank you to Image 360 for providing us with beautiful YOM signage and to Gardner's Outpost for providing all winners of Elmwood Park's YOM a gift certificate to use at their store on Franklin St. in Cottontown. We appreciate your support!
We are bringing back our Halloween decoration contest! Keep your eyes peeled for more information.
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Renew Your EPNA Membership
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While we moved to rolling annual memberships last year, many memberships are coming up for renewal now! Please be on the lookout for your renewal email from our Wild Apricot membership platform. If you’re not yet a member yet, join us!
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Join us for our November porch party at Andy Burns house on Friday, Nov. 17 from 6 - 8 p.m. at 1103 Bryan Street.
Interested in hosting a porch party? Email the board with your name, address and preferred month. The parties are potluck; hosts need only provide whatever food and drink they'd like, a place for people to gather, and (preferably) restroom access. We'll connect you with our Porch Party Captain, Bart Tittle, to help with coordination.
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Join Our Neighborhood Garden Renovation
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Elmwood Park recently won a grant through the Columbia Green Grant Program to renovate the neighborhood garden at Park and Barrett Streets. The garden sits in Elmwood Park but is an important interface to Earlewood with a large volume of pedestrian, bicycle, and vehicular traffic.
Interested in helping with the project? Email the board.
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Gardener’s Outpost Fall Tip
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Mums! Yep, it’s mum season! When picking out your mums to decorate your porch, consider cracking and tight buds. Fully blooming mums are gorgeous, but picking out ones with little color and lots of tight buds will ensure your porch gets color longer.
Decorating tips:
- Position your mums so they don’t touch! Wherever mums touch each other they won’t bloom well, but don’t worry they like other plants!
- Yes, you can plant mums in containers! Consider 4” mums in different colors to add pop to your fall planter.
- Each time you walk past your mums, consider pinching the spent flowers to encourage them to keep blooming. No tools are necessary, just pinch and go!
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Need help or have questions? Visit Gardener’s Outpost at 1211 Franklin Street!
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Interested in becoming a neighborhood sponsor? We'd love to have you! Let us know!
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