Northgate Park Food Truck Pop-Up
Thursday Jun 24, 5:00-8:00 pm, Parking lot by the Tennis Court (300 W. Club Blvd, Durham)

Featuring a new food truck vendor & cuisine, Lao Lao (meaning truly or authentically Lao), and welcoming back LocoPops.

Mark your calendar for the future events on 7/22, 8/26, 9/23, and 10/28.

Lao Lao: Come experience the Lao food movement and taste an authentic home-cooked meal by Tanh & Phouthone Kettisack, right here in Durham. Check out Lao Lao’s flavor-packed feature dishes: Thum Muk Houng (Lao Style Papaya Salad), Kau Mee (Caramelized Soy Rice Noodle) and Ga Yaw Tot (Fried Spring Rolls). Options include gluten free and vegetarian. Ma der! Ma der! (come join us!)

Pre-order: A week’s pre-order window span starts Thurs Jun 17 run through Wed Jun 23 –> https://linktr.ee/laolaofoodtruck.

Onsite/Walk-up: Accept cash and cards

LocoPops: LocoPops offers a variety of refreshing, fun, and seasonal flavors: Mighty Mojito, Raspberry Hibiscus, Strawberry Lemonade, Cookies and Cream, Mexican chocolate, and more! Options include vegan/vegetarian, non-dairy and allergen-free varieties.

No Pre-Order. Onsite/Walk-up: Accept cash and cards

IMPORTANT/SOCIAL DISTANCING INFO:
Lao Lao & LocoPops staff prepare/serve all food with PPE (face coverings, gloves) and are using COVID-19 approved cleaning supplies to keep high-touch areas clean. Debit/Credit Card readers/keypads will be sanitized after usage with these products. Also, hand sanitizer will be available for customers at the order windows.

Please:

• Wear a face covering when arriving/present at the park to order/pickup
• Maintain 6 ft distance from others when participating and avoid grouping close to the truck
• Save time being in line with pre-ordering online when available
• Minimize the number of persons doing the pick-up to keep event headcount low
• Pets must be leashed at all times if brought to pick-up/walk-up orders. They must stay 6ft socially distant too!

NPNA reminds all that participation in any NPNA events or activities are at the attendee’s own risk.

• Your Northgate Park Neighborhood Association

Your Northgate Park Neighborhood Association would like to know – What Represents Northgate Park to you?

Club Crossing installation is complete! – the groundplane artwork was installed during the weekend of May 22 at Club Blvd & Glendale. The Club Crossing project is intended as a creative intervention to form a fun environment for elementary school students, families, and residents to safely experience street crossing and connectivity for the Club Boulevard Elementary School, Northgate Park, and the Ellerbe Creek Trail.

More information about the project is located here

Here is an idea for entertaining your child, teaching responsibility, teaching ecology, helping our new trees in the park: Have your child commit to watering a new tree with a gallon a week and “claim” a tree in the park. Pick out a baby tree, tie a ribbon around one of its branches (there are some pink plastic ribbons on the signs in the park asking people to adopt a tree) water it. Maybe your child would like to name it with their name or a made up name.

IT IS SO EASY! just wash out a carton from milk or juice, make a handle for it if needed, fill it, carry it to the park and give the tree a half gallon twice a week or a gallon once a week. Easy peasy!

PS There already are some short ribbons on the baby trees. Ribbons less than a foot in length are actually markers to show the species of tree. You can still pick one of those trees! Also, the 2 and 3 year old trees are being stressed too, so you can pick one of them if you prefer.

PPS We have had almost NO RAIN for over a month. Our little trees are so thirsty!

This Saturday’s free outdoor concert has been cancelled This week’s featured artist was to have been the local rising star Skylar Gudasz.

Skylar Gudasz – Actress (Official Video)

Stay tuned for information on the next concert….

Northgate Park Food Truck Pop-Up
Thursday May 27, 5:00-8:00 pm, Parking lot by the Tennis Court (300 W. Club Blvd, Durham)

Come kick-off the long-weekend at the Food Truck pop-up this Thur 05/27 with Gussy’s Greek and Jam Ice Cream. Can’t make it this month? Mark your calendar for the future food truck events on 6/24, 7/22, 8/26, 9/23, and 10/28.

Gussy’s Greek: Come grab your Greek faves: Gyros, Souvlaki, Falafel, Dolmades, Greek Salads, Pita with Hummus & Tzatziki. Gluten-Free, Vegan, and Vegetarian options available – you can also order Gussy’s Gyro Pita served Greek Style, a traditional “street food” style where they replace lettuce with Greek fries.

Pre-order & Menu: Starting Wednesday May 26 5:00pm—> https://streetfoodfinder.com/order/89232

Onsite/Walk-up: Accept cash and cards

Jam Ice Cream: Enjoy classic soft serve, sundaes, milkshakes, or shaved ice made with fresh local ingredients from the Triangle. Also many fun and creative menu items to explore like Rainbow Candy Store, Coco Loco Sundae, and Pink Lemonade Milkshake!

No Pre-Order. Onsite/Walk-up: Accept cash and cards

IMPORTANT/SOCIAL DISTANCING INFO:

Gussy’s & Jam Ice Cream staff prepare/serve all food with PPE (face coverings, gloves) and are using COVID-19 approved cleaning supplies to keep high-touch areas clean. Debit/Credit Card readers/keypads will be sanitized after usage with these products. Also, hand sanitizer will be available for customers at the order windows.

Please:

• Wear a face covering when arriving/present at the park to order/pickup
• Maintain 6 ft distance from others when participating and avoid grouping close to the truck
• Save time being in line with pre-ordering online when available
• Minimize the number of persons doing the pick-up to keep event headcount low
• Pets must be leashed at all times if brought to pick-up/walk-up orders. They must stay 6ft socially distant too!

NPNA reminds all that participation in any NPNA events or activities are at the attendee’s own risk.

• Your Northgate Park Neighborhood Association

On Saturday, May 22 and Sunday, May 23, 2021, the intersection of W. Club Blvd and Glendale Ave will be closed to traffic for Candy Carver and volunteers to paint the art crosswalk. If there is rainy weather, the crosswalk will be painted the following weekend on Saturday, May 29 and Sunday, May 30, 2021.

Hard Closures at the intersection of West Club Boulevard and Glendale Avenue:

Saturday, May 22, 2021 starting at 6:00 a.m.
Monday, May 24, 2021 ending at 6:00 a.m.

All detour signs will be placed on Friday, May 21, 2021 and removed on Monday, May 24, 2021.

Detour Maps

Detour Maps are subject to change.

So in February we had a successful planting of nearly 100 new trees in the park! The survival rate looks…just OK, but that’s still a lot of trees. Anyways, with drier weather and the new trees starting to leaf out, I wanted to ask for volunteers to adopt small sections of the park – just a few new trees each – and water the new trees once a week(ish) unless we get really good rains. I plan to do mine with creek/pond water and a (half-full) 5 gallon bucket, but be creative! I think it would be a great project with kids.

If you’re willing to do this fairly regularly, please let me know, as well as where in the park is handy for you. I could meet folks as convenient and walk through sections.

Also, for anyone that got a street tree, I hope you’ll water them regularly during even moderate dry spells this first year, and during longer dry spells for the first 3 years.

Please email me directly to be a tree helper.

With Kind Regards,

Tom

It’s now time to get excited about the one and only Beaver Queen Pageant – one of the weirdest, funniest, and bestest fundraisers around!

The Intro Episode of the 17th Annual Beaver Queen Pageant: World Wide Wood will be streaming directly to your living rooms this Saturday evening (5/8) at 6pm.

Tune in on our website at www.beaverqueen.org to meet the contestants and vote for your favorite one(s).

The Beaver Queen Pageant is the Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association‘s biggest fundraiser of the year. So slap on a tail, get weird, and have some fun while supporting your local land trust and watershed organization!

Peace, Love, Beaver!

It’s time yet again to get outside and enjoy the sweet sounds of music in Northgate Park. Grab a picnic, grab some fully vaccinated friends, and come out this Saturday May 8th from 3-4pm at the old Museum Foundation to hear the acoustic croonings of local musicians Dissimilar South.

Here’s a sample