The FNA's next monthly general meeting will be held at the Fishtown Rec Center on Thursday, May 15th, 2008. In addition to new business, the following items are on the agenda:

• The Elm Tree Post will be on hand to retire the flag in the large meeting room of the Rec Center. If you have a flag that needs to be retired, please bring it..
• Historian Ken Milano will speak about his new book, Remembering Kensington and Fishtown. Copies of the book will be for sale.
• Updates from the newly re-formed Beautification Committee about some of their new initiatives, including a planter contest.

Be sure to join us starting at 6:30 to mingle with your neighbors over cookies.

Just a reminder that the Fishtown Recycles program ended on Saturday, May 3rd. Many thanks to the volunteers who helped Fishtown recycle approximately 100 tons of material during the last four years. Thank you also to the Streets Department employees who worked with us each month.

Starting on May 16th, Fishtown will be part of the city's single-stream recycling program, and residents will be able to recycle plastic containers and cardboard. For more information about single stream recycling in Philadelphia, please visit http://64.78.36.115/res_singlestream.asp.

A new batch of police incident reports is available under the crime bulletin section of fishtownlife.com. These new posts cover incidents in the Fishtown area that occurred between 3/30/2008 and 5/3/2008. Older incident reports are also available.

A big thank you to the volunteers who beautified Fishtown by participating in Mayor Nutter's Philly Spring Cleanup.   The FNA counted approximately 225 people at its Fishtown rec check-in.  Combined with events held by the New Kensington Development Corporation and the Friends of Penn Treaty Park, that brings the total number of Fishtown volunteers to about 475, a tremendous turnout that we should all be proud of.  See more pictures here:  http://fishtownlife.com/mediagallery/album.php?aid=3&page=1.

Another big thanks to the Philadelphia Brewing Company for hosting the post-cleanup BBQ.

To keep the momentum going, the FNA will continue FNAWorks, a monthly cleanup program designed to tackle specific eyesores in the neighborhood.  In addition, we'll devote time at the next monthly meeting (April 17th) to revitalizing the Beautification Committee.  Please check the calendar of events for details about upcoming events and meetings.