All residents of Earlewood are invited to attend all or part of our neighborhood quarterly meetings in the Community Center in Earlewood Park. All residents are encouraged to attend and help make Earlewood an even better place to live.
Earlewood Park Community Center
1113 Parkside Drive
Columbia, SC 29203
6:30 – 7 :00 pm
The quarterly Police & Safety meeting begins at 6:30 pm or 30 minutes prior to the General Membership meeting. The PACE officer assigned to Earlewood attends to answer any questions and address safety concerns of residents.
7 :00 – 8:00 pm
Quarterly neighborhood meetings are held on the third Thursday in January, April, July and October at the Earlewood Park Community Center. Reminder signs are placed around the neighborhood. Topics that are important to the quality of life of Earlewood are discussed. All residents of Earlewood are encouraged to attend and get to know their neighbors!
Trunk or Treat provides a safe and fun alternative for families to celebrate and enjoy Halloween!
Impact Earelwood, the Quality of Life committee for Earlewood Community Citizens Organization is bringing the fun to the St. Mark United Methodist Church parking lot. Community members will gather and park their cars in the parking lot of St. Mark. Cars will be decorated and trunks filled with candy for all the little ones to trick or treat. Prizes will be awarded during a costume contest at 6:30!
With lots of treats for kids and adults alike, ECCO Trunk or Treat at St. Mark United Methodist Church is great Halloween fun for the whole community!
If you would like to register to participate, please see the following information:
- Vehicle owners must register with the attached form by October 22, 2012 in order to participate.
- Registered vehicles should arrive between 4:45-5:15. For safety reasons, the event area will be closed to ALL moving traffic from 5:15-7:15. Volunteers may not move their vehicle until 7:15.
- When giving out toys, prizes or candy please remember that children will range in age from infants to young teens. Individually wrapped candy may be the best option for the 250+ treaters expected.
- All volunteers are encouraged to decorate their vehicle with the spookiest decorations. A contest for the Best Trunk will take place at 6:30, along with a costume contest for the children.
- Electricity will not be provided to registered vehicles in the event area so please bring flashlights.
You can register using a printed form or you can register online.
The 2012 Thanksgiving Dinner will be the first neighborhood event held in the new Community Center in Earlewood Park. The Thanksgiving Dinner is a long-standing Earlewood tradition that is enjoyed by everyone. All Earlewood residents and their friends are invited.
We ask those who can do so to bring a dish – a salad, vegetable or dessert. The neighborhood association will provide the turkey and dressing and iced tea. Please bring your contribution to the new community center between 6:30 and 7:00 so we can get all the food on the tables.
We will have the blessing at 7:15 p.m. and then our meal will begin.
Make plans to kick off the season with your friends and neighbors at Earlewood’s Holiday Party. There will be great food with lots of spirits and good cheer! No need to get all dressed up – casual clothes are fine. And children are welcome.
Ford and Martha Mason will host the Holiday Party this year at their home on Keenan Drive. Come by anytime between 4 pm and 7 pm. If you want to contribute food – please bring your favorite dessert. We look forward to celebrating the Holidays with our neighbors!
Join Us to Help Keep the Neighborhood Beautiful!
****PLEASE NOTE***
This event has been rescheduled for March 9 due to inclement weather. Please update your calendars!
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The Earlewood Neighborhood will be cleaning up River Drive and Sunset Drive. We’d love to have you come out and have some good clean fun!
We will meet at 9 am at the upper ball fields at Earlewood Park at the intersection of Earlewood and Northwood.
Keep the Midlands Beautiful will supply bags, gloves, and grabbers. However, if you have your own gloves or grabbers, feel free to bring those too.
After we gather, we will walk down to Sunset Drive, where our clean up efforts will focus. Because Sunset does not have sidewalks, we will have police escorts surrounding us as we clean! Sgt. Hicks said he would send 5-6 officers to help keep us safe. I estimate we will finish up around 11 am. The City will pick up our collected bagged trash on their run during the week.
As my Grandma Violet says, “Many hands make light work.” So let’s get together Saturday, March 9 and make light work of getting Sunset looking great!!
To RSVP, please join our event on Facebook or leave your comment below.
Facebook event page: https://www.facebook.com/events/572959489398013/
The Earlewood Neighborhood is teaming up with our newest neighbors at The Wine Garage for ECCO Nights Out. Join us for an exclusive beer and wine tasting, to connect with friends and neighbors, and just to hang out.
For those not yet familiar with the Wine Garage:
The Wine Garage is a neighborhood wine and beer shop. The wines and beers we sell come from small producers, usually family run. We try to keep the prices in the $10 – $20 range. So if someone needs wine or beer for dinner, all they gotta do is swing by.
ECCO members that are current or sign up before March 14th, will receive an extra 10% discount on selected wines and beers.
So much more than a neighborhood yard sale, Earlewood’s Big Flea & Plant Sale features hundreds of pass-along plants and treasures from the attics and garages of dozens of residents and friends.
For more information, please visit www.earlewoodbigflea.com. Thanks!
We’re excited for our very first ever Night Out at Kelly’s Pub!
Join us to kick back at a local venue and get to know the people who live around you, while supporting a business belonging to one of Earlewood’s own residents!
If you plan to come and aren’t sure who to look for, keep an eye out for the Earlewood Neighborhood logo on a sign on the table.
We hope to see you there!