Upcoming SNO Events A Big THANK YOU! THE Tree Streets Update SATURDAY Easter Egg Hunt It may seem that your neighborhood newsletter just From the Southside Neighborhood Organization to You March 2020 April Bring out your little ones, put on your fi nest Easter magically appears on your porch three times a year but bonnet and let the hunt begin. The fun starts at it actually takes a group of volunteers pounding the 11 10 a.m., at Veteran’s Park. pavement. These wonderful folks donate their time and energy to make sure you receive your newsletter in a SUNDAY Kickball timely manner: Artist in Residence May Ready for an “old-school” kickball game? This one’s for kids of all ages, either play or cheer, it’s up to you. • Holly & Don Johnson Famous artist called the Tree Streets home 31 First kick is at 2 p.m., at Powell Square Park. • Jeff & Patty Estes • Donna & Mark McAlmann SATURDAY 4th of July Celebration We all know the Tree Streets is a wonderful neighborhood At 16, he enrolled at A grand old time celebrating our grand old country! • Jodi, Bridger & Julian Jones July to live in with its convenient sidewalks on tree-lined the Corcoran School Festivities include: parade, sack races, pie-eating contest • Ronny & Tammy Hamilton streets, great sense of community, excellent elementary of Art in Washington, and more. Starts at 10 a.m., at Veterans Park. 4 • Ty Jennings & Ann Klein school, and close proximity to a premier universtiy, D.C. He continued • Allison Pymer growing downtown and developing corridor between the his studies at the Art • Kathleen Moore two. But did you know that some pretty famous people Students League of • Phillip Connors chose the Tree Streets as their residence also? New York. One of his teachers was noted John Alan Maxwell (1904 – 1984) was an American book and magazine Want to help deliver the newsletter? artist known primarily for his book and magazine illustrator Frank Contact Doug at [email protected]. illustrations as well as historical paintings. He also was an Vincent DuMond, You’ll meet new neighbors, get in some great illustrator for many commercial publications, including whose students also cardiovascular exercise and live an overall better life. Collier’s Weekly, The Saturday Evening Post, The Golden included Georgia Book Magazine, and Woman’s Home Companion. O’Keeffe and Norman Rockwell. Maxwell was born in Roanoke, Virginia and raised in Johnson City, at 428 West Locust Street. He worked as a By 1925, at the soda jerk in a drug store while attending Science Hill age of 21, Maxwell High School. was illustrating for Recycle ALL 211 W WALNUT ST Collier’s and Golden www.charlottesfl orals.com charsfl [email protected] Book magazines and Your Food Scraps had established a Visit us to build ✓ Weekly Collection studio at the famous your own fresh fl ower bouquet Tenth Street Studio ✓ Meat, Cheese, Bones, Bread, etc., and shop from our hand-picked selection Building. By the early 1930s, Maxwell was illustrating for All acceptable of gifts. such noted writers as John Steinbeck, Christopher Morley, t Famous illustrator ✓ 2 Free Bags of Compost and John Alan Maxwell Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Pearl S. Buck, and Edna Ferber. 1/2 off compost (up to $50/year) and his home at ✓ Bucket and Compostable Liners 428 W. Locust Street. 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Tree Street resident keeps a lot of irons-in-the-fire Sweet Treats for a good cause New Orleans-style coffee & beignets 2019 was a very busy year Enter Timber! You may have seen Nicole Bienfang at One Acre Café for Tree Street neighbor Located at 415 where she volunteers as a server Tuesdays and Thursdays. Nathan Brand. West Walnut Street, Or perhaps you recall her as the featured neighbor of the Timber! is a full- month at the October 2019 SNO meeting. At that meeting In January he became chair of the city’s Historic Zoning service restaurant and she shared about her organization The Transition, www. Commission, a group that governs the aesthetic qualities bar featuring a menu thetransition.org, and talked about her passion for being of buildings and signage in the city’s historic districts. focused on American a community advocate and organizer not just for the Then in April, he and his wife Diana became the proud classics with an Tree Streets but for Johnson City as a whole. She intends parents of identical twin boys, Gunnar and Everett. As if Appalachian touch. doing that by being employed by the citizens that make these events weren’t enough, in August he also fulfi lled a Delicious meat dishes up our wonderful town. You can fi nd out more about lifelong dream of opening his own restaurant, Timber! as well as vegetarian that by visiting her Patreon page, www.patreon.com/ and vegan options strengthincommunity, and learn about the projects she is Brand’s fi rst restaurant job was at a Haagen-Dazs when he are all made with a working on both locally and abroad. was 14. He loved the customer interaction and, of course, local farm-to-table Bebette’s the ice cream. His college years found him working at a commitment. Classic You can also drop by What is it? fi ne dining restaurant in Athens, Georgia, at a time when cocktails, draft Dos Gatos Coffee Bar, An origin in the heart of Cajun country and a journey to being a chef was becoming a more viable and respected beer, and intriguing downtown Johnson the mountains of Appalachia now proudly called home, career. “I watched my mentors make positive differences wines round out the City, where they sell Bebette’s is a coffeehouse that serves authentic New in their communities through their work in the restaurant beverage options Nicole’s candy coated Orleans-style coffee and lattes and fresh made-to-order business,” stated Brand. It was then he realized he wanted chocolate pretzel beignets and beignet sandwiches. p to own his own restaurant. But he wanted his business The restaurant has a Nathan Brand, resting for a rare moment, rods in support of her in front of his Walnut Street restaurant Timber!. Fun fact: Bebette is Cajun-French for “little monster”! p Tasty pretzel rods made by Nicole to be more open and inclusive than what he’d seen fi rst- National Park theme, Photo courtesy Johnson City Press. community advocacy. hand in the food service industry. He wanted to open a and is furnished The tempting treats are on sale at Dos Gatos Coffee Bar. Where is it? When is it open? restaurant that treated it’s staff with respect, and actively with picnic tables, come in four different 811 West Walnut Street Everyday: 7 am - 5 pm contributed to the local community in a positive way. topographical maps, and features a cozy nook with a wood fl a v o r s : fi replace and board games. A 1960’s Kodachrome slide • Chocolate Chunk • Rainbow Sprinkles projector featuring slides from a family trip to Yellowstone • Crunchy Toffee • Peanut Butter Candy Crunch National Park replaces the typical big screen television. It’s casual, but serious, and focused on fun. Brand not only They go great with your morning coffee pick-me-up. wants guests to have fun but the staff as well. Keeping the Having this opportunity helps Nicole create a more passive YOUR menu affordable and neighborhood friendly was a huge income so she can focus on her community advocacy and goal and he seems to have achieved that. It is a place with organizing in Johnson City and begin development on FUTURE something for everyone, a restaurant for all seasons, and some major projects she knows Johnson City needs. With the realization of a whole lot of work and thought over the your help Nicole can contribute to making our community AWAITS. past couple of years. He wants people to know that the a little sweeter! amazing staff will make them feel welcome and well cared for. Brand loves delving into Appalachian cuisine and admits Put your home’s equity to work he has much to learn. Being born and raised in the for you with a Home Equity Line deeper South, where the produce and products were very of Credit from HomeTrust. different, he has learned to build on some of the same themes. “Appalachia has such a strong home-cooking htb.com/heloc culture, so meeting with local people and trying their fresh 612 W. Walnut Street 423.461.4550 food and put-ups has been deeply rewarding. I am just 862 Med Tech Parkway 423.979.0375 at the beginning of my journey, so if anyone has a book, 1907 N.