This month’s updated issue list is now available online here: http://www.dutchtownwest.org/meeting/issue
If you have issues in the Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association to add to the DWNA Issue List, contact us at leadership@dutchtownwest.org or contact your Neighborhood Stabilization Officer: http://www.dutchtownwest.org/contact
Announcing the YOUTH C.H.A.N.G.E. (Community Health And Neighborhood Growth Effort) Youth Employment Program: June 14 – August 20, Monday – Friday
Participants will be building community gardens in the neighborhood, working on a community clean up project, and attending tons of great workshops and trainings on: reproductive health, creative writing, financial literacy, civics, conflict mediation, and [...]
Dutchtown South Community Corporation is seeking input about two new community gardens to be built in the 25th Ward! Currently the two proposed locations are Amberg Park and the lot on the corner of Virginia, Liberty, and Alabama. HopeBuild, a St. Louis non-profit organization, will be supporting ward residents in the construction and upkeep of [...]
Marjorie Dove Kent has just started in a new position – the 25th Ward Liaison. She’ll be managing and coordinating ward-wide efforts related to building community, creating an active safety environment, and engaging neighborhood youth. She’ll be working directly with the 25th Alderman Shane Cohn, various City and State offices and the general public on [...]
Todd Waelterman, the St. Louis City Director of Streets, recently announced that the Department of Streets is experimenting with once-a-week trash pickup in the City of St. Louis in an effort to reduce expenses. Some of the 300 gallon trash receptacles will be replaced with 600 gallon receptacles to compensate.
Waelterman’s letter to the St. Louis City [...]
South Grand Boulevard, known as the international community of St. Louis because of its diverse population and wealth of ethnic restaurants, contains unique retail and dining opportunities and serves as a destination for visitors and locals. A nationally recognized historic district, South Grand is a growing commercial district located near Tower Grove Park and the [...]
The City of St. Louis Department of Streets Refuse Division has unveiled NEW refuse containers/bins for yard waste! As seen from the picture below, the new containers are bright green in color to differentiate them from the regular trash dumpsters/containers/bins that are a darker green or brown. The new containers are labeled “green waste” and [...]
There has been a few neighbors that have requested information on how to protest a businesses liquor license. The City of St. Louis provides a way in which a neighborhood or an individual can protest an application for a liquor licence, the renewal of a liquor licence, or the continuance of a liquor licence.
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We need volunteers who are interested in being a block captain in our DWNA area (see map here)!
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We are looking to have a Block Captain on every block of our neighborhood to help keep an eye on what is going on in your area (crime, problem properties, etc.), serve as a [...]
A few Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association (DWNA) neighbors got together this weekend and drove around the DWNA area to identify properties that are missing trees in front of their house on city property (in between the sidewalk and the street).
The list includes properties North of Meramec as of this date (CLICK HERE TO VIEW LIST). [...]
Below are a couple of pictures submitted from a neighbor who had a block party for the 2009 National Night Out on Tuesday, August 4th, 2009. Neighbors gathered from the 4300 block of Grace in the Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association area in St. Louis, Missori.
The St. Louis Fire Department and the St. Louis First District [...]
A neighbor recently forwarded a link to the Saint Louis Urban Workshop blog in which they have a post on how the Grove neighborhood in Forrest Park South East is branding themselves by painting their fire hydrants:
Click here to view the blog post/story: http://www.stlurbanworkshop.com/2009/08/second-round-of-fire-hydrant-painting.html
Perhaps this is something we can do in the Dutchtown West Neighborhood [...]
25th Ward Alderman Shane Cohn has responded to a request for work from Operation Brightside for public property clean-up projects which include Amberg Park on the top of the list:
1. Amberg Park: Litter/debris pick up (weekly), Gardening (quarterly)
2. Mt. Pleasant Park: Litter/debris pick up (weekly), Gardening (quarterly)
3. Meramec Street (between Grand & Minnesota): Litter/debris pick [...]
Please join us to clean-up the only park in our neighborhood, Amberg Park, on the 2nd Saturday of every month at 10:00am.
We will have the trash bags, gloves, and a few rakes and shovels. If you have any tools you think might be useful, please bring them. We will meet at the corner of Keokuk [...]
Yesterday, DWNA neighbors met to drive around our neighborhood and create a list of visible problems in our area to report to the Citizens Service Bureau (CSB), our Neighborhood Stabilization Officer (NSO), as well as our Alderman.
We identified 46 items that need attention in our area and have forwarded them onto our city officials. Click [...]
Today, neighbors from DWNA gathered together to briefly clean-up Amberg Park! We spent about 30 minutes picking up trash in the park and cleaning the area around the broken fountain. A few local neighborhood children even joined in on the clean-up efforts! See a few pictures below:
We will start to develop a short and long-term [...]
Interested in expanding your garden’s palette? Want to get rid of plants that have taken over your yard? Or, if you just like talking shop with like-minded neighbors, make sure to sign up for the Dutchtown West Plant Swap.
The swap, hosted by Allison Rabbitt of the 3700 block of Taft Ave., will be in mid [...]
We are going to meet to drive around our neighborhood to create a list of visible problems in our area to report to the Citizens Service Bureau, our Neighborhood Stabilization Officer, as well as our Alderman on this Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 9:00am. If you are interesting in driving around with us, our focus [...]
Please join us for to clean-up of the only park in our neighborhood, Amberg Park on this Saturday, April 25, 2009 at 11:00am.
We will have the trash bags, gloves, and a few rakes and shovels. If you have any tools you think might be useful, please bring them.
Contact: Ryan Dannan at ryan@dutchtownwest.org or 600-0321
For more [...]
Please join us for a quick impromptu clean-up of the only park in our neighborhood, Amberg Park on this Saturday, March 28, 2009 at 10:00am.
We will have the trash bags, gloves, and a few rakes and shovels. If you have any tools you think might be useful, please bring them.
Contact: Ryan Dannan at ryan@dutchtownwest.org or [...]
