Happy Halloween from the Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association (DWNA)!

The Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra is offering a free concert on Wednesday, November 11, 2009 @7pm at Powell Hall (718 N. Grand, corner of Delmar). The popular “On Stage at Powell” series gives audiences a musician’s eye-view of this fabulous hall, and provides an intimate setting for both informative discussions and incredible music-making.  Bring your [...]

Pho Mama (Mama Pho) Vietnamese Restaurant, a new restaurant in the Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association (DWNA) area is set to open on Monday, November 2, 2009! Pho Mamma is located at the corner of S. Grand and Chippewa. Their phone is 314-802-8348 and they will be open 7 days a week from 9am to 10pm. [...]

The St. Louis Food Bank just received a huge shipment (12,000 cases) of Gerber baby food today. Some of the food has an expiration date of 10/30/09, but much of it does not expire till January or February of 2010, and even more have expiration dates of 2011. If you are interested in receiving some [...]

Attached below are three long term development plans for Amberg Park. During the October 2009 Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association (DWNA) monthly meeting, representatives from Saint Louis University and Washington University in St. Louis made a presentation on their ideas/designs to improve our neighborhood park and solicited feedback from neighbors. PDF Versions: Amber Park Option A [...]

The Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association (DWNA) is looking for a power point projector and a microphone and speakers for our monthly neighborhood meetings. If you know of anyone that might be interested in donating this equipment or donating funds towards the purchase of this equipment, please contact us!

One of the local grocery stores near our neighborhood, Shop n’ Save, located at 3865 Gravois Avenue (near Gravois and Gustine) offers special discounts on certain Thursday’s. This Thursday (October 22, 2009) is “Coupon Thursday” where you get $10 off of your grocery bill of $50 or more. Shop n’ Save Coupon Thursday Ad Only [...]

ST. LOUIS CITY ANNOUNCES DECISION ON SOUTH GRAND BOULEVARD GREAT STREETS PROJECT St. Louis, MO, October 15, 2009 — The City of St. Louis has decided to proceed with the conversion of South Grand Boulevard, between Arsenal and Utah, from four lanes of traffic to three lanes of traffic. The City has determined that a [...]

Congratulations to the newly elected Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association (DWNA) leadership! The current leaders are all volunteers from the neighborhood and were elected on October 13, 2009. They will serve six months until April 8, 2010. Their contact information can be found here: http://www.dutchtownwest.org/about/leadership

An announcement from St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Thomas J Bottini, DSN 1839, Community Outreach Officer, District One, 314-444-0176, TJBottini@slmpd.org As many of you know, we recently suspended the ridealong program while changes were made to the policies and procedures. The program is now up and running. Here is an overview of the process: [...]

An announcement from St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Thomas J Bottini, DSN 1839, Community Outreach Officer, District One, 314-444-0176, TJBottini@slmpd.org Click Image For Source We have been experiencing a rash of “Stolen Pickups Trucks” since the first of the month, nearly a dozen and mostly Dodge Ram trucks. Remember a vehicle Club only cost [...]

An announcement from St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department Officer Don Veile, Community Outreach Officer, District #2, (314-444-0168) dlveile@slmpd.org The weather is starting to cool off and before you know it winter will be upon us.  Last year we had a rash of stolen cars in the 2nd district due to people warming their cars and [...]

St. Louis Prepares For Arrival of H1N1 Flu Vaccine St. Louis, MO. As shipments of the H1N1 flu vaccine arrive locally the City of St. Louis Department of Health in partnership with community health centers, pediatricians, hospitals, schools and employers will work to assure that the vaccine is available to anyone who wants it as [...]

We need volunteers who are interested in being a block captain in our DWNA area (see map here)! Click on Image for Source 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 [...]

Interested in seeing what properties have sold in the neighborhood? (see map of our neighborhood here). Thanks to our partnership with RE/MAX, the properties in our neighborhood that have sold for the month of September are now posted online and can be accessed here.

Please join us for our next Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association (DWNA) meeting on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 7:00 pm at Grbic Banquet Hall (4071 Keokuk). At this months meeting we will elect new DWNA leaders, learn about the new Carondelet Recreation Center, learn about 2010 Building Inspections and provide an opportunity to talk with [...]

The Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association (DWNA) is now on Facebook! Just search for “DWNA” in groups and add us as a friend to get new neighborhood news and talk/network with other neighbors!

The Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association (DWNA) is looking to brand itself with an official logo! One idea that has been presented is pictured below: The logo includes the St. Louis Fleur de Lis as well as the West point of a compass. We could add the Dutchtown colors of blue and orange, or even something [...]

The new Carondelet Recreation Center located in Carondelet Park (just South of the Dutchtown West Neighborhood Association (DWNA)) is slated to open on November 19th, 2009! Click on the links above for more information! The City of St. Louis Department of Parks, Recreation and Forestry and the YMCA of Greater St. Louis are proud to [...]