News from the West End and immediately surrounding neighborhoods.
Between 50 and 60 neighbors from Carleton, Pine, Neal, West Streets and others, attended the neighborhood meeting on a proposal to build 37 affordable housing units. The apartment building w... Read more
Avesta Housing, developers of 17 Carleton Street, gained unanimous approval for tax-increment financing (TIF) from the Housing and Community Development Committee of the City Council. In ret... Read more
Congress Square Park: Derelict Space to Summer Hot Spot
The Revitalization of Congress Square Park by Tony Zeli There is a new venue in town. Wednesday night concerts, Third Thursday art events, Friday night dancing with live music, Saturday morn... Read more
LA VIDA LOCAL- IRREGULAR NOTES ON WEST END LIFE: TREES
by Rosanne Graef, Past President – WENA Have you gone to a different city and reported back to your friends, “I loved the wonderful parks and gardens there.”? How about, “Wow, I really... Read more
Developers have announced a neighborhood meeting to discuss plans for an affordable housing building at 17 Carleton Street. Well-known and currently very active developer Avesta Housing is p... Read more
Joy Place is an alley, with an abandoned building, an old foundation of a barn and a dilapidated shed… and a whole lot of trouble. For years, neighbors have been concerned about safety... Read more
“It really was a situation that couldn’t continue,” says Vin Veroneau, President of JB Brown. He is referring to an ongoing safety issue of transient use of what used to be the woods along t... Read more
La Vida Local – Irregular Notes on West End Life: SOUND OFF!
by Rosanne Graef, Past President – WENA This Month’s Topic: Sound Off! Fingernails scraping a chalkboard, a single buzzing mosquito in your bedroom at night, the drip-drip-drip o... Read more
“We love it,” said Emma Holder of the Parkside Neighborhood Association, when asked if neighbors enjoyed wandering the neighborhood picking up litter. Other Parksiders echoed Emm... Read more
Public Services is currently in the process of installing new street maintenance parking restriction signs in order to reduce the number of times that residents have to move their cars. The... Read more