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WPLNA May Meeting Minutes

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West Pine Laclede Neighborhood Association  Northwest Coffee 7 PM May 13th, 2025 General Assembly Meeting Minutes CALL TO ORDER 7:08 pm                                                        Treasurer: Terry Werner                                                                                                                     [email protected] President: Harold Karabell [email protected] Vice President: Dug Feltch [email protected] Secretary: Nicole Ewing [email protected] GUEST SPEAKER(S)  Shawn Ordway                                                                          Acting City Assessor                                                                                                    314-622-4050 Mr. Ordway introduced himself as the Acting City Assessor. He served as Deputy City Assessor under his predecessor Michael Dauphine. Upon Assessor Dauphine’s resignation to accept an appointment as judge, Mr. Ordway assumed Mr. Dauphine’s responsibilities Read More…

Neighborhood meeting reminder 5/13/25 @7pm at Northwest Coffee Co.

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Our next neighborhood association meeting will be next Tuesday, May 13th @ 7pm at Northwest Coffee on Laclede Ave. next-door to Scarletts Wine Bar. This month, our special guest speaker will be Shawn Ordway, the City Assessor. Shawn will give a brief presentation on this year’s property tax reassessment and answer any questions that we might have about our real estate values & taxes in 2025. Hope to see you all there!

Neighborhood meeting reminder 4/8/25 @7pm at Northwest Coffee Co.

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Good afternoon, neighbors! This is a friendly reminder of our next neighborhood association meeting scheduled for next Tuesday, April 8th at 7:00 pm at Northwest Coffee on Laclede Ave. Hope to see you all there, and make sure to get out and vote in our city’s upcoming Mayoral race! Early voting is happening at our local library on Lindell and Euclid, and election day is Tuesday, April 8th! Our meeting is scheduled for the evening Read More…

Neighborhood meeting reminder 3/11/25 @7pm at Northwest Coffee Co.

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We have a full, interesting, & and most exciting agenda for this coming Tuesday’s WPLNA meeting, March 11th at 7 p.m. at Northwest Coffee.   Alderwoman Cara Spencer will talk about her mayoral candidacy. Ms. Spencer advanced to April’s general election, where her sole opponent will be incumbent Mayor Tishaura Jones.   City Comptroller Darlene Green will discuss her bid for re-election to office as well. Ms. Green also advanced to next month’s general election, where Read More…

Neighborhood Meeting reminder 2/11/25 @7pm

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Good afternoon, neighbors! This is a friendly reminder that the West Pine/Laclede Neighborhood Association meeting will be Tuesday, December 10th at 7pm at Northwest Coffee on Laclede Ave. Our featured speakers will be two of the four candidates in this year’s Mayoral primary, Andrew Jones and Michael Butler. Mr. Butler currently serves as the City’s Recorder of Deeds while Mr. Jones was a candidate in the previous Mayoral race as well. Alderwoman Cara Spencer was Read More…

SAD NEWS: QUARRELSOME COFFEE TO CLOSE

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Quarrelsome Coffee opened at 22 N. Sarah in October of 2023 in the space formerly housing The Block Restaurant (and before that the wonderful restaurant Terrene). We just learned that Quarrelsome Coffee will close on February 2nd. The owner, Mark Schwartz is exploring other options for the space but has not announced any future plans.  He kindly offered to keep the neighborhood informed. You may want to drop in before they close on February 2nd. Here Read More…

WPLNA January meeting CANCELLED for 1/14/25

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Neighbors, the officers and committee chairs of our neighborhood committee have decided to cancel this month’s neighborhood meeting due to continued snow and cold temperatures. We planned to have Alderman woman Cara Spencer in attendance this month to discuss her mayoral campaign, and have extended that invitation to either February or March’s neighborhood meeting in order to have the best turnout for her attendance. More details on Alderwoman Spencer’s attendance to follow. Stay warm and Read More…