Author: Nicole Ewing

WPLNA minutes 09.11.18

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WEST PINE LACLEDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION Minutes 9.11.18   – Draft until approved at October meeting President Harold Karabell called the meeting to order at 7:12 (late start due to prior event at the coffee shop). MINUTES The minutes for August, 2018 were approved with one typographical correction. TREASURER’S REPORT Terry Werner reported income from new memberships ($75) and one outlay for website security ($119.98) Current checking account balance is $2,296.31. If you have not paid Read More…

Meet Claire McCaskill – Tuesday at Northwest Coffee

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We’ve just learned that Senator Claire McCaskill will be having a “meet and greet” at Northwest Coffee tomorrow evening, beginning just one hour before our own West Pine Laclede Neighborhood Association meeting. Ms. McCaskill’s staff undoubtedly arranged the time and place to make it quite easy for our membership to attend both events!      :- ) Please plan to come early to Northwest Coffee to meet Senator McCaskill; we may have to truncate our Read More…

CID signing event 8/27, 4:30-6:30

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The next MID-CITY CID** signing event will be held: Monday, August 27, 2018 4:30 – 6:30 PM Executive House, 4466 West Pine Blvd If you haven’t signed the Mid City Community Improvement District petition yet, we encourage you to do so.  Failure to pass this proposal will mean the end of safety and security services we’ve been receiving since 1996.  To date the initiative has only 40% of the required signatures.  Since all signatures must be Read More…

WPLNA Minutes 8.14.18

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WEST PINE LACLEDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION Minutes 8.14.18    President Harold Karabell called the meeting to order and waived the normal order of business to allow a question and answer session with the guest speaker below. GUEST SPEAKER: Jeff Hood, Community Development Specialist with Washington University Redevelopment Corporation spoke to the importance of the proposed Mid-City Community Improvement District that would continue the mission of the soon-to-expire Special Taxing District.  He offered to stay after the meeting Read More…

WPLNA Minutes 7.10.12

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WEST PINE LACLEDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION Minutes 7.10.18   President Harold Karabell called the meeting to order at 7:03 PM and waived the normal order of business to allow a question and answer session with the guest speaker below.   STEVE ROBERTS – 77THDISTRICT STATE REPRESENTATIVE Mr. Roberts is a Democrat running for re-election in the August 7, 2018 election. Among Mr. Roberts’ achievements as Representative are: Passing legislation that helps pharmacies save money on prescription Read More…

WPLNA meeting this Tuesday, July 10

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The West Pine Laclede Neighborhood Association will meet this Tuesday 7/10/18  at 7 pm at Northwest Coffee, 4251 Laclede (at Boyle).  All are welcome! We are pleased to announce that our featured speaker will be Steve Roberts, our 77th District State Representative in Jefferson City. We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday, June 12th, at 7 p.m. at Northwest Coffee.

Recycling: Updates to your Blue Bin

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https://stlouisearthday.org/updates-to-your-blue-bin-2/ Updates To Your Blue Bin Within the last year, there have been some major changes to the back end of the recycling industry, and they are beginning to effect residents and businesses here in St. Louis. Before 2018, much of what has been collected from our blue bins, such as mixed paper and some lower quality plastics, have been shipped to China. The levels of contamination mixed with recyclables from plastic bags, food waste, and Read More…

Update on crime in the neighborhood

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Report on Crime TO:            Central West End Residents FROM:       Jim Whyte, Executive Director, CWE NSI RE:              Status Report I am writing to report on the status of criminal activity that has been the source of great concern recently among many CWE residents.  The incidents of greatest concern involve a series of six armed robberies and car jackings that occurred between June 12th and June 18th in the Read More…