Author: Nicole Ewing

WPLNA Meeting -Tuesday, April 11 at 7pm

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The West Pine – Laclede Neighborhood Association will meet thisTuesday, April 11 at 7pm at Northwest Coffee, 4251 Laclede. All are welcome! Park Central Development Gala – 4/29/17 Our friends at Park Central Development are holding their 4th Annual Gala on Saturday, April 29, 2017 from 6:30pm – 10:30pm at the Majorette at 7150 Manchester. The Gala will include a night of entertainment, art, delicious food and great company. Park Central Development continues to play Read More…

WPLNA Minutes 03.14.17

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  WEST PINE LACLEDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION Minutes: 03.14.17 President Harold Karabell called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM Harold dispensed with the usual order of business to allow presentations by Kacey Cordes, Sean Thomas, and Thomas Strunk KACEY CORDES PRESENTATION MS Cordes, an independent candidate for St. Louis mayor in the April 4, 2017 elections, opted for open floor question/answer session rather than delivery of a brief speech about her positions. Among the questions Read More…

WPLNA Meeting 3/14/17 @ 7pm

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Te West Pine – Laclede Neighborhood Association will meet this Tuesday, March 14 at 7pm at Northwest Coffee, 4251 Laclede. Please note that we plan to have two guest speakers on the agenda to discus three ballot measures in April’s general election: 1) A proposal concerning the treatment of abandoned residential properties; and 2) Two propositions concerning funding for both Metrolink and a multi-purpose stadium (often referred to as the “soccer stadium”). All are welcome!

CWE Ideas: Saving Public Radio

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CWE Ideas Saving Public Radio  March 9, 2017,  7:30pm – 8:30pm Location: Selkirk Auctioneers & Appraisers/4739 McPherson Avenue There is talk in Washington about defunding the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), all of which could severely damage NPR, PBS, local stations and more. CWE Ideas presents a Thought Salon featuring Tim Eby, General Manager St. Louis Public Radio and John Read More…

2017 Neighborhood Leadership Academy Registration is open.

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Registration is now open for the 2017 Neighborhood Leadership Academy. The Neighborhood Leadership Academy, created in 2002, connects resources at the University — Creating Whole Communities and University of Missouri Extension — with residents and neighborhoods throughout the metropolitan area who are interested in improving their communities. The Neighborhood Leadership Academy (NLA) provides hands-on leadership training that emphasizes community building principles and strategies, project planning, organizational leadership and management practices, and personal leadership skills. Participants are actively involved Read More…

WPLNA Minutes 2.14.17

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WEST PINE LACLEDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION Minutes: 02.14.17  President Harold Karabell called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM Harold dispensed with the usual order of business to allow two candidates for mayor (Tishaura Jones and Andrew Jones) to address the attendees. TISHAURA JONES – Democratic primary candidate for Mayor of St. Louis Ms. Jones currently serves as Treasurer of St. Louis and cited her accomplishments in that office including: saving money by streamlining treasury operations, Read More…

WPLNA Meeting this Tuesday

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Spend Valentine’s Day with your sweethearts in the West Pine-Laclede Neighborhood Association. Meeting this Tuesday, Feb. 14 at 7pm at Northwest Coffee, 4251 Laclede. We plan to “Keep Up with the Joneses,” as both City Treasurer Tishaura Jones and Andrew Jones will give brief presentations on their mayoral primary campaigns. Looking forward to seeing you on Tuesday. All are welcome!

Mayoral Forum, 2/22/2017 – Info, Survey, Registration

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St. Louis Mayoral Forum 2017 Feb. 22, 2017 For the first time in 16 years, St. Louis will be electing a new mayor. To ensure residents are well-informed on how candidates plan to address challenges facing the city and the region, a group of regional initiatives focused on creating a more racially equitable St. Louis have partnered to shift the conversation to put greater emphasis on the systemic issues that currently plague our region. The Read More…

SLACO Roundtable Discussion 1/23/2017

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YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THE NEXT SLACO ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION When:                       Thursday, January 26, 2017 Time:                         Noon – 1:30pm Where:                     SLACO Offices                                     5888 Plymouth Avenue  Topic:                        Neighborhood Asset Mapping Speaker:                   Nancy Thompson, AICP ( Member, American Institute of                                                 Certified Planners)                                     Content Editor, Useful Community Development RSVP:                         Janet Desnoyer by Monday, January 23, 2017 at: husdan01@att.net                         How you look at your neighborhood Read More…

Construction Update – 4101 Laclede

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From Nelson Vogt of Ranieri Construction, the project manager for the new condominium building at 4101 Laclede at Sarah: “We have come to the point where we need to move the fences out to the parking lanes. They will start that process tomorrow so those parking spaces will not be available after Wednesday.” Nelson is happy to answer any and all questions related to the construction process and its timetable. He can be reached at Read More…