WPLNA Meeting this Tuesday

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

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

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

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…

WPLNA Minutes 01.10.17

WEST PINE LACLEDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION Minutes: 01.10.17   President Harold Karabell called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM Harold dispensed with the usual order of business to allow Joe Diekemper, candidate for 17th ward Alderman, to address the attendees. JOE DIEKEMPER’S PRESENTATION Mr. Diekemper (Forest Park Southeast resident at 4528 Gibson St.) decided to run for office against long-time incumbent Alderman and WPLNA member Joe Roddy because he believes our neighborhoods need a fresh perspective Read More…

WPLNA Minutes: 12.13.16

WEST PINE LACLEDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION Minutes: 12.13.16 President Harold Karabell called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM. Harold dispensed with the usual order of business to allow Kyle Juvers, a representative of Better Together, to present first. BETTER TOGETHER REPORT Mr. Juvers reported that Better Together has completed its planned six studies of the impact of the structure and function of the St. Louis City and County on Public Finance, Economic Development, Public Health, Read More…

Public Meeting on development at Kingshighway and West Pine

  You are invited to attend a public meeting to hear the developers present their designs for a major development for the northeast corner of Kingshighway/West Pine at next week.Monday, December 12th 7 pm St. Louis Public Library – Schlafly Branch More info at  http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/story-apartment-tower-planned-for-central-west-end-site-on/article_cb1645e4-5651-5467-bb5f-659dd2e2c509.html

WPLNA Meeting – Tuesday 12/13/16

The West Pine – Laclede Neighborhood Association will meet this Tuesday, December 13 at 7pm at Northwest Coffee, 4251 Laclede. Please note that we’ll have a brief update from Better Together on its work regarding City/County cooperation as well as an extensive security committee report. All are welcome to attend!

Forest Park Parkway closure set for December 5th.

The project to create a traditional intersection at Forest Park Parkway and Kingshighway is now anticipated to begin December 5.   The Parkway will be closed west of Kingshighway for up to a year. Updates and full details on the benefits, impact and timeline will be posted to this page: http://www.bjc.org/Construction/News/Kingshighway-Forest-Park-Parkway-Intersection    

WPLNA Minutes 11.08.16

WEST PINE LACLEDE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION Minutes: 11.08.16 President Harold Karabell called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM. Harold dispensed with the usual order of business to allow our guest to present first: LaTaunia Kenner, Accounting Manager from the Comptroller’s Office appeared on behalf of Comptroller Darlene Green to speak about the Green HELP Home Energy – Efficiency Loan Program which provides low-interest home loans for energy-efficiency improvement for City of St. Louis Residents. More Read More…