WPLNA General Assembly Meeting Reminder addendum

Clarification of the guest presenter agenda: Our guest speaker will be Nick Hartzler, a Sr. Project Manager at Steadfast City Economic and Community Partners who will present their plan to convert the Red Cross building into apartments and to “adaptively reuse “ the historic house to the west of Red Cross that was Civil Rights icon Margaret Bush Wilson’s former office.

WPLNA General Assembly Meeting Reminder

This is just a friendly reminder that our monthly neighborhood meeting will be next Tuesday, Nov 12th at 7:00 @ Northwest Coffee on Laclede Ave. Our guest speaker will be Nick Hartzler, a Sr. Project Manager at Steadfast City Economic and Community Partners who will present their plans to “adaptively reuse “ the historic house to the west of Red Cross that was Civil Rights icon Margaret Bush Wilson’s former office. Hope to see you Read More…

Property Tax Info from Collector of Revenue

October 24, 2024 St. Louis Neighborhood Organization Dear Friends, As a city of St. Louis resident, you may be used to receiving your tax bills after Veterans Day. However, to give our taxpayers more time to pay, all personal property and real estate tax bills are currently available through PayITSt. Louis at payitstlouis.com or by calling 314–408–6887. Additionally, we began mailing bills last week. We hope this additional time will allow residents the convenience to pay in Read More…

WPLNA MEETING ON TUES. 10/8/24 at 7:00

The West Pine Laclede Neighborhood Association will meet on Tuesday, October 8th at 7 pm at Northwest Coffee, 4251 Laclede (at Boyle).  All are welcome! Our featured speakers will be representatives from RecoVET, the new owners of the former Ronald McDonald House properties in the 4300 block of West Pine. In addition, Alderman Browning plans to discuss the proposed changes to the City Charter that will appear on the November ballot. The minutes from our Read More…

WPLNA MEETING ON TUES. 9/10/24 at 7:00

The West Pine Laclede Neighborhood Association will meet on Tuesday, September 10th at 7 pm at Northwest Coffee, 4251 Laclede (at Boyle).  All are welcome! Our special guest will be Jeff Winzerling, a neighbor and a well-known developer with Versa Development, regarding plans for the Optimist Building on Lindell. Versa has the site under contract in a joint venture with Rothschild Development.  Development of this mid-century modern building has been controversial in the past and Read More…

Scottish Arms Closing

Sad news about a neighborhood institution which is closing its doors today, July 28. A HEARTFELT FAREWELL: PRESS RELEASE 7/27/24 PDF July 27th, 2024 Contact: Ally Nisbet, Owner Phone: 314 757-6530 Email: scottisharms.contact.ally@gmail.com The Scottish Arms Announces Closure After 20 Memorable Years A Heartfelt Farewell from The Scottish Arms It is with a heavy heart that we announce the closing of The Scottish Arms. After many wonderful years serving the St. Louis community, we will Read More…

Neighborhood News and WPLNA Meeting Announcement

The featured speaker at our July meeting will be Jim Whyte. As most of us know,  Jim is the Executive Director of the Central West End Neighborhood Security Initiative (NSI). Jim will speak about recent crimes in the neighborhood, including the two shown below in both text and images. Andrew Caldwell, one of two candidates for the position of 9th Ward Committeeman, also may speak at our meeting (as of this writing, Mr. Caldwell has not Read More…