Hello Neighbors! It’s another grand – and hot – day in the ol’ West End Neighborhood. By far the best way to keep up on the happenings of the WCNA is to attend our monthly membership meetings. They are always the third Monday of the month beginning at 7 pm, held in the basement of […]
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President’s Letter – 6.18.25
Greetings Neighbors! It’s another great day in the ol’ West End Neighborhood. Here’s a quick summary of our WCNA membership meeting this past Sunday. While I do my best to capture the highlights, nothing can match the details, tone and nuanced discussion of actually being in the room. I strongly urge our neighbors to attend […]
President’s Letter – 5.27.25
Greetings Neighbors! It’s another great day in the ol’ West End Neighborhood. Once again we had several first-time meeting attendees! It’s great to see new faces and additional members. Speaking of membership, Anita Kuker informed the group that we have surpassed 200 members in the WCNA!! Three cheers for that! That’s a really big deal […]
President’s Letter – 4.23.25
Greetings Neighbors! It’s another great day in the ol’ West End Neighborhood. We had another great turnout for the April WCNA meeting this week! So many we had to quickly add lots of additional chairs. This is so great to see and thanks to all of you for taking the time to come to the […]
Under Construction: The Elex at Electric Works
Several of the board members were invited to a “hard hat tour” of the progress at the Elex in early March, 2025. Elex is the apartment and mixed use building currently under construction just north of Electric Works. In the picture below, we’re standing in the living room of a future apartment in the 55-and-older […]
President’s Letter – 3.19.25
Greetings Neighbors! It’s another great day in the ol’ West End Neighborhood. Our March meeting had a packed house at Emmanuel Lutheran, which was just amazing to see. If we keep getting attendance like that, we’ll need to be looking for a larger venue – which would be a great problem to solve! Elex Update […]
President’s Letter – 2.20.25
Greetings Neighbors! It’s another great day in the ol’ West End Neighborhood. Membership Our 2025 membership has surpassed 180! While we’re not at all satisfied with that number, it does represent a high mark in many years. Our 2025 goal is to get over 200 so if you’re reading this and aren’t a member, please […]
President’s Letter – 1.22.25
Happy new year, Neighbors! It’s another . . . FRIGID day in the ol’ West End. Hope you’re all staying warm in this latest Siberian Blast. As I’m writing this letter my thermometer is reading right at 0! That’s cold!! For comparison, my sister lives in Anchorage, Alaska, and the current temp there is 33 […]
President’s Letter – 12.19.24
Ho, ho, ho it’s another grand day in the ol’ West End. Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah and well wishes to all of our neighbors! Special thanks to those who came out to our annual WCNA Holiday Party held at Chapman’s Brewery at Electric Works. It was a great chance to meet some new […]
Change in Trash Day Beginning December 2
The city announced that some trash and recycling collection days will be changing throughout the city. For our neighborhood, many of the residents who have Friday morning pickup will now be moved to Tuesday morning. To check if your date has been moved, visit the city’s website here: https://www.cityoffortwayne.org/solid-waste?fbclid=IwY2xjawGsJjBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHbwFtYJCqhES_NsfcVyikecqijAaoYN83eox9DlMdT-S9NNQ9PP4sV3KOg_aem_83guCeBZIjNMdHu2wt3woQ