Author: northnewstead
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Minor Home Repair Program
With the new hire of our fantastic Home Repair Manager, North Newstead Association is able to start up our Minor Home Repair Program. If you are living within NNA’s service area–the neighborhoods are listed on the flyer and the application for this program–you are 62 or older and/or disabled, you may qualify for this program.…
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REMINDER: Crime Prevention Summit
Tomorrow (Saturday 3/31) at 9am at the O’Fallon Park Rec Plex (O’Fallon Park YMCA at 4343 W. Florissant), North Newstead Association will be hosting a Crime Prevention Summit. Mayor Krewson, Police Chief John Hayden, and Neighborhood Development Executive Dottie McDowell will be among the special guest presenters. Free continental breakfast and lunch will be provided.…
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Support Community Development
We’re launching our 2018 March Madness Bracket 50/50 Challenge. New to March Madness? Try it out and help support the community development and service work we do throughout St. Louis City. A March Madness pro? See if you can beat the rest of the field while supporting NNA. Please click here for a link to…
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2nd Annual Community Development Celebration!
We held our 2nd annual Community Development Celebration on November 16th at the historic Barnett on Washington. The event was a huge success as we had enjoyed a larger crowd than last year and were joined by a number of special guests including; Collector of Revenue Gregory FX Daly, State Senator Jamilah Nasheed, State Representatives…
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2nd Neighborhood Safety Workshop 9/9/17
NNA hosted it’s 2nd Neighborhood Safety Workshop in Saturday, September 9 at the O’Fallon Park Recreation Complex. The event was well attended and our guests heard from several speakers including; Abdul Abdullah, Aldermen John C. Muhammad and Brandon Bosley, 4th District Police Captain Renee Kreissman, Assistant City Counselor Sandra Zambrana, Ethical Society of Police president…
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Fresh Starts Community Garden Updates
NNA would to thank the members of the Rise Young Professionals “RYP” for joining us at the Fresh Starts Community Garden recently. They were warmly received by NNA board member/garden manager Rosie Willis and helped to prepare the garden for the upcoming Winter season. The RYP members also expressed an interest in helping NNA to…
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Neighborhood Beautification Activities
Throughout the later summer months, NNA continued to host its on-going neighborhood beautification activities this Fall including the re-establishment of a butterfly garden at Fairground Park and a clean-up activity in the Penrose neighborhood. We would like to thank the many residents and other volunteers who joined us including; Aldermen John C. Muhammad, Brandon Bosley…
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Fresh Starts Community Garden and Ms. Rosie Willis Spotlight
Thank you to Ms. Willis for sitting down to speak about the Fresh Starts Community Garden and its importance to the community. Ms. Willis has been an invested and passionate resident leader for some time now–all of which has been documented on blogs, by news outlets, and in well-deserved awards. Most recently, Ms. Willis was…
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“Taking Back Windsor Park” – 7/24/17
The North Newstead Association was happy to sponsor lunch for the great weekly event that has been going on at Windsor Park in the Hyde Park neighborhood–“Taking Back Windsor Park.” St. Patrick Center, Serving With The Badge, and the North Newstead Association partnered with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (OFFICIAL) to put on a…
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