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Welcome to the Oakland Drive - Winchell Neighborhood Association website!
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
* 2nd Annual Neighborhood Car Show!The Neighborhood Car Show will be held on Wednesday May 15 this year at 7:00pm in front of Winchell Elementary... it's FREE and open to all! ________________________________ * City of Kalamazoo Billboard Ordinance There is currently a moratorium to limit electronic billboards. The number of regular billboards in the city already exceeds the limit of 100. Would like to hear how people in the neighborhood feel about the billboards: - City of Kalamazoo Billboards Committee website - Contact our neighborhood rep about this _____________________________ * ODWNA Business Memberships Now Available! Business Promotion Opportunities Included The ODWNA Board has approved the creation of a business-level Association membership as a way for our local businesses to participate in our neighborhood association! ====================== In addition to inviting businesses to join the ODWNA, we have also created two different advertising opportunities for business members to promote their neighborhood business to the neighborhood!: 1) eNews Sponsor (accepting a maximum of 5 sponsors/year) one left! * Reach over 400 (and growing!) neighborhood households each month * Your Display Ad will be prominently featured in each issue * Listing in the "Business Resources" section on our website * 12 month ODWNA Business Membership * and more.... 2) Website "Business Resources" Sponsor Listing * Listing in the "Business Resources" section on our website * Link to your business's website included * 12 month ODWNA Business Membership Click HERE to get all the details as well as affordable pricing details! (Our only condition? To keep it neighborhood-based, all profit and non-profit businesses [or the business owner] must be located/live within the ODWNA boundries..... |
UPDATES:
Our next Association meeting of the year will be on Wednesday May 15 at 7:00 pm in front of Winchell Elementary (Car Show!) ================ REMEMBER - the Association does NOT hold neighborhood meetings during the months of June thru August; we will be back to meet in September, but we WILL continue to keep you updated via the eNews, and you can reach us via email 12 months of the year! ALSO - welcome and thanks to our two newest Business Members and eNews sponsors: Stadium Motors and Gales True Value Hardware. We appreciate their support! Note their ads on the right column of the eNews - you can click on them to go directly to their website for more information about these two successful local neighborhood businesses. ================== * Click here for the meeting notes of our April speaker: Kyle Lewis, Program Coordinator, Kalamazoo Valley River Trail - Kyle gave us a great overview of the history of the KVRT as well as future plans and current programming.KVRT website ================ We are already working on our 2013-14 lineup; feel free to email us with your suggestions! ALL MEETINGS ARE HELD WEDNESDAYS IN THE WINCHELL ELEM. LIBRARY ~ 7:00PM START |
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2012-13 ODWNA Board members
President - Peter Kushner
Vice President - Chris Shook
Secretary - Sandy Bolstad
Treasurer - Diana Morton-Thompson
Board Members at-large:
Tom Kayser
Deb Klug
Becky Mutzaers
Kathy Shook
Past President - Barb McCrea
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2012-13 ODWNA Board members
President - Peter Kushner
Vice President - Chris Shook
Secretary - Sandy Bolstad
Treasurer - Diana Morton-Thompson
Board Members at-large:
Tom Kayser
Deb Klug
Becky Mutzaers
Kathy Shook
Past President - Barb McCrea
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ODWNA Statement of Purpose
-Preserve and enhance the neighborhood living concept in the area.
-Protect the natural beauty of the area.
-Encurage the beautification, physical well-being and neighborhod spirit of the residential area.
-Constructively assist the Kalamazoo City and County Planning Commissions.
-Provide a forum for open and frank discussion of different points of view on neighborhood development.
-Provide for communication on matters of neighborhood interest to residents.
The Oakland Drive-Winchell Neighborhood Association was founded in 1973 in response to the City of Kalamazoo's proposal to widen Oakland Drive, which would have required the removal of many trees.
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-Protect the natural beauty of the area.
-Encurage the beautification, physical well-being and neighborhod spirit of the residential area.
-Constructively assist the Kalamazoo City and County Planning Commissions.
-Provide a forum for open and frank discussion of different points of view on neighborhood development.
-Provide for communication on matters of neighborhood interest to residents.
The Oakland Drive-Winchell Neighborhood Association was founded in 1973 in response to the City of Kalamazoo's proposal to widen Oakland Drive, which would have required the removal of many trees.
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Oakland Drive - Winchell Neighborhood Map
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ODWNA ~ P.O. BOX 20061 ~ Kalamazoo, Michigan 49019
ODWNA ~ P.O. BOX 20061 ~ Kalamazoo, Michigan 49019
