|
|
|
|
Welcome to the Oakland Drive - Winchell Neighborhood Association website!
|
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
* NO ASSOCIATION MEETING IN DECEMBER We normally do not meet in December due to the holidays. Our next Association meeting will be held Wednesday January 15, 2014 _____________________________ * DIGITAL BILLBOARD UPDATE - 11/13 Digital billboards have been approved for Stadium Drive and West Main Street in Kalamazoo, another is proposed for downtown. Drivers coming into Kalamazoo through two west-side gateways likely will be see digital billboards by mid-January, and the billboard atop the historic downtown building housing Olde Peninsula Brewpub and Restaurant could go digital, as long as it gets approval from Kalamazoo's Historic District Commission. You can read the full details at MLive here. If you would like to speak to this issue at the Kalamazoo Historic District Commission meeting, it will be held on Tuesday December 17 at 5 PM in the City Hall Community Room. _____________________________ * 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! 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..... ====================== * 2nd Annual Neighborhood Car Show! The Neighborhood Car Show was held on Wednesday May 15 this year at 7:00pm in front of Winchell Elementary CLICK HERE to see all of the photos! |
UPDATES:
2013-14 Speaker Series Lineup Our January 15 meeting will feature: Pam DeCuypere, Circle D wildlife Refuge TOPIC: "Co-Existing With Wild Animals in Urban Settings" Go here to see the rest of our speakers for the year! ================= Our November 20 meeting featured: Katie Timber, SPCA of SW Michigan You can check out their website here TOPIC: "Rescuing, rehabilitating and adopting abandoned pets in southwest Michigan" Go here to read the details of the meeting... ================= Welcome and thanks to our newest Business Member and eNews sponsor: Dan Woods Co. We appreciate their support! Note all of our eNews supporters ads on the right column of the eNews - you can click on them to go directly to their website for more information about all of our successful local neighborhood businesses. ================== As always; feel free to email us with your thoughts for the neighborhood! |
________________________________________________________________
2013-14 ODWNA Board members
President - Peter Kushner
Vice President - Chris Shook
Secretary - Sandy Bolstad
Treasurer - Diana Morton-Thompson
Board Members at-large:
Tom Kayser
Becky Mutzaers
Barb Ross
Kathy Shook
_________________________________________________________________
2013-14 ODWNA Board members
President - Peter Kushner
Vice President - Chris Shook
Secretary - Sandy Bolstad
Treasurer - Diana Morton-Thompson
Board Members at-large:
Tom Kayser
Becky Mutzaers
Barb Ross
Kathy Shook
_________________________________________________________________
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.
____________________________________________________________________
-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.
____________________________________________________________________
Oakland Drive - Winchell Neighborhood Map
______________________________________________________________
ODWNA ~ P.O. BOX 20061 ~ Kalamazoo, Michigan 49019
ODWNA ~ P.O. BOX 20061 ~ Kalamazoo, Michigan 49019
