Welcome to the Stringtown Neighborhood.
Stringtown Neighborhood Association is a newly established neighborhood association as of March 2010. The Stringtown Neighborhood Association boundaries are Michigan Street to railroad track south of Washington Street, Belmont Avenue to White River Parkway.
For an association to represent the entire neighborhood, everyone needs to be able to learn what is happening. This has been a challenge, but we are learning how to do this better. Some partnering organizations, like the Near West Side Collaborative and Common Ground Christian Ministries are allow-ing us to “piggy back” on their mailings to the neighborhood to get the word out to everyone of what is happening.
Currently, we have elected interim officers to lead the neighborhood asso-ciation until elections are completed.
If you are apart of this community and want to see improvement in this neighborhood we encourage you to at-tend our monthly meetings and let your voice be heard.
Current Community Involvement
- Saturday food distribution
- Wednesday community meal
- English As a Second Language classes
- National Night Out location
- Community center
- Meeting location
- Financial assistance to neighborhood
2011 Plans
-Reach out to entire neighborhood
-Increase neighborhood buy-in, starting with:
-Crime Watch
-Regular mailings (carrier route saturation mailings)
Come out and join us at our monthly neighborhood meetings at The Lord’s Pantry at Anna’s House. For additional information contact Guy Swenson at 317-313-1544.
Community Garden & Fair Join the Haughville, Hawthorne, We Care, and Stringtown neighborhoods for a great opportunity to plant a youth community garden and learn about healthy and sustainable living. FREE HEALTH FAIR AND CARNIVAL On May 11th the community will come together to plant a garden at Friendship West Side Center for Excellence in [Read More]
Calling All Residents of Haughville, We Care, Stringtown, and Hawthorne Neighborhoods This is an opportunity for us to reflect on our learning’s from this year, reflect on them, and think about becoming more sustainable by creating a plan of action for 2012. DATE and INFO December 10, 2011 George Washington High School 2125 W. Washington [Read More]
Events, Events, Events! Want to be able to check out what events are happening on the Near Westside while you are browsing Facebook? Then like our Facebook page and stay updated on what we are up to and find out what events you can attend. Click here! –> Near West Facebook Page
Come to Growing Near West Community Garden’s second fall meeting! November 7th at 6:30 pm At the Fugate Community Room in George Washington High School We will be discussing: + How this past growing season went and what we can do to improve for next year + Purchasing a greenhouse for next year + Important [Read More]
Whether you have a green thumb or not, anyone is welcome to join Growing Near West! Growing Near West is comprised of 4 community garden locations, one for each neighborhood. Our first meeting in preparation for the next season will be this coming Monday, October 10th at 6:30 in the Fugate Community Room at George Washington High [Read More]