Hi Dean Highlanders,
Yesterday’s (Mar. 3rd) city council vote — to approve or not approve a Municipal Settings Designation for the empty Hillcrest lot – has passed. Hooray! You can check out the video here. Once you click on the link, it will take you to a screen where you can click on the “Executive Session” button:
This will take you right to the vote. Hillcrest Park was first on the agenda.
A big “thanks!” to Melett Harrison at Waco’s Neighborhood Engagement team for digging up the link, and a big “thanks!” to our city councilman, Darius Ewing, for representing us so well. If you feel so inclined, please shoot him a “thank you” message via email to ccouncil4@wacotx.gov.
There will also be another television segment about our advocacy for a world-class park in Dean Highland airing tonight on KWTX 10 News. It will be part of the 10 o’clock edition.
This is just a tiny step towards making our vision for Hillcrest Park a reality. We still have a lot of work to do. Your humble neighborhood association board is currently hatching a plan to keep us engaged in service, advocacy, and fellowship (the DHNA’s stated goals) throughout the neighborhood while the city’s bureaucracy does its thing. Stay tuned!
In fact, you can start by tuning in to our “Voices from Dean Highland” oral history project. Thanks for all your support.