Hi Dean Highlanders,
On Saturday, March 14th, several members of the Dean Highland Neighborhood Association board (and some of their family members) gathered on 27th Street in between Ethel and Homan (here again are some “before” photos) to officially launch the Dean Highland Conservancy Initiative (DHCI) with a guerilla-style alleyway cleaning:
Now check out the alleyways from 26th to 27th and from 27th to 28th:
Not too shabby, eh? Just imagine if everybody from the Dean Highland Neighborhood Association showed up to the next conservancy initiative event (happening Saturday, March 28th). This benefits you and your families the most. My children, for example, now have their “volunteer organizations and work” box checked off on their college applications.
If you have an alleyway you’d like to nominate for a cleaning, please fill out the form below:
Now, fellow Dean Highlanders, our alleyways were specifically targeted in our conservancy initiative because alleys in Waco act as the arteries of our neighborhood: if they’re not clean and taken care of, everything gets clogged up.
The DHCI is not just about doing good things for our neighbors; it’s about gaining organizational capacity for the negotiations that will inevitably arise when the time comes to fill in the empty Hillcrest lot.
A big thanks to Scott Michael, the neighborhood association board’s current president, and Austin Wright, the neighborhood association board’s current secretary, for showing up with their own equipment and donating their time, energy, and yard tools to Dean Highland. If you have any questions or comments about the conservancy initiative, shoot us an email.