Oh boyohboyohboy Dean Highlanders,
You missed a good one. Let’s start with the pile of garbage we collected and left for our partners (City of Waco Public Works Dept. and Keep Waco Beautiful) at Mitchell Park:
Our two pocket parks are in good shape now, thanks to our consistent, service-based conservancy initiative.
Check out the action in our alleyways, too:
Yes, that’s a real gun. And, yes, it was wrapped in a plastic bag. Jim from Maple and I (Brandon from Wenz) found it in the alleyway off 27th and in between McFerrin and Summer:
Pro tip: if you find a gun laying around one of Dean Highland’s alleyways, don’t do what Jim and I did and pick it up or examine it or play cowboy with it. Don’t even touch it. Call the Waco Police Department immediately and they’ll dispose of it properly. I ended up taking the gun — even though it had really cool potential to be a neighborhood historical artifact – to the police station:
Our boys in blue were able to dispose of the gun properly. There’s a never a dull moment when you get out and get involved in your neighborhood!
Our next conservancy initiative service project will be on May 23rd (a Saturday). Be on the lookup in these pages for more information soon.
Also, don’t forget that our 6th annual summer gathering meet-and-greet will be happening on May 30th (another Saturday).
Our Texas Historical Marker for the trolley stop is on-site now. You can check it out at the triangle on Trice and 28th. The State of Texas butchered the rhythm of my writing on the sign, but it’s there and now Dean Highlanders can rest assured knowing that their neighborhood played an important role in the history of Texas. You can also check it out anytime you’d like:
If you take a photo of yourselves and loved ones next to the Texas Historical Marker, send it to us at deanhighlandwaco@gmail.com and we’ll post it here!
And for heaven’s sake, reach out to Brandon from Wenz so you can tell your story for the “Voices from Dean Highland” oral history project.