Hi Dean Highlanders,
Yes, we’re back in the news, but this time it’s only tangentially related to our fight for Hillcrest Park.
Since early this year there has been a flurry of reports on the plan for the empty lots where Hillcrest hospital once stood. To piggyback off those reports and to build organizational capacity, the Dean Highland Neighborhood Association launched the Dean Highland Conservancy Initiative. This initiative is one-of-a-kind in Waco, and while it’s mostly aimed at cleaning alleyways, streets, empty lots, and pocket parks, we have also utilized the conservancy initiative to help clean up trash in the yards of Dean Highland’s single mothers and, just this past Saturday, to help a local Dean Highland celebrity — Ms. Alice, the Christmas lights lady – get her decorations out of storage and prepped for setup.
The idea was so cool (thanks to Rick, our DHNA Treasurer, for thinking it up) that the Waco Tribune-Herald picked up the story. Read the whole thing here. Here’s a picture of Saturday’s October 10th crew courtesy of the one-and-only Tinker Kramer:
DHNA’s President, Scott Michael (holding Goofy), led the charge along with Robert, Skip, and Tinker.
What a great neighborhood!
Our next neighborhood cleanup will be October 24th (a Saturday). Mark your calendars, and submit a spot in the neighborhood that you think needs some tender lovin’ care.