2025 marks 100 years for University Heights Neighborhood. We are planning to party like it’s, well, 2025. Preparation for the centennial celebration is in progress with discussions of a street party and an organized neighborhood bicycle ride. Cynthia Bylander is the UHNA events and entertainment coordinator. Follow us on Facebook…
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Bass Pro Marathon Neighborhood Challenge The De L’Aware Pyratts & Pyxies were shipwrecked at the corner of University and Delaware, roughly at 19 1/3 miles into the marathon. The tunes and cowbells were loud, and the “arrrrrrrghs,” “ahoy mateys,” and rum were flowing. The Pyratt skeleton blew in the wind…
The Delaware Neighborhood Association Dogwood Flower Art Project” is the brainchild of Ray Burmood, a DNA board member, pictured above. Ray felt it would be both fun and a good way for folks to feel as though they are part of a larger community. We plan to paint utility poles…
Many neighborhoods face similar issues: cleanups, crime, litter, maintenance of infrastructure, potential overdevelopment, traffic-calming, or pretty much any topic that affects the general well-being of businesses, residents and responsible landowners. Last summer, Delaware, Phelps Grove, and Rountree started a neighborhoods’ Facebook page, “The SNUG,” to discuss these issues. We share…
We’ve been busy! We celebrated our first anniversary with a Solstice Party on June 23. Three firemen and a fire truck were there, not to put out the fire in the Johnsonville BBQ trailer that Andy and Stacy Pyle reserved for us, but to help eat some of the delicious…
Delaware Neighborhood Association officially was recognized by the City of Springfield on June 20, and we hit the ground running. We held an ice cream social in cooperation with Westminster Presbyterian Church on July 11, we participated in the National Night Out event at Nichols Park on Aug. 1, and…