The WNBA members have been having fun the last couple of months. Neighborhood Night Out was a great September event at Westport Park. We were able to meet neighbors and had a time of fellowship. Everyone enjoyed Domino’s pizza. The snowcone and popcorn machines were a big hit with the kids!! It was a…
Author: Sharon L. Brooks for SGFNN
What’s going on in Westside? We meet at 6:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of the month at Golden Avenue Baptist Church at the corner of Mt. Vernon Street and Golden Avenue. We have been given yard signs with the meeting information. These will be placed around the neighborhood as…
Hey Westside neighbors, did you know Smitty’s Midwest Boxing Gym/Youth Center is in our neighborhood? It is located at 648 S. Scenic. Owner Darrell Smith (Smitty), won the Kansas City open division Golden Gloves at the age of 16 and the North Carolina Golden Gloves in 1987. Smitty served in the 82nd…
Spring is in the air and on our doorstep. With spring quickly approaching, don’t forget about our two neighborhood parks – Westport and Zagonyi. Both parks have tennis courts that can now double as tennis AND Pickleball. Our parks are also great places to play basketball, enjoy a picnic or sit…
Westside Neighborhood Betterment Association would like to welcome our new business neighbor, Trailer Perk Coffee, which recently opened in in a mint-green building with a pink flamingo at 2848 W. Chestnut Expressway at the site of the original Red’s Giant Hamburg. Owner Amber Ottoson was recently quoted in the Springfield…