2009 Wells Ave. Clean Up Volunteers
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2009 Wells Ave. Clean Up Volunteers
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Anti-Graffiti Demonstration
Posted: May-08-13 Posted by: WOWAnti-Graffiti Demonstration - City Hall! Be there at noon to voice your concerns about the proliferation of graffiti in our City! We need as many bodies to show up as possible so that the Council Members know that we are taking this seriously. Be there!
Anti-Graffiti Call to Action!
Posted: April-18-13 Posted by: WOWThanks to everyone who attended the anti-graffiti meeting last week! Property owners, businesses, and residents from Wells Ave, West of Wells, and Midtown met to discuss the recent, city-wide, rash of graffiti and what we can do to combat it. First and foremost we decided that the City Council needs to hear from us on this issue! We have chosen May 8 as the date we will all go to Council to voice our concerns.
Graffiti Town Hall
Posted: April-09-13 Posted by: WOWGraffiti Town Hall, tonight! 6pm at El Cordero de Dios Church, corner Wheeler and Crampton. We will discuss the worsening rash of graffiti throughout Reno and what we can do to combat this problem. All are welcome! Tell your neighbors or any fellow property or business owners!
Conservation District Inauguration
Posted: February-21-13 Posted by: WOWOn Friday March 1, 2013 at 12:00 pm at the corner of Holcomb Avenue and Roberts Street, the City of Reno will host an inaugural event to celebrate the adoption of the Wells Avenue Neighborhood Conservation District. The Public Works Department will install the first of numerous signs planned to designate the district!
Wells Avenue Neighborhood Group Meeting
Posted: February-11-13 Posted by: WOWOur next WOW meeting is this Tuesday, the 12th at 6pm at El Cordero de Dios, on the corner of Wheeler and Crampton. At this meeting we will discuss: More about graffiti and what we can do to help combat it - including plans for a neighborhood clean up this spring, and neighborhood outreach about reducing and removing graffiti Updates on crime in the neighborhood The St. Patrick's Day Leprechaun Chase - this is the inaugural year for this event and it will be focused in the West of Wells Neighborhood! Barrie will give us an update on the Wells Avenue Conservation District sign project - we will soon be getting signs throughout the neighborhood that acknowledge the historic value of the homes and businesses in the Wells Avenue area!
Wells Avenue Neighborhood Group Meeting
Posted: January-24-13 Posted by: WOWHi Everyone & Happy New Year! Just a reminder that our next WOW neighborhood meeting is this Tuesday, the 8th at 6pm. The meeting will be in our usual spot, in the meeting room at El Cordero de Dios church, on the corner of Wheeler and Crampton. At this meeting we will have a special presentation about graffiti from RPD's Angie Borrayo! Angie works for the Graffiti Enforcement Team. Since there has been a recent spike in graffiti, we will talk to Angie about what we can do to help reduce it.
Wells Avenue Meeting
Posted: August-13-12 Posted by: WOWThis is just a reminder that our next meeting will be tomorrow, August 14th, at 6pm at the El Cordero de Dios church on the corner of Wheeler and Crampton. At this meeting we will have an update about the Wells Avenue Neighborhood Conservation District, as well as a discussion on crime and other goings on in the neighborhood.
Thank you weed pulling volunteers on Wells!
Posted: April-30-12 Posted by:Thanks go to Wells Avenue merchants Debbie Griffith from Caesars Beauty Salon and Kathy Woodrow from Blue hair salon along with other volunteers who cleared the center landscape medians of weeds on Wells Avenue this last Sunday morning. They had great fun and did a wonderful job from Vassar Street to the roundabout. Take a look and notice how nice they look.
Watering Trees in the Parkways
Posted: April-27-12 Posted by: DagnyAn urgent request for everyone regarding the street trees in our neighborhood!
West of Wells - East of Wells Group Meeting
Posted: April-01-12 Posted by: WOWOur quarterly joint meeting with the East of Wells group will be this Wednesday night, April 4, at 6 pm at the Renown Health Building on the corner of Ryland and Kirman - meeting is on the second floor - enter through the door at back parking lot; take elevator to the second floor. The RPD's Street Enforcement Team will be there to talk about how to recognize drug activity and recent crime trends. This is an important meeting as we will also be talking about some neighborhood-wide issues.