The WILSON Ave Street light Project
Timeline and INfo
- July 1, 1998 – Neighborhood matching grant program
- July 22, 1998 – Initial proposal meeting invitation
- Jan. 1, 1999 – 24 houses contribute $200 each
- Jan. 11, 1999 – $4847.50 delivered to Felt Lighting
- ???, 1999 – Lights installed
- Sep. 2, 1999 – City recorded the grant agreement for their $4847.50 contribution.
- Sep. 20, 1999 – Invitation to Patio Party to discuss annual maintenance fee
- Sep. 22, 1999 – Letter to neighbors re annual fee, committee of 3 elected (Bill, Jann, Doris), bank account opened, $10 assessed per residence
- Sep. 15, 2000 – $220 donations collected for repair fund.
- July 18, 2005 – Potluck meeting and update. $5 assessment per residence. Committee: Bill, Paul, Doris
- Oct. 3, 2011 – Lighting committee Ice Cream Social. $10 requested per residence for seasonal lights and repairs. $150 collected. Committee: Doris, Paul, Valda
- Sep. 20, 2013 – $10 Lighting donations requested. Collected $120.
- Oct. 1, 2014 – Lighting funds update – no maintenance fee requested this year.
- Oct. 12, 2015 – Lighting get-together, pie and ice cream. No maintenance fee requested this year.
- Oct. 1, 2018 – Chris and Elizabeth take over lighting from Valda and Doris. $77 in the repair fund.
- Oct. 12, 2020 – Status letter requesting $20 per household donations.
- Dec 1, 2020 – Thankyou letter to neighbors. $360 raised.
- Jan 19, 2022 – Accounting Update and $10 request.
- Jan 23, 2023 – Update letter, new “committee”, and funds transfer.
The full archive of documents and financial records are stored in a google drive folder. Some redacted documents are linked here, but for privacy reasons others can only be shared with members of the neighborhood project. If you desire more access, please drop us an email via the “Contact Us” page, and let us know what you are looking for, so we can share the appropriate info with you.
- Founding by-laws and funding goals. (These haven’t been strictly observed for a number of years. Perhaps something to talk about at a gathering in summer 2023?)
- The 24 participating houses
- Memories
Links to city info